Dancehalls in St. Martin Parish

Unknown Hall

hot pink club on same side as Celebration Hall- African American club- Percy Sledge ...

La Poussierre

Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Photos by John Sharp Included in Emily Ardoin’s 2014 thesis “Fais do-do to ‘Hippy Ti-Yo’: Dance Halls of South Louisiana”: “La Poussierre is located on the parish highway in Breaux Bridge and features mostly Cajun music. The original building across the street from the current location was opened in 1955 and the new building was opened in 1975 and remains active currently. The building is of brick construction, has aside gabled, metal roof, not parapet, and has a concrete slab foundation. The dance floor is constructed of wood strips and the bar is located in same room as the dancefloor. It is in good shape. New building constructed in 1975 across the street from original building, which was torn down for street widening. Original building was a 1920s grocery store converted to a dance hall in 1955.” Bobby & Marella Caffey & Eldine & Ernest (Ben) Benoit: ” I was at the original hall across the road from where it is now. My wife went to the bathroom and the band started up. I saw this really good looking woman and I asked her to dance. She was a good dancer and I asked where she learned how to dance. She said ‘To the Triangle Club!’ She smiled really big and didn’t have any teeth!” La Poussiere Cajun Dancehall website ...

Forest Club

Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Caption: Johnnie Allan and the Krazy Kats, 1957, L to R Al Foreman, Leroy Castille, Bhuel Hoffpauir, Johnnie Allan, and U.J. Meaux Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Listed in “Readers recall clubs where they danced to Louisiana Music” from The Daily Advertiser, December 29, 1998: “Readers of The Daily Advertiser were asked to submit names of’ the clubs where they danced to Louisiana music in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, with a brief recollection of what the club was like and who played there.” Opened by Pierre LeBlanc, who owned the Boundary Club. It catered to a more traditional crowd and featured mostly French music.Right at the Parish Line- not far from the Boundary Club. ...

River Club

Listed in “Readers recall clubs where they danced to Louisiana Music” from The Daily Advertiser, December 29, 1998: “Readers of The Daily Advertiser were asked to submit names of’ the clubs where they danced to Louisiana music in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, with a brief recollection of what the club was like and who played there.” ...

Unknown Hall

Dancehall by the landing- burned down-early 1960s- frequented by fishermen and trappers ...

Rainbow

Bruce Daigrepont: I played there once in the 1990s- it was between St. Martinville and Cade- older French crowd ...