Dance Halls, Juke Joints, and Honky Tonks: Place making and Cultural Sustainability Symposium
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Opening Remarks
“Bloody Buckets, Twice Drunk Beer, and Loser Gumbo: The Louisiana Dancehall Project” by John Sharp
“A Context for Historic Texas Dance Halls: The development of the immigrant social halls in Texas and their place in the history of settlement, music, and culture” by Patrick Sparks
“Interpreting Juke Joints and African American Nightspots on the Mississippi Blues Trail” by Scott Baretta
“Hot Topics: What Dance Hall Owners Need to Know Right Now and Helpful Tools” by Deb Fleming
“Money When You Need It: Proven Strategies for Creating a Building Reserves Fund” by Steph McDougal
“Historic Texas Dance Halls ” by Steve Dean
“From the Ground Up, Key Points and Lessons Learned from Opening, Operating and Closing a Dancehall” by Bernard Pearce
Night Event
Performance by Ron Yule
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
“When “Business” Spells the Blues for a Popular Juke Joint: A Case of Cultural and Community Perseverance” by Mary Allison Haynie
“Club Desire: The Downtown Club with the Uptown Ideas” by Gail Lazaras
“National Register Documentation of South Louisiana Dance Halls” by Emily Ardoin
“Betwixt and Between: Threatened Creole Dancehalls in the Agricultural Landscape of Louisiana” by Deborah Rehn
“The Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall” by Lynn Mitchell
“Ghosts of Good Times – South Louisiana Dance Halls Past and Present” by Philip Gould and
“Juke Joints, Dance Halls, and House Parties: A Legacy of Music on Cane River” by Tim Van Cleave
Open Discussion
Night Event
Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie Concert