Dancehalls in Calcasieu Parish

Speedy’s Broken Mirror Club

Rumored to be once be owned by Quincy Davis, who sold it to buy the Avalon Club in Basile. possibly owned by Quicy Davis- the Pine Grove Boys played there weekly in 1948: http://www.bopping.org/nathan-abshire-pope-of-cajun-accordion/ Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Caption: Speedy’s Broken Mirror Club, Sulphur 1947, (L-R) Harry Choates, Johnnie Mae Smirle (Manuel), Joe Manuel, Eddie Pursley, B.D. Williams, courtesy of Arhoolie Records ...

Unknown Dancehall

Newspaper item about suicide at dance: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064402/1913-05-30/ed-1/seq-3/ ...

Wayne & Lane’s

Ellis Vanicor & the LaCassiene Playboys every Sunday 3-7: 588-4273 ...

Unknown Hall

Alton Dupuy: It was a huge dancehall- over by the Sabine River. I went there in the late 60s or early 70s. You could tell that it was past it’s prime but it was packed with people- lots of women. South from Starks on 109 towards the Gulf ...

Unknown Dancehall

Newspaper article mention in the trial coverage of murder of Valmont LeBleu, 1916: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064402/1916-09-29/ed-1/seq-1/ ...

Phil Menard’s Cajun Club

Included in a 2006 Louisiana Cajun dance hall list compiled by WYNK Cajun DJ “Tee Mick” Abed, sent to me in personal correspondence from David Marcantel ...