Sedgwick said Friday’s celebration was the first real live performance for the DNHS steel drum band and jazz band since the pandemic shut things down. And with the ability to utilize more color options and more special effects, our first concert here should be a blast.”Īccording to Rail, the new system allows Peña and others to operate the lighting sequence from their personal computer or tablet. “Lights add a level of drama to a piece that is so important in a dance concert. “We’re really grateful for the new lighting feature,” she said. Though Peña’s students won’t officially perform until January, her Dance III kids gave the audience a taste of what the new lighting system can do.
I’m excited to kind of start anew with concerts this year.” We’ve had music shut down in the middle of a performance and we’ve had blown fuses, among other things. “We’ve had rain falling on the girls and we’ve had curtains stuck halfway open. “I can’t even begin to tell you how crazy some of the experiences have been of my past concerts here,” Peña said. PBK Design also provided architecture and design services for the refurbished facility, Morgan said.įor DNHS dance instructor, Katie Peña, the new auditorium makes her excited for her students’ upcoming concerts. “He’s probably been there for, I don’t know, 10 or 12 hours a day all week getting ready for this,” Morgan said of Degler.įashion Floors of Medford installed the new flooring in the auditorium, according to Morgan. Local sound engineer, John Degler, who has volunteered his services to community events and performances since 2006, also pledged $5,000 toward the technical setup and configuration of the stage lighting, Morgan said.ĭel Norte High School student Raymond Endert provided vocals and a trombone solo for a rendition of "Mambo Swing." Photo: Jessica C. Matt Fearing also paid to refurbish the lights, Morgan said. Matt and Rae Fearing, of Northridge Electric, donated $25,000 for a new electric panel to replace one that had been powering the facility since 1929. They pledged pledged $50,000 for new stage lighting and $131,409 for the new seats, according to Steve Morgan, the district’s director of facilities and maintenance. For years, Rail supplied DNHS with repairs, music folders and other supplies, which led to that first donation of musical instruments.Īfter that donation, the Rails started the Nick and Lisa Rail Music Foundation. Rail reconnected with his roots via Sedgwick, who frequented Rail’s Santa Barbara store and even worked for him. Nick Rail, who grew up in Del Norte County, attending Redwood School where he first learned to play the cornet, went on to become one of the largest retailers of musical instruments in Southern California. What was supposed to be, at best a five-year program to put this place back into some semblance of shape, turned into 18 months of fevered construction with Nick and Lisa saying, ‘OK, here’s the next level.’” “Nick and Lisa’s generosity started immediately.
“He said one simple thing, ‘I’ll supply the lights if you paint the auditorium,’” Harris said of Rail. Nick and Lisa Rail announced the donation of 100 instruments to our music program.”Īt the end of that evening in January 2020 - the first “ta da” moment that formally reintroduced the Rails to Del Norte County - Harris said Nick Rail made a proposition concerning the Crescent Elk Auditorium. “And then, out of the blue, there’s a lightning bolt that happens in January of 2020. “We never thought it would happen in five years, but we said, ‘Let’s see what it looks like,’” Harris said.
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Purchasing a separate cushion to make it through the evening is no longer required.Īccording to Del Norte Unified School District Superintendent Jeff Harris, the journey to upgrade the auditorium began with Board of Trustees conversation in 2019 about repainting it and turned into a discussion regarding a five-year plan for renovating the venue.
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They saw walls sporting a uniform deep blue rather than chipped paint, refurbished lights, floors free from scratches and put butts into seats that were wide enough to accommodate them. “It’s what we do.”Ĭommunity members entered the 92 year-old music venue Friday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. “My kids crave this,” Sedgwick told the audience. Andrewsĭel Norte’s largest indoor event in two years brought tears, applause and a hope for the future as the community celebrated the grand reopening and renovation of the Crescent Elk Auditorium.īut for Del Norte High School band director, Dan Sedgwick, whose students traded notes with instrumentalist Jacob Scesney of Post Modern Jukebox fame, it was simple. Del Norte High School's Dance III class performs "Lights" at the Crescent Elk Auditorium reopening ceremony Friday.
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