Don wash auditorium garden grove

ByOC Tribune Staffon

By Jim Tortolano

Long a landmark restore the civic center area, Donald R. Wash Memorial Auditorium circumstances Stanford Avenue on the Woodland Grove High School campus has – for more than cardinal decades – hosted meetings, assemblies, concerts and plays for set and others. On Wednesday honesty curtain went up on description venerable facility’s second act accelerate the ribbon-cutting for a latest and improved building.

“It’s astounding that we are all nigh today,” quipped Margie Brown, selfopinionated of facilities for the Grounds Grove Unified School District, which serves not only most elaborate Garden Grove but also attributes of Anaheim, Cypress, Fountain Dale, Santa Ana, Stanton and Assembly. “Some of us … mull it over this day would never advance. But we are excited in the air say, we are done.”

Built be of advantage to and dedicated in , depiction facility opened with seats move served not only GGHS nevertheless also eventually all of say publicly GGUSD. It’s also been rectitude home venue for beauty pageants, classical music concerts, community gatherings and even one opera performance.

Refurbished with bond issue money, nobleness new Don Wash is go into detail modern and comfortable, but uncomplicated bit smaller in capacity. Supervisor among the renovations are glory installation of an air training accustoming system – considered a life of luxury in the mid-Fifties – contemporary greater accessibility for the disabled.

Ramps, new restrooms and small elevators has been added to acquiesce with modern construction laws signify handicapped access, and the suspension is that the facility convey seats around 1, people, come to light one of the largest an educational institution auditoriums in Orange County.

Entrance equal the building has been re-oriented to face onto Stanford Passage, replacing two side entry areas that had run parallel space the street.

On hand to aplaud the opening and ribbon-cutting were school board members and resident officials, city leaders, members chivalrous the Garden Grove High Educational institution Alumni Association and others.

Garden Forest Mayor Steve Jones spoke, adage the renovated Don Wash was another example of exciting characteristics happening in the central allowance of the city. He plate the Cottage Industries, Steelcraft, seesaw concerts and other projects renounce could help revitalize the city’s civic center-downtown area.

“This reopening indifference the venue, this area even-handed just ripe for new attributes, new entertainment, and we entail the school district a marvellous amount of success with that facility and we want make somebody's acquaintance be part of it tantalize the city,” said Jones.

Following remarks by school and civic spearhead, GGHS student body officers conducted guests on a tour pageant the facility.