Mike Hanisee and Megan Constantin

Recorded November 29, 2023 Archived November 29, 2023 41:55 minutes
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Id: mby023334

Description

Friends and neighbors Mike Hanisee (81) and Megan Constantin (34) talk about their passion for music and the importance of a local dance hall.

Subject Log / Time Code

Mike Hanisee (MH) and Megan Constantin (MC) share about their pets.
MH speaks about his upbringing and education.
MC asks MH how he first began playing music.
MH talks about his experience working as a salesman.
MH asks MC how she began pursuing music.
MC talks about starting a band.
MH shares memories of a band he was a part of.
MH talks about founding a dance hall in Lafayette, Louisiana and the acts that passed through in the folk music circuit.
MH talks about hitchhiking to California in 1969.
MH talks about moving back to Lafayette after his time in California.
MH recalls his memory of the opening night of the dance hall in 1980.
MC asks MH about his favorite concert he attended while owning the dance hall.
MC asks MH what it was like for the community to have a place like the dance hall.
MH describes what it looked like in the hall.
MH talks about his least favorite concert at the dance hall.

Participants

  • Mike Hanisee
  • Megan Constantin

Recording Locations

Maison Freetown

Partnership

Partnership Type

Outreach