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AN ENTERTAINMENT CENTER WAS OPENING UP IN THE RIVER TOWN OF PALESTINE.
UP IN THE RIVER TOWN OF PALESTINE. TODAY A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS IS
PALESTINE. TODAY A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS IS RESTORING THE FIFE OPERA HOUSE
TODAY A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS IS RESTORING THE FIFE OPERA HOUSE TO ITS PAST GLORY
. HERE IN THE MAIN AUDITORIUM, ALL OF THE STEN SILING, ALL OF THE
HERE IN THE MAIN AUDITORIUM, ALL OF THE STEN SILING, ALL OF THE COLORS THAT YOU SEE, ALTHOUGH
OF THE STEN SILING, ALL OF THE COLORS THAT YOU SEE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE FADED AND STAINED ARE
COLORS THAT YOU SEE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE FADED AND STAINED ARE ORIGINAL.
THEY ARE FADED AND STAINED ARE ORIGINAL. AROUND THE CHANDELIER IS THE
ORIGINAL. AROUND THE CHANDELIER IS THE TALK, AND THAT'S THE ORIGINAL
AROUND THE CHANDELIER IS THE TALK, AND THAT'S THE ORIGINAL WITH THE MIRROR BACKS, THE
TALK, AND THAT'S THE ORIGINAL WITH THE MIRROR BACKS, THE FROSTED SHADES HAVE BEEN LOST,
WITH THE MIRROR BACKS, THE FROSTED SHADES HAVE BEEN LOST, AND YES, THEY DO WORK.
FROSTED SHADES HAVE BEEN LOST, AND YES, THEY DO WORK. BUT I FOUND IT INTERESTING, AND
AND YES, THEY DO WORK. BUT I FOUND IT INTERESTING, AND THE FIRST PANEL OVER HERE, THE
BUT I FOUND IT INTERESTING, AND THE FIRST PANEL OVER HERE, THE PENCIL GUIDELINES WHICH HELPS
THE FIRST PANEL OVER HERE, THE PENCIL GUIDELINES WHICH HELPS THEM TO DO THEIR PAINTING ARE
PENCIL GUIDELINES WHICH HELPS THEM TO DO THEIR PAINTING ARE STILL THERE.
THEM TO DO THEIR PAINTING ARE STILL THERE. THEY DIDN'T QUITE FINISH.
. >> ORIGINALLY THE FLOOR WAS RAKED.
>> ORIGINALLY THE FLOOR WAS RAKED. IT WAS FOUR FEET THREE INCHES
RAKED. IT WAS FOUR FEET THREE INCHES HIGH, AND SLOPED DOWN TO THE
IT WAS FOUR FEET THREE INCHES HIGH, AND SLOPED DOWN TO THE ORCHESTRA PIT IN FRONT OF THE
HIGH, AND SLOPED DOWN TO THE ORCHESTRA PIT IN FRONT OF THE STAGE.
ORCHESTRA PIT IN FRONT OF THE STAGE. THERE ARE MARKS ON THE WALL THAT
STAGE. THERE ARE MARKS ON THE WALL THAT SHOW YOU HOW THAT FLOOR WAS
THERE ARE MARKS ON THE WALL THAT SHOW YOU HOW THAT FLOOR WAS RAKED.
SHOW YOU HOW THAT FLOOR WAS RAKED. ORIGINALLY,ALL OF THE WINDOWS IN
RAKED. ORIGINALLY,ALL OF THE WINDOWS IN THIS AUDITORIUM WERE GOLD
ORIGINALLY,ALL OF THE WINDOWS IN THIS AUDITORIUM WERE GOLD TEXTURED GLASS.
THIS AUDITORIUM WERE GOLD TEXTURED GLASS. AND OUR WINDOW FRAMES IN THE
TEXTURED GLASS. AND OUR WINDOW FRAMES IN THE HUNDRED YEARS WERE FALLING OUT
AND OUR WINDOW FRAMES IN THE HUNDRED YEARS WERE FALLING OUT LITERALLY.
