100 Men Hall People Project

DAY 174 Marion Pohl photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  Marion and Sadie Pohl have grown up in Bay St Louis during a time of new life for the Hall.  They hardly remember a time in this town when...

DAY 173 Patricia and Lawrence Yoho photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  My favorite memory of the Hall was a committee meeting for the Hancock County Federation of Democratic Women. Tequila Hall, Sandra Price, Judy Norris and I met...

DAY 172 Kristy Clark photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  The first time I stepped into the Hall, I fell in love. I felt a sense of joy and family. That first experience was a Homemade Jamz concert I came...

DAY 171 Louis J. Dunklin photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  We moved here from Alabama because my dad was working for L&N Railroad Station (from AL to LA and from LA they commuted back to BSL and...

DAY 170 Andrew Castle photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  The first time we came to the Hall was today for the 100 Men Hall People Project. We have heard about the Hall and knew the musical history....

DAY 169 Rickey Lewis, Jr. photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  My grandparents were born and raised here in Bay Saint Louis. Bernard and Dorothy Mae Labat. (Myron’s my uncle and his sister Darlene my aunt). As a kid...

DAY 168 Dale Pohl photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  I was drawn to the Hall as soon as it reopened after Katrina. I love history and happy times, and the Hall had all that plus old wood and...

DAY 167 Alcida Farve Page photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  I started coming here with my brother when I was about 12 for the dances. There were dance contests and my brother was my partner. We would win the dance contests...

DAY 166 Yola Jackson photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  My grandmother used to come here and perform; she was with the Creole Gossipers. I started coming in the late 60s to go to dances. It was always...

DAY 165 Terry and Bobby Tate photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  My parents came to the Hall because they lived right down the street. She would have been coming to the Hall at 14 years old. They...

DAY 164 Michael Haggerty Sr. photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  I had seen the Hall when I moved here in 1992. My parents lived by the railroad tracks. This was before the casinos got here, so I...

DAY 163 Bruce Northridge photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  Post Katrina was when I learned about the Hall. I assisted Father Sebastian in Katrina Recovery; we formed SOAR, St. Rose Outreach and were pretty aware of all...