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On Sunday, January 7, 2018 more than 225 people attended to enjoy the acoustic treat of the Black Hills Symphony Orchestra on the stage of the Historic Homestake Opera House for the Epiphany Concert: Angels Project. The name for the concert came from the January 6 date of the Epiphany which means "the manifestation of spiritual beings.” The elaborate original plasterwork to be restored includes the 1914 angels that grace the top of the opening of the stage. Please enjoy viewing these images, courtesy of the Homestake Opera House. “This is a very important time in this building’s life,” says Sarah Carson, HHOH executive director. “This project is an important milestone in South Dakota history, Lead history, and Homestake Gold Mine history, and it’s important also for our community members and people who worked on this building before us. People now see the inspiring changes, and that progress is a reward for all of us.”
The Epiphany Concert: Angels Project kickoff event will help support the large project ahead, which involves restoring the large intricate plasterwork opening of the stage, called a “proscenium”, in which the plasterwork will be repaired and replicated to look as it did in 1914 based on research, photography, and paint samples. Carlson adds there has been a series of special events in celebration of restoration projects every step of the way in the last 7 years, and especially thanks the City of Lead, loyal HHOH annual members, and the Adams-Mastrovich Family Foundation for their ongoing support. Repertoire: Vivaldi – Sinfonia Al Santo Sepulchro in B Minor, RV 169 Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 Warlock – Bethlehem Down Respighi – Ancient Airs & Dances Suite 3 Hovhaness – Prayer for St. Gregory Corelli – Concerto grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 8 Fatto per la note di Natale Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon HWV 67 This event is supported in part by KEVN Black Hills Fox TV, the City of Lead, and the SD Arts Council by the SD Dept. of Tourism through the National Endowment for the Arts. The Black Hills Symphony Orchestra (BHSO) is a community orchestra located in Rapid City, SD with the mission to provide the finest in orchestral performance and symphonic music education for the people of the Black Hills region. The orchestra has grown substantially, now employing approximately 90 musicians. Each year, the BHSO presents a program series of symphony concerts and has collaborated with other Black Hills area arts organizations to present larger productions. The 8th year of Black Hills Cowboy Christmas Concerts and Dance brought in 1,039 people to Lead and Deadwood on Saturday, December 9. Thank you to our performers, and volunteers (26!), sponsors, Northern Hills Dental, Black Hills Fox TV, First Gold Hotel & Casino, and Black Hills Badlands Tourism Assoc., and to our annual members, and the City Of Lead and the Adams Mastrovich Family Foundation. And a big thanks to our talented friend and partner, Paul Larson amazing cowboy musician and his family. #blackhills #MyLead The following photos belong to Historic Homestake Opera House. Please credit accordingly, and thank you. We've almost hit our goal to replicate the 1914 theater wall sconces!  We thank Aces & Eights Kim Bachman, Harland Allen, and Carrie Orr for a fantastic show series of fun, down-home classic country concerts since June, and their welcoming and positive attitude in sharing music and the stage with specials guests each month. This last show featured popular Wyoming solo performer and award-winning Americana musician Jalan Crossland, who has many Black Hills fans. We had a great party on Saturday night. Extra special thanks to our Black Hills Opry sponsors – we could not do this without you and your generosity! Stretch's Custom & Auto Glass, Central City ReMax© Gold, The Keene Team, Lead, SD South Dakota Arts Council Executive Lodging of the Black Hills, Deadwood KEVN Black Hills Fox TV Authors' Reception at the Homestake Opera House Kicks Off the 2017 South Dakota Festival of Books9/21/2017
The South Dakota Humanities Council pulled out the stops to welcome the official authors of the 2017 South Dakota Festival of Books tonight at the Historic Homestake Opera House at 313 W. Main Street, Lead, SD. Special thanks to Dr. David Wolff and to Cyndie Harlan and staff of the Phoebe Apperson Hearst/Lead Public Library, neighbor to the Opera House. More than 90 people attended the event expertly catered by Dave Brueckner and staff from Cheyenne Crossing of Lead.  ABOVE: Major donors to the 2017 Wall #1 & 2 present at the Reveal Concert Event, from L to R: Diane & Dan DesLauries, Jennifer Young and mother Mary Beth (Dunn) Mallow representing the $10,000 Jim & Betty Dunn donation, Bob Morcom, Leona Ruffatto and son Rob Ruffatto, Maxine Morcom, Fred and Sherri Thurston, Connie Hyde, Betsy Ross Brown and her four family members representing the $10,000 Harold Edward Ross donation, and Karen and Tim Raben. Many other donors gave generously to this project, and the work continues. If you would like to contribute to this project, please contact Sarah Carlson at 605-584-2067 or opera@rushmore.com. HUGE thanks to these very talented and generous local artists Jerry Aberle, Dennes Barrett, Chad Aberle of Avid Painting, Kaylee Linn, Lynn Namminga, Ericka Merchant, Tim Peterson of Flat Earth Art Co., Mike Ryan, and (not pictured) mascot Darby Aberle.    The transformation of plasterwork within the theater has continued with the Homestake legacy carrying it on. The second lower wall project is underway, nicknamed the "Ed RossWall." A $10,000 kickoff donation was made for this special project in memory of longtime Homestake electrical engineer and Wyodak mine manager Harold "Ed" Ross. Other donors have also given to the project.
