Comments on: Piper’s Opera House http://computer-vet.com/weblog/2003/05/31/pipers-opera-house.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:13:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jack Cooney Jr. http://computer-vet.com/weblog/2003/05/31/pipers-opera-house.html#comment-278 Jack Cooney Jr. Tue, 04 Oct 2005 04:23:48 +0000 http://computer-vet.com/blog/2003/05/31/pipers-opera-house/#comment-278 Greetings. Found your site looking for info on the upcoming Nevada Day Governor's 1864 Ball, which has recently been held at Piper's. I'm a 4th, maybe 5th generation northern Nevadan, living in CA, & my family's name & pictures are "immortalized" in the 4th Ward School. My dad graduated from VCHS in 1921. He designed the Centennial Monument in the Bucket of Blood Saloon parking lot & hand-carved the plaques on it from clay, then had them cast in bronze. He told me that they played many basketball games there & also held big school dances, which were especially fun because the whole floor is mounted on railroad car springs! Said the stage was strange to stand on because it is built at a significant angle, so the audience can easily see the stuff in the rear of a set. Thanks for the site, and keep up the good work! Jack Greetings. Found your site looking for info on the upcoming Nevada Day Governor’s 1864 Ball, which has recently been held at Piper’s. I’m a 4th, maybe 5th generation northern Nevadan, living in CA, & my family’s name & pictures are “immortalized” in the 4th Ward School. My dad graduated from VCHS in 1921. He designed the Centennial Monument in the Bucket of Blood Saloon parking lot & hand-carved the plaques on it from clay, then had them cast in bronze.

He told me that they played many basketball games there & also held big school dances, which were especially fun because the whole floor is mounted on railroad car springs! Said the stage was strange to stand on because it is built at a significant angle, so the audience can easily see the stuff in the rear of a set.

Thanks for the site, and keep up the good work!
Jack

]]> By: Mama Schrantz http://computer-vet.com/weblog/2003/05/31/pipers-opera-house.html#comment-277 Mama Schrantz Mon, 02 Jun 2003 22:07:30 +0000 http://computer-vet.com/blog/2003/05/31/pipers-opera-house/#comment-277 Scott, You'd better be sending us lots of pictures. Scott, You'd better be sending us lots of pictures.

]]> By: Margs http://computer-vet.com/weblog/2003/05/31/pipers-opera-house.html#comment-276 Margs Sun, 01 Jun 2003 01:04:40 +0000 http://computer-vet.com/blog/2003/05/31/pipers-opera-house/#comment-276 Wow, that 'obscure filter and a bit of work' picture is absolutely stunning, came out a beaut. And the ballet dancers are just adorable. Wow, that 'obscure filter and a bit of work' picture is absolutely stunning, came out a beaut. And the ballet dancers are just adorable.

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