Building the studio

To get a first class dancefloor with "spring", layers of plywood separated by rubber "dimples" and covered with tar paper are used as a foundation, then the hardwood flooring is laid, sanded, spackled, re-sanded, stained, and polished...WHEW! All this work was done by the owners, instructors, and volunteers (local dancers).

Work began Memorial Day weekend and the studio opened July 1, 2002. Here's a sampling of the people and activities during the floor construction:

Rhonda lining up

Nailing the first ranks

Inching forward, sorting/nailing

Long view

Steve and Omar

Sorting through the reject pile

Betsy "touching" a power tool

Steve and Rhonda watch while ...

Phil checks the level and ...

Mark takes a break

VOILA!

snail's view of finished flooring

OOPS... Did I say "finished"? Just the sorting and nailing are finished. Now comes the ... sanding, patching, re-sanding, re-patching, re-sanding, and then staining and polishing, ad infinitem!

Phil in proper protective gear

Marie sanding

Betsy as "dead weight" for Steve

Don/Ruth, Steve/Melissa first dances

Folks arriving for first dance