Dancehalls in Vermilion Parish

E.M. Feray’s Dancehall

Newspaper item mentioning that E.M. Feray has leased his dancehall from the Abbeville Meridional, March 9, 1895: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064005/1895-03-09/ed-1/seq-3/ ...

Halfway Club

DL Menard: “I played there a heck of a long time! That was in between Abbeville and Kaplan.”- It was also called Reds Cajun Club. From information at the Kaplan Museum: “Halfway Club: This club was located halfway between Kaplan and Abbeville. Country and Western music was the favorite and attracted both the Abbeville and Kaplan crowds.” ...

Meance Montet’s Dancehall

Newspaper item about stabbing at a dance there, from The Abbeville Progress., May 10, 1913 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064057/1913-05-10/ed-1/seq-1/ ...

Silver Star Club

1939 Coronation Ball held there- Vermilion Parish Arcadia book (with pic) Abbeville, found on list at Kaplan City Museum- no known information ...

Unknown Dancehall

Mentioned in “History in Vermilion Parish, La., Vol. 1”: (After the Leleux dancehall closed) É “a son-in-law built a dance hall north of the Bayou.” ...

Felix Landry’s Dancehall

Maude Landry’s father, Felix Guidry, was a musician (clarinet), farmer, and a dancehall owner. Mentioned in the Archive of Cajun and Creole Folklore, Center for Louisiana Studies, Project Louisiane: #154 ...

George’s Bar

Featured in “Today’s Cajuns” by Philip Gould- 1979. It had a bouree room. ...

Eleazar Dancehall

Mentioned in “History of Vermilion Parish, La., Vol. 1”: “One of the first and oldest buildings in Kaplan was built in 1911 and was a combination Eleazar theatre and dance hall which got the name of that area for entertainment. Favorite entertainers at the timewas the Tokojo Serenaders who frrequented the Tokoyo Restaraunt. Their theme song was “I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover.” This building was located at 217 Cushing Avenue. It became Doucet’s Bargain Store and today, after being rebuilt in 1947 houses Charlie’s Furniture Store.” ...