{"id":56069,"date":"2019-07-06T21:13:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T01:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=56069"},"modified":"2019-07-06T21:13:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T01:13:59","slug":"in-memory-of-elaine-st-jacques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=56069","title":{"rendered":"In Memory of Elaine St. Jacques"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/elaine-e1496717497119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"970\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/elaine-e1496717497119.jpg\" alt=\"Elaine St. Jacques\" class=\"wp-image-56070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/elaine-e1496717497119.jpg 702w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/elaine-e1496717497119-109x150.jpg 109w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/elaine-e1496717497119-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/elaine-e1496717497119-326x450.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/elaine-e1496717497119-700x967.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Elaine St. Jacques<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Elaine St. Jacques was the illusion of Alvin Bell and was an entertainer out of Detroit, Michigan. One of her signature numbers was &#8220;I Who Have Nothing&#8221; by Shirley Bassey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Elaine sadly passed away around 1989 or 1990 but she will be remembered for her large eyes and how incredibly sweet she was.  We salute the artistry that was Elaine St. Jacques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Titles and Awards<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Miss Gay Michigan 1982<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=56048\"><strong>Miss Gigi&#8217;s 1974<\/strong><\/a><br>(Gigi&#8217;s Cabaret &#8211; Detroit, Michigan)<br>Emeritus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elaine St. Jacques: Captured Moments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/11951345_783410851786557_7597692761365730632_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/11951345_783410851786557_7597692761365730632_n.png\" alt=\"Eunice Alexander and Elaine St. Jacques\" data-id=\"56232\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=56232\" class=\"wp-image-56232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/11951345_783410851786557_7597692761365730632_n.png 662w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/11951345_783410851786557_7597692761365730632_n-103x150.png 103w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/11951345_783410851786557_7597692761365730632_n-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/11951345_783410851786557_7597692761365730632_n-326x473.png 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Eunice Alexander and Elaine St. Jacques<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/303721_2648057799669_193417602_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/303721_2648057799669_193417602_n.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Garneau, Elaine St. Jacques and Peter Sonnberg Schmidt.  Circa 1981-82.  \" data-id=\"83649\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=83649\" class=\"wp-image-83649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/303721_2648057799669_193417602_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/303721_2648057799669_193417602_n-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/303721_2648057799669_193417602_n-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tony Garneau, Elaine St. Jacques and Peter Sonnberg Schmidt.  Circa 1981-82.  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">*Special thank you to Peter Sonnberg Schmidt for granting permission to post the last photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elaine St. Jacques: Performance History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some venues and events that Elaine has been a part of include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Detroit, Michigan <\/strong>&#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=83606\">Gigi&#8217;s<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elaine St. Jacques was the illusion of Alvin Bell and was an entertainer out of Detroit, Michigan. One of her&#8230; <span class=\"gridview-grid-post-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=56069\">read more<span class=\"gridview-sr-only\"> In Memory of Elaine St. Jacques<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22,39],"class_list":["post-56069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainers","tag-in-loving-memory","tag-michigan","wpcat-6-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}