The documented story
The two dated records establish local existence in 1915 and travel to a national fraternal gathering in 1920.
People and leadership
No bandmaster or officer has been securely identified in the reviewed item records.
Community and organization
The ensemble was affiliated with Tulsa’s Akdar Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a fraternal organization.
Reading the evidence
The Akdar Temple Band is not an earlier name for the Tulsa Community Band. Any overlap of individual musicians does not establish organizational succession.
Questions for further research
Founding and closing dates, director succession, membership rules, and a fuller performance chronology remain enrichment questions.
People named in related records
Names are retained as recorded in their source contexts.
- Duke Loucks — program/concert leader (1951)
Dated evidence in this record
- 1951
A 1951 Collinsville News article, Akdar Temple Shrine Band To Play At Owasso March 27, documents a Tulsa Shrine-band program and regional activity.
- 1951
A 1951 Collinsville News notice identifies an Owasso benefit concert for school bands under Duke Loucks.
- 1954
A 1954 Collinsville News item documents Akdar Shrine musicians in a Broken Arrow parade, a McAlester performance for charitable and Masonic events, and a planned Denver trip.
- 1969-02-15
A 1969 Tulsa World notice documented Akdar Shrine band rehearsal activity and a bandmaster at Akdar Temple.
- 1972-05-25
A May 1972 Tulsa notice named the Tulsa Akdar Shrine Band for a University of Tulsa event.