100 Men Hall People Project

DAY 057 Alana Freimanis, Josephina Orsos, Jaden Sheffield photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). Alana: I was also at the Little Theater with Jen Coulter. The first time I came here was OPEN MIC night and...

DAY 054 Clarence Harris photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). My mother and them came, but I came as a teenager when we had to sneak in here on a Monday night. You couldn’t come in...

DAY 053 Miracle Oguntuase photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). Miracle is a member of the The Bay Ratz Marching Battery, which is a group of kids of all ages who have one thing in common...

DAY 052 John E. Bezou, Sr. photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). First time I knew about the Hall, we played here when it was a VFW hall in 1982. I was in Pat Murphy’s band...

DAY 051 Floyd Moseley Jr. photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). My father Floyd Moseley Sr. used to book dances here. Every Easter after Lent, the first Monday he would give dances here. My father, Mr....

DAY 050 Eve Eisemann [Raw Oyster Marching Club] photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). About two years ago, I actually lived on Railroad Ave. Both my boyfriend and I are musicians. We became acquainted with the...

DAY 049 Kim McWilliams photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). The first time I came to the Hall was when Rachel had just bought it. I was working on the fundraiser for the Campaign to elect...

DAY 048 Pamela Williams Martin photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). We used to dance in here with no air conditioning. My mother was strict and she would not let us go outside, she said if...

DAY 047 Charles Hawkins photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). Years ago, I heard about the Hall when I was younger, but this is the first time I’ve actually stepped into the 100 Men Hall. I...

 DAY 046 Melissa Young Brown photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). The hall has been a fixture, an understanding, and a movement for as long as I’ve known the town of Bay St. Louis. As...

DAY 003 Sandra Price, photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). I first knew about the Hall because my mother, Doris Lyons, and my father, Leroy “The Greedy Man” came to hear artists like Otis Redding, James...

DAY 002 Maurice and Vonretta Singleton, photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). Maurice: My first experience was when I was seven or eight years old coming here for the Mardi Gras ball. I went to the...