Look Who’s Coming to Town

ID: 2707 ~ Source: Floyd-Love, Charlotte, Adrion Floyd, and Roderick Floyd, Interviewed by Stephen Sloan, July 4, 2020 in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX.
This file appears in: Walker's Auditorium

Charlotte Floyd-Love elaborates on the publicity methods that Walker’s Auditorium employed. In addition to newspapers, other forms of media also advertised acts that were coming to Waco, usually only a couple weeks prior to their arrival.

This file appears in: Walker's Auditorium

By Regina Wenger
Beginning in 1945, the sounds of big bands, the blues, and rock blended on the dance floor of East Waco’s Walker’s Auditorium. Continually looking for ways to serve his community, African American entrepreneur Herbert Walker founded the club. Prior…