The Daily World states “The last known concert there was on May 4, 1984, when Aberdeen’s famous metal rock band Metal Church performed their very first concert there.” Not that the last PERFORMANCE was in 1984, Joe. There is a difference in the world of accuracy.
Here’s the start of the article:
“Some of you may recall the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera: a mystery never fully explained. We are told ladies and gentlemen, that this is the very chandelier which figures in the famous disaster. Our workshops have restored it … Perhaps we may frighten away the ghost of so many years ago with a little illumination."
— Andrew Lloyd Webber’s "Phantom of the Opera”
It looks as though the chandeliers will rise again inside Aberdeen’s D&R Theater.
For the last 10 weeks, theater buffs Dave TerBush of Ocean Shores and Shaun O'Neal of Aberdeen have been working on a strategy to sweep away the ghosts and bring the historic theater back to life.
A non-profit organization they founded called the Harbor Arts Foundation purchased the theater at 207 South I St. from owner Leo Brutsche of Auburn for an undisclosed sum recently.
Brutsche, who owns the Becker Building among other places around the Harbor, had been using the dilapidated theater as a warehouse for his other businesses. Piles of boxes, neon signs and just plain junk are everywhere inside, making the interior appear more like a mechanic’s garage than the former home of live theater, orchestra concerts, silent movies and, later, “talkies.”
When TerBush and O'Neal purchased the property and the adjacent parking lot, they said Brutsche was so impressed with their enthusiasm that he immediately donated 53 percent of the sale price back to their arts foundation.
TerBush and O'Neal say they hope to have at least part of the facility open by late 2007. But it comes with a lofty price tag.
They estimate it will take between $1.5 million and $2 million to get the facility going again because of heavy damage to its interior.
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The Daily World states “The last known concert there was on May 4, 1984, when Aberdeen’s famous metal rock band Metal Church performed their very first concert there.” Not that the last PERFORMANCE was in 1984, Joe. There is a difference in the world of accuracy.
Here’s the start of the article:
“Some of you may recall the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera: a mystery never fully explained. We are told ladies and gentlemen, that this is the very chandelier which figures in the famous disaster. Our workshops have restored it … Perhaps we may frighten away the ghost of so many years ago with a little illumination."
— Andrew Lloyd Webber’s "Phantom of the Opera”
It looks as though the chandeliers will rise again inside Aberdeen’s D&R Theater.
For the last 10 weeks, theater buffs Dave TerBush of Ocean Shores and Shaun O'Neal of Aberdeen have been working on a strategy to sweep away the ghosts and bring the historic theater back to life.
A non-profit organization they founded called the Harbor Arts Foundation purchased the theater at 207 South I St. from owner Leo Brutsche of Auburn for an undisclosed sum recently.
Brutsche, who owns the Becker Building among other places around the Harbor, had been using the dilapidated theater as a warehouse for his other businesses. Piles of boxes, neon signs and just plain junk are everywhere inside, making the interior appear more like a mechanic’s garage than the former home of live theater, orchestra concerts, silent movies and, later, “talkies.”
When TerBush and O'Neal purchased the property and the adjacent parking lot, they said Brutsche was so impressed with their enthusiasm that he immediately donated 53 percent of the sale price back to their arts foundation.
TerBush and O'Neal say they hope to have at least part of the facility open by late 2007. But it comes with a lofty price tag.
They estimate it will take between $1.5 million and $2 million to get the facility going again because of heavy damage to its interior.