Restoration and Preparation for the Seats

Restoration

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With the seats gone, it is a good chance to restore the stenciling on the balcony fascia	The Barton console is safely tucked in	The organ chambers are sealed to keep dust out	The projection booth sits idle, awaiting the resumption of movies in March

From the stage showing the start of the stenciling.	Through a window in the projection booth.	From the top of the balcony	From the top of the balcony

Rechecking measurements	A view along the balcony railing	Progress continues on the front of the balcony	The stencil pattern begins to take shape

Work also continues from the balcony.	The restoration work is being done completely by members and friends of MCTOS.	There's lots to do	Time to discuss the work being done

Gil and John work on refinishing panels at the rear of the auditorium	The stencils are hung by the balcony with care	The front of the balcony is becoming more colorful	The front of the balcony is becoming more colorful on the north side, too

The pattern on the left is complete, the one on the right still needs some details	The stenciling continues to develop from left to right	Work proceeds in the balcony	Balcony seats get the newer cushions salvaged from the main floor

Sample seat shown under available light	The same seat shot with a flash to show the true colors	Sandra works on one of the panels at the rear of the auditorium	The balcony stencils reach all the way across

This picture and the one to the right show the scope of the balcony panels	And all of the labor on this page of pictures was done by volunteers!	Up on the scaffold, David vacuums off more than 70 years of dust from the pagoda roof	A look at the detail, now that the red panels are done

Tom is removing paint from the balcony rails	Ron is doing the same thing on the other side	Steve applies the base coat in preparation for wood-graining	No, he's not laying down on the job

A view from the left center aisle	From the same aisle looking towards the south