Trending Elvis, now well-known by his nickname 'Elvis the Pelvis', had to honour his commitment to the Louisiana Hayride Christmas fundraiser for the local YMCA. His sudden fame meant the event was moved from Municipal Auditorium to the Youth Center at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds. When he had started out, tickets to the entire show had cost 60 cents, now they were $2. The local press reported how Elvis-mania had gripped the town: "It was a big night for the Shreveport police force, too... With teen-agers giving every indication of tearing the Pelvis limb from limb out of sheer admiration and animal spirits, the police threw up more or less effective barricades throughout the building. They were effective enough to keep Presley from being mobbed, but just barely.