HUNDRED YEARS WERE FALLING OUT LITERALLY. AND THANKS TO A GRANT, WE WERE
LITERALLY. AND THANKS TO A GRANT, WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE THESE WINDOWS,
AND THANKS TO A GRANT, WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE THESE WINDOWS, AND THE CARPENTER WHO REPLACED
ABLE TO REPLACE THESE WINDOWS, AND THE CARPENTER WHO REPLACED THEM CAREFULLY SAVED THE WINDOWS
AND THE CARPENTER WHO REPLACED THEM CAREFULLY SAVED THE WINDOWS THAT STILL HAD THE ORIGINAL
THEM CAREFULLY SAVED THE WINDOWS THAT STILL HAD THE ORIGINAL GLASS AND THEN PUT THEM ALL IN
THAT STILL HAD THE ORIGINAL GLASS AND THEN PUT THEM ALL IN THE ONE PLACE, THE TRANSENDS IN
GLASS AND THEN PUT THEM ALL IN THE ONE PLACE, THE TRANSENDS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
THE ONE PLACE, THE TRANSENDS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. DAVID FIFE BOUGHT A HARNESS SITE
THE BACK OF THE ROOM. DAVID FIFE BOUGHT A HARNESS SITE ON THIS, AND YEAR OR SO AFTER
DAVID FIFE BOUGHT A HARNESS SITE ON THIS, AND YEAR OR SO AFTER THAT, HE TORE DOWN THE HARNESS
ON THIS, AND YEAR OR SO AFTER THAT, HE TORE DOWN THE HARNESS SHOP AND STARTED TO BUILD THIS
THAT, HE TORE DOWN THE HARNESS SHOP AND STARTED TO BUILD THIS BUILDING.
SHOP AND STARTED TO BUILD THIS BUILDING. IT OPENED IN MAY OF 1901.
BUILDING. IT OPENED IN MAY OF 1901. THEY HAD VAUDEVILLE ACT, PLAYS,
IT OPENED IN MAY OF 1901. THEY HAD VAUDEVILLE ACT, PLAYS, LECTURES, THE GRADUATIONS WERE
THEY HAD VAUDEVILLE ACT, PLAYS, LECTURES, THE GRADUATIONS WERE HELD HERE.
THERE ARE FIVE SETS OF SCENERY. THE INDOOR SCENERY ARE ON ROLLERS. SO THEY CAN BE MOVED
THE INDOOR SCENERY ARE ON ROLLERS. SO THEY CAN BE MOVED TO THE SIDE.
ROLLERS. SO THEY CAN BE MOVED TO THE SIDE. INTERESTING, DAVID FIFE MOTHER
TO THE SIDE. INTERESTING, DAVID FIFE MOTHER WAS A STAUNCH PRESBYTERIAN.
INTERESTING, DAVID FIFE MOTHER WAS A STAUNCH PRESBYTERIAN. SHE WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF HIS
WAS A STAUNCH PRESBYTERIAN. SHE WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF HIS BUILDING A THEATER THAT WAS
SHE WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF HIS BUILDING A THEATER THAT WAS SINFUL.
BUILDING A THEATER THAT WAS SINFUL. BUT SHE TOLERATED IT.
SINFUL. BUT SHE TOLERATED IT. WHEN SHE CAME OVER AND SAW THE
BUT SHE TOLERATED IT. WHEN SHE CAME OVER AND SAW THE NAKED CHERUBS, SHE INSISTED THE
WHEN SHE CAME OVER AND SAW THE NAKED CHERUBS, SHE INSISTED THE ARTIST COME BACK AND PUT A VEIL
NAKED CHERUBS, SHE INSISTED THE ARTIST COME BACK AND PUT A VEIL ON THEM WHICH HE DID.
ARTIST COME BACK AND PUT A VEIL ON THEM WHICH HE DID. I CALL YOUR ATTENTION, AROUND
ON THEM WHICH HE DID. I CALL YOUR ATTENTION, AROUND THIS AUDITORIUM, EVERY TWO FEET,
I CALL YOUR ATTENTION, AROUND THIS AUDITORIUM, EVERY TWO FEET, THERE IS A PORCELAIN FIXTURE
THIS AUDITORIUM, EVERY TWO FEET, THERE IS A PORCELAIN FIXTURE WITH A LIGHT BULB, AROUND THE
THERE IS A PORCELAIN FIXTURE WITH A LIGHT BULB, AROUND THE PER SIMEON ARCH WHIS 15 BY 25,
WITH A LIGHT BULB, AROUND THE PER SIMEON ARCH WHIS 15 BY 25, ARE THE PORCELAIN FIXTURES WITH
PER SIMEON ARCH WHIS 15 BY 25, ARE THE PORCELAIN FIXTURES WITH THE LIGHT BULBS.
