Mechanical Installation Begins

The first heating and cooling ducts are installed in the extra women's washrooms in the basement.

There has been temporary heat in the building since mid-fall.

Piston Installed

Otis Elevator installers put the piston in place.

The elevator runs between the basement and the main floor for moving equipment, chairs and tables.

Piston in the Air

The piston is lowered into the theatre.

Elevator Piston

The piston for the elevator arrives in the back alley by truck from Indiana.

Panels all in place

Over the weekend, Crystal Glass installed the last of the black glass panels on the front of the building.

Next is the restoration of the plaster on the upper facade.

Catering kitchen started

Work has started to raise the level of the catering kitchen floor to the level of the auditorium level, the opening on the left.

More Power!!!!

Thanks to Fortis we now have 200amp service to the Theatre.

The subtrades were scrambling to find enough power to run all the tools.

Theatre consultant Richard Sims, 2nd from right, works with electrical contractor on locating electrical outlets and communication systems on the stage.

Facade Glass Panels

Crystal Glass has attached about two-thirds of the black glass panels on the front of the Bailey.

The tape is holding the panels in place while the adhesive dries.

Sorting out a plumbing issue in the Bailey Bistro

The plumber is just one of the trades now in the building.

The heating, plumbing, electrical and sprinkler system trades are now all jockeying for space to run their services in the building.

We've Got Water!!!

The blue pipe is the waterline coming into the basement of the Bailey Theatre annex. It will feed the fire sprinkler system and domestic waterlines.

Steel makes it stronger

Reinforcing steel plates have been added to the underside of the balcony. The extra strength is required because bars are to be added to the front of the balcony for hanging some of the theatre lighting.

Insulating back wall

Blue coloured peel and stick vapour barriers is covered with two layers of insulation on the upper portion of the theatre's back wall.

The next step will be to cover the insulation with metal panels.

Ted and George from Crystal Glass caulk the joints on the first glass panels to be installed on the front of the Bailey.

There will be 240 pieces of black glass on the facade.

Glass panels being installed

Crystal Glass has started installing black glass panels that will cover the lower faade of the Bailey Theatre. Ross Shuman inspects the glass work and the new aluminum window frames. The frames open for the display of posters for upcoming events.

New Year's Tickets Selling Fast

Tickets for the Bailey Theatre's New Years Eve event have been on sale for only a short period of time, and already they are half sold.
The evening features the XTATIX with the Joel Gray Horns. If you attended the Black n White fundraiser for the Bailey you'll remember the Joel Gray Quartet provied the dinner music.
The XTATIX were a huge draw and we had a waiting list for people who were not fast enough getting their tickets.
Don't be left outside in the cold New Years Eve, get your tickets now by either visiting the Bailey Theatre office at 4949-50 Street or calling 780-672-5510.

St. Marc sur Richelieu

Today we visited the church in St. Marc sur Richelieu, Quebec where Bailey Theatre builder Camille David and his second wife Corine Beaudry were married. Soon after they moved to their ranch at Ferry Creek southeast of Camrose.

Next Phase

Mechanical contractors interested in the HVAC (heating, ventilation & air conditioning) and plumbing work on the Bailey recently toured the site.

Marquee Removed

The crew from Read's Contracting successfully removes the lower portion of the marquee. It had been CO2 (dry ice) blasted to remove old paint. Now repairs can be made in a sheet metal shop.

MP Kevin Sorenson, center, presents a cheque for $2.2-million dollars to l-r: Bailey Theatre Society President Dan Olofson; Frank MacInnis, MacInnis Family Foundation; Camrose Mayor Clarence Mastel and MLAVerlyn Olson.

Photo courtesy: The Camrose Booster

INVESTMENTS IN BAILEY

Federal funding of $2,220,250 is being provided through the Community Adjustment Fund (CAF) as part of Canada’s Economic Action Plan. The Government of Alberta is providing $250,000 through the Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI) and $45,000 through the Alberta Main Street Program for the final phase of restoration. The total restoration cost for the final phase is expected to be $4,440,500, which includes significant funding support from private donors.

EXTRA!!! EXTRA!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT.....

A major announcement regarding the restoration of the Bailey Theatre will be made Thursday afternoon..........

Cleaning the Marquee

Work has started to restore the marquee on the front of the theatre.

The first step is CO2 blasting the metal panels. Using dryice (frozen carbon dioxide) is less abrasive than sand blasting.

The last row of concrete blocks is installed on the shaft for the freight elevator.

A mason starts the last row of concrete block on the south wall of the addition. The north wall is more than three-quarters completed.

The rear and internal block walls should be completed before the city begins work to upgrade and re-pave the alley later this month.

The walls for the addition should be completed by next week.

Up go the walls

Masons have started building the concrete block walls for the addition to the south Annex.

The Annex houses the loading dock and the freight elevator.

Addition floor in place

Architect David Roth checks the floor of the addition to the Bailey Annex, south of the auditorium.

The mason will begin building the block walls today!!!

Design Committee Tour

Some members of the design committee... David Roth, Teresa Roth and Judy McLean...tour the Bailey as discussions begin on some of the finishing details of the theatre.

Judy and Patricia Fielding have researched the historic colours for the auditorium by going through the layers of paint on the pressed metal walls.

Mural

Camrose artist Audrey Pfannmuller has started her mural on the plywood covering the front of the Bailey Theatre.

