| Alan Johnston & South 52 (the band playing on this page- see below) played the first wedding "gig" at the newly restored Elkhorn Theatre! Have your next special event- an ATV "poker run", music concert, reunion, fundraiser, or wedding reception- at the newly restored Elkhorn Theatre! Packages available including live music, food, beverages, & lodging at the Elkhorn Inn. Call 1-800-708-2040 for more information & to make reservations. Bluegrass at the Elkhorn Theatre Package: Includes use of the Theatre, facilities, umbrella tables and chairs for 5 hours, and a 3-hour live music concert: From $1500. We finally did it! (Well, Dan did it- with some amazing help from Mike & Mark!) When we decided to buy the property that held the flood-damaged historic "Coal Heritage Trail" building we restored and opened as the Elkhorn Inn, it was because we first fell in love with the Theatre. A copy of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, the little Theatre was waterlogged and a bit sad, and in need of finishing up with a stain and trim, but it had a solid foundation and was in good repair. We saw it as the perfect place for local bands to play, and for weddings, receptions, reunions, and ATV "poker runs" in McDowell County, and in the fall of 2002 we decided to buy the property. In October, 2002, immediately after we bought the property, West Virginia DoT/DoH damaged the Theatre by dropping several tons of boulders next to and onto it. These rocks pushed the stage away from the foundation posts, damaging the foundation of the Theatre and the stairs. In destroying the Theatre, they destroyed our business plan and ability to get financing. After agreeing repeatedly to repair their damages and then delaying the process endlessly, they did nothing. Their damages and delays have now cost us over five years of economic damage, and they have tied us up in a seemingly endless lawsuit. Dan and our family and friends repaired the Theatre- with "sweat equity"- to the point where it could be used again, and the first wedding and reception, with a concert by the McDowell County bluegrass band "Alan Johnston & South 52", was held at the Elkhorn Theatre on July 3, 2005! If you would like to book your band or have a wonderful and fun special event at the Elkhorn Theatre, click here for Weddings & Receptions, call Elisse & Dan at 304-862-2031, or 1-800-708-2040 or click here to email. |
| The Elkhorn Theatre is Open! |
| Damage done to the Theatre by WV DoT/DoH's dropping of rock onto it in October 2002. |
| Wedding, Reception, and Dancing to "Alan Johnston & South 52" at the Elkhorn Theatre |
| "Sweet Appalachia" Alan Johnston and South 52 From their CD "Sweet Appalachia" Click below to see them on YouTube.com or click here to email them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-vfQcwBCzY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTNplLfxEfM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W-qem5l4-A http://www.geocities.com/cathead77 |