ARE THE PORCELAIN FIXTURES WITH THE LIGHT BULBS. ELECTRICITY WAS NEW IN THIS
THE LIGHT BULBS. ELECTRICITY WAS NEW IN THIS TOWN, AND THE FIRST NIGHT WHEN
ELECTRICITY WAS NEW IN THIS TOWN, AND THE FIRST NIGHT WHEN THEY TURNED ALL THESE BLAZING
TOWN, AND THE FIRST NIGHT WHEN THEY TURNED ALL THESE BLAZING LIGHTS ON, ALL THE LIGHTS IN
THEY TURNED ALL THESE BLAZING LIGHTS ON, ALL THE LIGHTS IN TOWN WENT OFF.
LIGHTS ON, ALL THE LIGHTS IN TOWN WENT OFF. (LAUGHING).
TOWN WENT OFF. (LAUGHING). > TET THE OPERA HOUSE WAS IN
(LAUGHING). > TET THE OPERA HOUSE WAS IN FULL SWING, 1901 TO 12.
> TET THE OPERA HOUSE WAS IN FULL SWING, 1901 TO 12. THERE WERE THREE HOTELS, AND
FULL SWING, 1901 TO 12. THERE WERE THREE HOTELS, AND THERE WERE FIVE TRAINS IN AND
THERE WERE THREE HOTELS, AND THERE WERE FIVE TRAINS IN AND OUT DAILY.
THERE WERE FIVE TRAINS IN AND OUT DAILY. PEOPLE CAME FROM ALL AROUND.
E FINAL PERFORMANCE WAS MAGNIFICENT CONTATTA WITH A CAST OF A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
MAGNIFICENT CONTATTA WITH A CAST OF A HUNDRED PEOPLE. IT WAS CALLED "QUEEN ESTHER,"
OF A HUNDRED PEOPLE. IT WAS CALLED "QUEEN ESTHER," AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF LOCAL
IT WAS CALLED "QUEEN ESTHER," AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE CAST.
AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE CAST. AND FOR THAT FINAL BIG SPLASH,
PEOPLE IN THE CAST. AND FOR THAT FINAL BIG SPLASH, THEY HAD THE QUEEN, QUEEN
AND FOR THAT FINAL BIG SPLASH, THEY HAD THE QUEEN, QUEEN ESTHER, TO COME IN A CARRIAGE
THEY HAD THE QUEEN, QUEEN ESTHER, TO COME IN A CARRIAGE ACROSS THE STAGE, PULLED BY A
ESTHER, TO COME IN A CARRIAGE ACROSS THE STAGE, PULLED BY A SMALL HORSE.
. >> WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO SHOW PEOPLE AROUND.
>> WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO SHOW PEOPLE AROUND. WE WILL SHOW THEM ALMOST AT ANY
PEOPLE AROUND. WE WILL SHOW THEM ALMOST AT ANY TIME THEY COME, AND WE ARE
WE WILL SHOW THEM ALMOST AT ANY TIME THEY COME, AND WE ARE ESPECIALLY HAPPY TO SHOW IT TO
TIME THEY COME, AND WE ARE ESPECIALLY HAPPY TO SHOW IT TO GROUPS.
ESPECIALLY HAPPY TO SHOW IT TO GROUPS. WE DO HAVE HOPES OF EVENTUALLY
GROUPS. WE DO HAVE HOPES OF EVENTUALLY RESTORING IT IN THE MEANTIME IT
WE DO HAVE HOPES OF EVENTUALLY RESTORING IT IN THE MEANTIME IT IS MORE OF A COMMUNITY CENTER
RESTORING IT IN THE MEANTIME IT IS MORE OF A COMMUNITY CENTER WITH A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES THAT
IS MORE OF A COMMUNITY CENTER WITH A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE PROVEN VERY, NOT ONLY
WITH A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE PROVEN VERY, NOT ONLY PROFITABLE, BUT VERY
HAVE PROVEN VERY, NOT ONLY PROFITABLE, BUT VERY ENTERTAINING AND ENJOYABLE FOR
PROFITABLE, BUT VERY ENTERTAINING AND ENJOYABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE
ENTERTAINING AND ENJOYABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
TO SCHEDULE A TOUR OF THE FIFE OPERA HOUSE CALL THE CRAWFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OPERA HOUSE CALL THE CRAWFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (618)544-3087.