New addition update

David and Ross inspect the basement walls for the addition. Concrete block walls will soon be going up.

Addition basement

With a stretch of dry weather construction efforts have been focused on the addition. Forms for the basement walls and elevator shaft should be in place within a few days with concrete to be poured on Friday.

Addition Progress

The footings have been poured for the addition on the alley side between the auditorium and Martha's Music.

The shaft for the freight elevator is in the center of the photo.

Tunnel Construction

Board member Ross Shuman and Architect David Roth check progress on the tunnel under the auditorium.
The tunnel connects the dressing rooms to the stairs under the stage.

Lobby Construction

Framing has started in the front of the theatre for the washrooms and the box office.

Addition Construction Start

Excavation of the basement of the addition to the theatre has started.

The addition will have a loading dock on the back, freight elevator between the basement and the main floor, and the heating and ventilation equipment on the roof.

Sons of Norway Tour

Members of the Sons of Norway, Ronning Lodge went for a tour of the Bailey.

They have purchased a seat sponsorship in the name of their lodge.

Stage Addition

Dan and David inspect the extension to the front of the stage.

The photo is the view from the front row of the balcony.

Rehearsal Hall

The walls of the rehearsal hall under the south annex have been framed.

The hall is in the basement of a separate building from the auditorium so rehearsals can be held while performances are taking place on the stage. The hall can also be rented as a meeting room.

There will be a tv monitor in the room so performers can see what is taking place on the stage via a camera mounted on the front of the balcony.

Also orchestras for musicals can be in the hall with the sound running to the control booth to better control sound levels for the audience.

With the new concrete basement floor in place construction is underway on the new dressing rooms and green room.

New Stage Roof

Details are worked out on sealing the joint between the auditorium roof and the stage roof as workers put new roofing material over the stage roof.

The square box on the roof is the frame for one of the two smoke hatches over the stage. The hatches open automatically to vent smoke from the theatre.

Aluminum Window Frames

Architect David Roth checks the first of ten aluminum window frames custom manufactured by Pioneer Machine and Crane of Camrose.

The frames are for the new windows to be installed on the front of the Bailey Theatre.

Once the frames are in place measurements can be taken for the black glass panels which will cover the lower portion of the building.

New Floor

After several months of excavation and structural work in the theatre bassement a new floor has now been poured.

It took a crew from Ken's Concrete Services about three hours to pour and finish the new floor for the dressing rooms, green rooms, washrooms and huge storage area for tables, chairs, props, light and sound equipment.

The new metal roof for the raised portion of the theatre is nearly complete.

The roof over the stage was altered slightly to allow for the installation of a steel structure to support a motorized rigging sytem for the fly gallery.

And tomorrow concrete will be poured for the 3,000 sq. ft. basement floor.

MP Tours Bailey Theatre

Kevin Sorenson, MP Crowfoot Constituency donned hard hat and steel toed boots recently to check progress on the restoration of the Bailey Theatre.

He was toured through the building by Bailey Theatre Society President Dan Olofson (left) and Vice-President Ross Shuman (right).

The City of Camrose has committed $500,000 towards the restoration of the Bailey.

The first cheque for $250,000 was presented today.

In the photo are l-r, Bailey board member Patricia Fielding, Bailey board President Dan Olofson, Camrose Mayor Clarence Mastel and City Councillor Daryl Shillington.

The remaining $250,000 from the City will be presented when the project is 90-percent completed.

We keep learning more about Camille David who had the theatre built in 1910-11.
The following was found yesterday at this website...www.shbmsh.org/pages/dictionnaire/sh-dict-b1.html

"Beaudry, Corinne (1876-). À Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu en 1901.- Née à Belœil.- Fille de Jean-Baptiste Beaudry et de Pierre Guertin.- Elle a épousé Camille David à Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu en 1901."
Translation:
Beaudry, Corinne (1876-) was living in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu in 1901. Born in Beloeil. Daughter of Jean-Baptiste Beaudry and Pierre Guertin. She married Camille David at Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu in 1901.

I grew up in Beloeil....It's a small world. Robert

Brad (the plumber) is finishing up the plumbing runs through the basement of the theatre.

In the next few weeks the general contractor will prepare the basement for a new concrete slab. Most of the workm in the theatre since October has taken place in the basement where new concrete footings, foundations and walls have already been poured.

As the masons complete repairs to the top of the brick wall on the north side of the stage, other construction workers are putting up the studs for the new wall above the brick at the back of the stage.

Masons are working on the alley side of the theatre cleaning and re-bricking the top of the back wall of the auditorium.

Also construction workers are framing the spaces for the smoke hatches over the stage which are required by the building code.

A steel structure is being installed in the theatre to support the new (motorized) rigging system and light bars over the stage.

Here a crane loads one of the cross braces for the structure into the building through the roof over the stage.

The fly gallery will be used to raise and lower pieces of scenery.

An elaborate scaffold has been built on the stage so that workers can remove the roof over the stage.

Later this week a crane will lower steel beams and posts in to the theatre.

The steel structure is to support a motorized rigging system for raising and lowering scenery and light bars.

A new roof then goes over the stage.

Uncovered Posters

While working on the stairs to the balcony workers uncovered a 1920s poster for "California Movie Girls" featuring comedian Paul Robinson.

The poster is on top of several layers of posters of what was once the front wall of the theatre.

The theatre was called the David Theatre at the time after the first owner, Camille David.