Old+Blair+Auditorium

Arielle- Director/Transcriber/ Cinematographer Hannah- FCPX/Narrator/ Script Jake - Researcher/ Mic holder Sarah- Blogger/ Researcher/ Script Andrew- Researcher/ Bounce light Jason- Film/ FCPX/ Bounce light __**Guiding Question**__ What are the ways that we can contribute to bringing back the old Blair auditorium? __**Research (Divided into your main ideas)**__ [|Funding Reexamined] This article tells the full price if rebuilding the old Blair auditorium. (8,000,000) Who wants to rebuild it(Valerie Ervin)and who does not want to rebuild the old Blair auditorium.(County Executive Isiah Leggett). They say that the easiest solution is to create a small auditorium with a small multi-use place in the back.Another thing they say is with the huge arts community we are starving art lovers. [|Old Blair Auditorium Reuse] This document includes information on the costs to fulfill the renovation plans. The costs to repair the auditorium is $7,636,000. Although the repair would be extremely helpful to SSIMS and the Silver Spring Community. $7,636,000 is a lot. In reality, rarely does 7 million+ dollars do go to a project like this. I personally think that there is a cheaper alternative/design plan to repair the auditorium. [|Old Blair Auditorium Project] This website is very helpful and informative. It was really great to find pictures of the auditorium, and find out information on their project to put it back in use. From the article we found that the capital bond bill of $600,000 has been extended, giving us several more years to match the cost. The renovation plans are to include 750-seats, with four adjacent multipurpose rooms and an elevator for 2nd floor access in the auditorium. Once renovated, the auditorium can be used for musical and theatrical performances, after school activities, and community events. I think that although the plans are costly, the total outcome will benefit SSIMS, and the community greatly [|Old Blair Walk-through] Here is a website that has a walk through of the old Blair High School. It's a really great website to look at if you want to get a good view of what the high school and auditorium used to look like. [|Old Blair auditorium likely to be renovated] Here is an article about the stand point of the Blair auditorium renovation plans in 2004. It's very helpful to see how much things have changed. [|Silver Spring History:Blair] This article tells the history of Blair. It is good background information if you don't know the history of Blair.. Wayne Avenue Campus Era (1935–1998) [|Curtain Closing on Old Blair auditorium project] There are many benefits to fixing up the old Blair auditorium, we would have a two floor auditorium with 750-800 seats, and four extra class rooms. The space would be available to the students of Silver Spring International MS, the students of Sligo Creek ES, county arts, and theater groups. The schools could gain money by renting out the stage. World War II posed a challenge for Montgomery Blair High School, as many teachers and students left to fight overseas. Everyone stepped in to support the war effort, as students from the [|University of Maryland] taught several classes, and in some cases, able senior students taught sophomore classes. The Blair Library created the "Senior Corner" to honor those who had not returned from war. Life magazine featured the school's Victory Corps close order drill team. Furthermore, other students added to the war effort by assisting local farmers after school and on weekends. __**Videos**__ media type="youtube" key="XRfRxPC8fDA" width="295" height="221"
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 * What is wrong with the old Blair auditorium, what will it cost? **
 * What are the benefits to fixing up the auditorium?**
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 * Intro-**location, slight history, name 60
 * Main Idea 1-**date closed down, structure, asbestos, mold 60
 * Opposing View-**politics, funding issues 60
 * Main Idea 2 (benefits)-**up to 800 seats, two multi-purpose rooms, community, and schools 60
 * Conclusion-**money we have, money we need, how to help 60

__**Script**__ =(Intro) This is the Old Blair Auditorium. What would you say if //you // could save it? Sure, it might need some repairs, but, what if it has great potential? The Blair Auditorium was opened in 1969 during the Vietnam War, as the Elizabeth Stickley Auditorium. It provided the Old Montgomery Blair High School with a large space to perform plays and hold meetings for the school. It holds 1200 seats, which is plenty for what is now a middle school. The Montgomery Blair High School was moved to a bigger location on University Blvd. It was moved because of lack of space. The Old Blair was made Silver Spring International middle school in 1998. But one room was left untouched to rot and die away. This room is known as ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍The Old Blair Auditorium.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ = =(Main Idea 1) When the old Montgomery Blair HS building was renovated, the auditorium was not fixed because at that time middle schools did not get auditoriums. The structure is fine but there are some safety issues. The auditorium has no sprinkler system, and there are some holes in the fire wall. Both of these issues are not up to the Building Safety Code standards. The asbestos is not the main problem, but it’s still there. Asbestos can be found on the pipes and on the fire curtain. Mold has developed on the ceilings and on some seats, not to mention any space that is damp and does not receive enough light. We interviewed Stuart Moore , the president of this project. "There's a lot of mold and mildew, a ton of dust, things like that." =

.Ike Legget: ike.leggett@montgomerycountymd.gov ocemail@montgomerycountymd.gov .Valerie Ervin: Councilmember.Ervin@montgomerycountymd.gov info@valerieervin.com valerie@valerieervin.com .Stuart Moore: info@oldblairauditorium.org web@oldblairauditorium.org .Silver Chips: [] .The Gazette: .Ben Stein (former student): .Goldie Hawn (former student): .MoCo Board of Education: askmcps@mcspsmd.org boe@mcpsmd.org
 * (Opposing View) **** Policies and funding issues have kept this auditorium closed for over thirteen years. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ****"At the time the policy was: middle schools don't get auditoriums. It’s true when they build auditoriums they don't build them like this, not quite as nice." ****Valerie Ervin ****, a member of the county council, talked to us on this matter. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ****"This country went through a major recession, and that recession hit the state and the county in the last four years or so. The amount of funds that were available to do any capital projects either got pushed way back or disappeared."‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ****.  Luckily the project did not disappear, but it’s not moving along too quickly. Ike Leggett <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">, the county executive, let us come in so that we could ask him a few questions about the policies. <span style="color: maroon; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">“We have a back law for major items of construction. You put this into context with those, and it's higher on the priority list."‍‍ **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">(Main Idea 2) ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> The benefits of fixing up the auditorium will not only be for the school, but also the community. The renovation plans for the auditorium include fixing the auditorium to have 800 seats, and 2 multi-purpose rooms for the school. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ****<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">"We believe that we really need to have it for all kinds of uses."‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> When the space is renovated, it will give the students at Silver Spring International an established space for our plays, concerts, school meetings and other productions. ****<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">"The community efforts, based on the fact that there would be a place to have community benefits. It's not just for the school, it's for everyone. **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">(Conclusion) ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> We have around 700,000 dollars, and most of that comes from the $600,000 bond bill. The bond bill will need to be reimbursed later. The estimated cost to fix the auditorium is around $7,636,000. ****<span style="color: maroon; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍"We just have a little bit on the design and money for programming." ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">‍‍‍‍‍ We need more money to get the auditorium fixed. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ****<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">"You can donate at our website which is Old Blair auditorium.ORG. There's a link there, you can donate. There’s some info about what to do to send a check.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍" ****<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">"It‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍'s coming to you guys at some point.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍" **
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