Delta Club

Bar/club that featured a cock fighting areana in the back room. Losers used to make dinner. ...

New Palomino 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 ...

Twin Oaks Tavern

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.” Also known as Big Oaks or The Oaks ...

Blue Lake Club

From http://www.texasfreeway.com: “On the right side of the road as Texans exited the east end of the mile-long bridge stood…Mud Lake. Just past Mud Lake, on the left, stood…Blue Lake Club.” Possibly a black club. ...

Edgewater 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.” Same as Pat’s in Henderson? ...

Valenzuela Hall

Newspaper mention about dance with music provided by the Claiborne Williams Orchestra, 1905: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034248/1905-06-03/ed-1/seq-4/ : 1912: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034248/1912-04-20/ed-1/seq-5/ ...

Gerard Forrestier’s Dancehall

Mentioned in “Cajuns: Their History and Culture” 1987: Gerard Forrestier’s dancehall was between Ossun & Vatican- closer to Vatican- open intermittently- people would wreck it & it would neeed repairs to open- frequented by people from Marais Bouler when the halls there were closed for repairs ...