The Dew Drop Dance Hall
The amount of research conducted by Dr. Karl Koenig on the jazz history of New Orleans and vicinity is astounding, and no where is this more evident than in his lengthy revelations about The Dew Drop Dance Hall in Mandeville.
The Dew Drop dance hall is located at 430 Lamarque St. in Mandeville and was spotlighted in a 1986 article by Dr. Koenig which was published in The Second Line, the magazine for the New Orleans Jazz Club.
Near the end of the article he made an impassioned plea about saving the Dew Drop and preserving its musical heritage. Here are edited “excerpts” from the article from a PDF file posted on the basinstreet.com website: