Dancehalls in Plaquemines Parish

Unknown Hall

1956 photo of the hall’s exterior is in the Ralston Crawford Jazz Photography collection in the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University. Kid Clayton’s band played an afternoon picnic there in 1956. http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16313coll4/id/323/rec/49 ...

Keyhole

Mentioned in Project Louisiane #119, 120 & 129, Archive of Cajun and Creole Folklore, Center for Louisiana Studies ...

Dustmann’s Dancehall

Newspaper item mention about a dance from The Lower Coast Gazette, Pointe-a-la-Hache, April 5, 1913: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064433/1913-04-05/ed-1/seq-3/ Newspaper item mention about a fair from The Lower Coast Gazette, Pointe-a-la-Hache, January 10, 1914: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064433/1914-01-10/ed-1/seq-5/ ...

Unknown Dancehall

Newspaper mention of dance: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064433/1910-04-16/ed-1/seq-2/http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064433/1910-04-16/ed-1/seq-2/ ...

Fort Jackson Dancehall

From “Louisiana: A Guide to the State”: Centering around a large dance hallÉis a little settlement called Fort Jackson, so named because of near-by Fort Jackson. The rules of conduct at the local amusement palace are reminiscent of frontier days: when a burly fisherman or oysterman dares to cast more than a passing glance at a native beauty escorted by another, a battle usually follows- with all-too-eager bystanders taking part. The brawl over, the principals shake hands and the victor claims the next dance with the lady in question.” ...

Lee Brothers Dancehall

Photos by John Sharp Originally in Galliano- moved by barge, closed 60s- Glen Pitre’s parents met there at a Mardi Gras dance in 1940- when cleaned up for movie- hadn’t been used in 40 years- 7 brothers and sisters own it- people in tears to see it in use again- James Hebert’s grand dad owned- he & James wanted to reopen but daughters stopped it. Included in Emily Ardoin’s 2014 thesis “Fais do-do to ‘Hippy Ti-Yo’: Dance Halls of South Louisiana”: “The Lee Brothers Dance Hall is located near the intersection of Highway 1 and West 62nd Street and is currently vacant. The dancehall primarily featured Cajun music and is located on the waterfront of Bayou Lafourche. It was opened in the 1930s and closed in 1953. When open, the building offered mixed commercial uses. The building is of frame construction, has a gable-on-hip and metal roof, no parapet, and has a concrete pier foundation. The dance floor and ceiling are constructed of wood strips. The bar was in a separate area from the dance floor. The building is in fair to poor condition but appears unaltered from the original construction. It was a pool hall in the 1930s and 1940s then it was a dancehall and restaurant.” ...