The generous donation was made by Ed & Teen Ross' family, whose Homestake roots run deep. Ed's wife, Teen, was a dancer and performed several times on the Homestake Opera House stage. The Ross Shaft in Lead is named after Ed's uncle Alec Ross, who was superintendent of the Homestake mine for more than 25 years. Ed installed the communications system within the mine that allowed hoist operators to talk with miners in the cage. He was injured in a work-related explosion in 1946 and lost most of his vision, but even though he was legally blind, he went on to manage the Wyodak power plant and coal mine for 25 years until retiring in 1973 and returning to Lead. Other donors have also stepped forward to see this lower wall restored. The north lower "Ed Ross wall" project is slated to be completed in September 2017. Photos courtesy Historic Homestake Opera House. In Memory of Harold Edward Ross
Edward & June Pullen In Memory of Jim & Betty Dunn In Memory of Marjorie Morcom Wayne & Kelly Klein Maxine Morcom Connie Hyde Tim & Karen Raben In Memory of Barney Ruffatto In Memory of Delores Ghere In Memory of John & Anna Zupet Lead High School Class of 1962 In Memory of Lance Picore and John Holso Dale Berkebile & Donnabelle Talty Mary Lerdal & Patrick Badiuk Jerry Aberle Dennes Barrett Scott Hertl of Koala Electric Fleming to kick off Neutrino DayBonnie T. Fleming, a Professor of Physics at Yale University, was a Lederman Fellowship at Fermilab working on the MiniBooNE experiment.
Michael Landry keynote speakerMichael Landry is a physicist with the California Institute of Technology, and the Head of the LIGO Hanford Observatory in Richland, Washington. http://www.sanfordlab.org/feature/2017-neutrino-day-speakers Saturday night, June 24: The opening night of Black Hills Opry was a hit. The crowd hooted and hollered and applauded Aces & Eights trio with featured guest artists Gumbo Lily of the West. There were lots of laughs, and guests enjoyed taking photos and talking with the musicians after the show. Thank you all for attending. The next show is July 29 at 7:00 pm with Paul Larson and Allen & Jill Kirkham! 
Restoration consultant (and former Homestake engineer) Jerry Aberle works diligently with restoration sidekick and HHOH facility manager Dennes Barrett, (formerly Black Hills Power serviceman) with special paint work by Chad Aberle of Avid Painting. All three men are from Lead, SD. This project was funded and completed because of an anonymous donation in honor of Jim Dunn who worked for Homestake for 38 years, and his sweet wife Betty, both of Lead, SD. The project was also supported by an Outside of Deadwood grant from Deadwood Historic Preservation. Thank you all so much.
 Thanks to our annual 2017 members who keep our building going, and to our Facility Manager Dennes Barrett and our Custodial Expert Kaylee Linn for making sure the building always looks good for our visitors, tenants, families and friends. Thanks to FastSigns for banner printing in front and back. There's more updates to come, so stay tuned. Thank you all for your love for this important place.  
Hi friends! We've got special tour times through Memorial Day Weekend.
Our exciting plaster theater wall restoration is still in progress. Come and visit the Theater Built by a Gold Mine and the new exhibit upstairs. Our regular 30-minute tour will be available after Memorial Day, Monday through Saturday, 11:00 to 2:00 pm. $5 admission, and kids 10 and younger are FREE. Thanks for your support! Tours with the 1914 swimming pool included are $15 admission, open to groups of 12 people or less. For more information or to schedule your tour this weekend, please call Sarah Carlson, HHOH executive director, at 605-920-0717. Thanks!   The Historic Homestake Opera House theater entrance and Interpretive Exhibit are open during events and free to enjoy for event patrons.
But because of restoration construction within the theater, our regular 30-minute tours are available by simply calling ahead for the next available time slot to keep the environment safe for visitors and also keep our construction going. Tour admission is $5 per person and kids under 10 are free. Tours with the swimming pool included are $10 for groups of a dozen or less only. The HHOH business office hours are 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Monday-Friday and the office is located in the rear of the building on Julius Street. The building, theater, and Interpretive Exhibit is wheelchair accessible. Tourism helps support the fundraising operation of this historic building. Find out more about the building at HomestakeOperaHouse.org. Call 605-584-2067 to schedule your tour. Thank you for your support of saving America’s historic places! Nearly 750 patrons attended this high energy musical performed by the Gold Camp Player community theatre group at the Historic Homestake Opera House during the weekends of May 5-7 and 12-14. Directed by Dave Scherer with musical direction by Shelley Dragoo, the commitment to making this show a spectacle takes hundreds of hours by all involved as a team. Thank you to all the cast, crew, and costumers; plus our sponsors listed below. BRAVO! Generous Sponsors:
Cast Bios and Program:   Photos courtesy Historic Homestake Opera House / Dennes Barrett.Be a part of the success of this organization.
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KATE SCHLENKER kate@homestakeoperahouse.org |
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