My Melancholy Baby

Hi, this is the Honorable Ann Pryor Rode, I just heard about tonight's show.
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I'm skipping the Fifty Fifty Club, canceling Bingo, and rescheduling the Cherokee Club Dinner Dance committee meeting.
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Though, I passed on six years ago, what kind of grandmother would I be if I can't come back and cheer my star boarder grandson on.
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I'm counting on Yorkville Casino quality entertainment tonight, but if Tommy stinks, I'm prepared to take over the mike and get the show on the road.
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See you at Happy Ending Lounge @ tonight @8pm
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http://www.happyendinglounge.com/2005/
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Why do you grieve?
Try and believe
Life is always sunshine
When the heart beats true
Banish your fears
Smile through your tears
When you're sad
It makes me feel the same as you...
Come to me my melancholy baby
Cuddle up and don't be blue
All your fears are foolish fancy, maybe
You know, dear, that I'm in love with you;
Every cloud must have a silver lining
Wait until the sun shines through
Come on and smile, my honey dear,
While I kiss away each tear
Or else I shall be melancholy too...
(music, Ernie Burnett, lyrics, George A. Norton)
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Next Cherokee Club Outing ~ Tommy's Reading Tomorrow Night ~ Thursday, July 9th @ 8pm

"Annie, Isabel here. I've got the bus ready for Tommy's reading tomorrow night. Woody will pick us up in front of the Cherokee Club on 79th Street. I put a crate of rotten peaches in the back. No, not Alberta, the Cling peaches. This way, if Tommy stinks we can rocket a few off his head."

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July 9th @ 8pm @ Happy Ending Lounge

302 Broome Street (between Forsyth and Eldridge Streets)

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part of Mr. Beller's Neighborhood Reading Series

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Tommy, Claudia Chopek & Ward White storytell with song

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see the link below for directions, please come.

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thanks, Tommy

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http://www.happyendinglounge.com/2005/

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Cherokee Club Dance at Yorkville Casino in 1944

Below is a photo of the Cherokee Club taken in 1962. Below that are four photos of a Cherokee Club dance at Yorkville Casino on November 22, 1944. Half of Yorkville's in this picture. I never counted, but I'll bet there are more than 2,000 people in that hall, since there's also a balcony loaded with folks.

Cherokee Club Dance at Yorkville Casino in 1949

The photo above, was taken in 1949 at a Cherokee Club dance at the Yorkville Casino.

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The Democratic Cherokee Club was located at 334 East 79th Street and had more than 4,000 due paying members in 1946.

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The Yorkville Casino was a six-story building at 210 E. 86th Street erected in 1904 by the Musician's Mutual Protective Union (which was the forerunner of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians) as a social center for the area's growing German and Irish population.

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One of the area's largest night spots was the Gloria Palast, a restaurant and dance hall which held over 2,000 people. This venue was located in the basement of the Yorkville Casino.

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