100 Men Hall People Project

Divine Oguntuase

Divine Oguntuase

DAY 067 Divine Oguntuase photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). Divine is a member of the The Bay Ratz Marching Battery, which is a group of kids of all ages who ha...

Steve Barney and Sophine

Steve Barney and Sophine

DAY 066 Steve Barney and Sophine photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). When I first came to Bay Saint Louis, after the storm, I heard about the Hall. It was not un...

Mary Whavers

Mary Whavers

DAY 065 Mary Whavers photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). I learned about the Hall in 1960. My classmates knew all about it and I heard about it in school - Valen...

Michelle Allee [Raw Oyster Marching Club]

Michelle Allee [Raw Oyster Marching Club]

DAY 055 Michelle Allee [Raw Oyster Marching Club] photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). Marty and Koo brought me here but I forgot what the event was, but it was l...

Ann Weaver [Raw Oyster Marching Club]

Ann Weaver [Raw Oyster Marching Club]

DAY 064 Ann Weaver [Raw Oyster Marching Club] photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). I learned about it when Kerrie bought it because a friend of mine was so excite...

Gladys Dedeaux

Gladys Dedeaux

DAY 063 Gladys Dedeaux photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). In 1961, I started coming here as a ninth grader. I came for the dances and it may have been a few oth...

Kennon and Georgia McWilliams

Kennon and Georgia McWilliams

DAY 062 Kennon and Georgia McWilliams photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP)  The first time I came to the Hall was right after Rachel took it over in 2018. I fried ...

Doxa Oguntuase

Doxa Oguntuase

DAY 061 Doxa Oguntuase photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). Doxa is a member of the The Bay Ratz Marching Battery, which is a group of kids of all ages who have o...

Beverly Fitzsimmons [Raw Oyster Marching Club]

Beverly Fitzsimmons [Raw Oyster Marching Club]

DAY 060 Beverly Fitzsimmons [Raw Oyster Marching Club] photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). Years ago, a friend of mine Jackie Lappe posted on Facebook about how ...

Clementine Williams

Clementine Williams

DAY 060 Clementine Williams photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). I grew up knowing about the Hall because my parents used to come, and I wasn’t allowed to come un...

Marcella M. Laneaux

Marcella M. Laneaux

DAY 059 Marcella M. Laneaux photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP). My parents started coming around 1955-56 for the organization. They saw plenty of musicians here ...

Gabriella Middelweerd

Gabriella Middelweerd

DAY 058 Gabriella Middelweerd photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP)  Gabi is a member of the The Bay Ratz Marching Battery, which is a group of kids of all ages who...

Alana Freimanis, Josephina Orsos, Jaden Sheffield

Alana Freimanis, Josephina Orsos, Jaden Sheffield

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...

Clarence Harris

Clarence Harris

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...

Miracle Oguntuase

Miracle Oguntuase

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 ...

John E. Bezou, Sr.

John E. Bezou, Sr.

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 Murp...

Floyd Moseley Jr.

Floyd Moseley Jr.

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 ...

Eve Eisemann [Raw Oyster Marching Club]

Eve Eisemann [Raw Oyster Marching Club]

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 ...

Kim McWilliams

Kim McWilliams

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 ...

Pamela Williams Martin

Pamela Williams Martin

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 ...

Charles Hawkins

Charles Hawkins

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 steppe...

Melissa Young Brown

Melissa Young Brown

 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 tow...

Sandra Price

Sandra Price

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 ...

Maurice and Vonretta Singleton

Maurice and Vonretta Singleton

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 ...