The Chairmen are a Unit, like a club, made up of local Shriners from Zuhrah Shrine. Most of us come from Minneapolis and the western suburbs, but a handful come from St. Paul. Several years ago, one of our ‘pallies’ had the idea of founding a new unit, dedicated to BBQ and good cigars. He originally planned to call it "The Smokers," but for various reasons, we abandoned that name, adopted the Rat Pack theme, and here we are today. You can read more about 'dem early days formin' the Unit, here.
We're all Freemasons. About 35% of Masons in the U.S., like us, take the additional step of joining the Shrine and its heritage of charitable giving and social culture.
Membership in the Chairmen costs just $35 a year*. We welcome any Shriner from any temple, new Masons, or even non-Masons to join. You can informally participate for a year just to see if you like the group, and join the Shrine at a later ‘Ceremonial.’ When you want to join, send fill out a petition, found here or in the Documents folder on my desk, and bring it to a meeting. Or, send it to Tom Jackson, our CIO - find his address on the card on my desktop. We'll have a couple of the fellows meet you and sign it for ya. If you want to learn more about the Masons, click here. It'll give you a chance to take a tour of the Churchill Lodge website - they host our little piece of the web - or check out our local Shrine, Zuhrah, and the International Shrine website.
Stop by one of our meetings at Golden Leaf, or call us if you like.
Finally, enjoy the radio spots during our sponsored weekly Sinatra hour, Saturday evenings at six, on the Twin Cities' Jazz 88, FM. We sure do.