![]() ![]() Born Thomas Raymond Kelly in August of 1927, Red grew up in orphanages in Montana from a very young age, but eventually moved to the northwest. Red Kelly and his Roadhouse Band performed a tribute to Crosby. In more recent years, one local musician performed at the Elks Lodge to honor a very popular local artist, Bing Crosby. Another photo shows members of the 84 th street Jazz Band preparing for the concert to be Held at the Elks Lodge, Hosted by the Allied Jazz Forum. ![]() In the photo to with the headline “Talent Lines Up for First Jazz Concert,” the article outlines a list of local Jazz musicians that played at a concert being held at the Elks Temple, with the first group headlining the event called The Wayne Simon Dixie Land Sextet. From charity events to community outreach programs, the Elks Temple had a plethora of events that happened at the building. They also hosted community involved programs such as parades, dances, and various types of performances. The Elks held meetings, banquets, shows for its members and their families. According to McMenamin’s historian Tim Hill “the Elks Lodge in Tacoma had the highest membership of any lodge in the country.”įrom its conception, the Elks Lodge was built with the primary use to service and facilitate the needs of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and its members. From there the order of the Elks spread throughout the country, eventually finding its place in Tacoma. On February 16,1868 the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was created. ![]() After one of the members of the Jolly Corks gatherings passed away leaving his family behind to care for themselves, the group chose to take their casual meetings more seriously and decided that they would establish financial resources to be able help people who may have fallen on hard times. Vivan and some of his colleagues began meeting on the weekends and they originally called their casual fellowship the Jolly Corks. Vivian was a singer, dancer and performer from London who migrated to New York in 1867. The man that started the organization was called Charles Algernon Sidney Vivan. Approximately forty-eight years prior to the Tacoma Elks Lodge construction the Elks organization was created in New York. The original use of this the Elks Temple was solely for the Elks Temple members. This 44,361 square foot building was constructed with seven different floors, many kinds of rooms, several banquet halls, and ballroom with a performance stage that included balcony seating. The building was opened up to the Elks Temple members and their families for the first time on February 19 th 1916. The Elks Lodge located at 565 Broadway was constructed in Tacoma in 1916. ![]()
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