Butler Dance Education Center Blog

May 7, 2007

Almost ready!

On Friday, some of the signs went up on the exterior of the Butler Dance Education Center. The neon letters are ready to be installed posthaste, as well. According to Superintendent Steve Frinz, all the upstairs studios are done. And there seemed to be three or four workers spreading paint on the walls, laying down floors or doing other finish-out tasks at every turn.

The northside sign.

The eastside sign.

Base for floor in AustinVentures StudioTheatre being laid.

Workers prepare the floor for the ribbons.

Sample panel from a floor ribbon.

Steve Frinz wanted me to include this one. This is the roller, which was Bill Sheffield’s idea, for installing the floor in the Armstrong-Connelly Studio.

Here you see a miracle, as far as the female dancers are concerned. Each dancer will now have her own lockable vanity drawer for makeup, jewelry, and other small personal items.

And here are the lockers in the Linda Ball/Forrest Preece Women’s Dressing Room.

The upstairs studios are finished. Here you see the one which in the past has been used for Ballet Austin board meetings.

The Pilates Studio.

A view of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Grand Foyer from the Community Board Room above it.

The view to the south and east from the upstairs Break Room.

The neon letters for the spectacular electric sign, laid out for installation.

The Armstrong-Connelly Studio.