Posts made in January, 2009

Reopening celebration

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On January 25, 2009, our reopening celebration brought in over 500 people to see all the newly restored seats, backstage rigging and the curtains and to hear the Aberdeen Elks National Band and Dukes of Swing perform for this event. Check out our photo album. (Thanks to Sativa Miller for the great shots!)

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New curtains, modeled after the originals

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Stage Craft sweeps up

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Friday, January 16, construction is done. Right on schedule!

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Curtains, the beginning of the end

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The rigging project is almost done! Just yesterday the “grand valance” and drapes were hung. This photo was taken before the drapes were installed, but I just needed to share this picture. We chose a drape design as close to the originals as possible. Having only black and white photos put a damper on the color scheme, but we are extremely pleased with the dark blue fabric. If you’d like to see what the original drapes looked like, check out the Jones Photo Historical Collection site and search for photo number 23140. Bet you can’t wait to see these in real...

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Work, work, work …and play

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