Tomorrow the 58th Annual WV Folk Festival Begins!

The Square Dance Platform

This morning volunteers aided by Gilmer County High School FFA students constructed the dance platform in downtown Glenville. Here is the platform as it appeared at 9 A.M. this morning.




















The crew started laying out the subflooring and then placed the timbers in a lattice pattern.



































Danny Waters is the person who has taken charge of this platform for the past several years. He hauls the lumber for the platform and then surpervises how the platform should be erected. We certainly appreciate Danny's volunteer efforts!


























Once all the subflooring was in place, then the electric drills went into motion. The folks did an ourtstanding job placing the plethora of screws into the structure.



















Finally it was time to attach the flooring.






































The dance platform was completed by noon. This is a record. It was accomplished through the efforts of the many volunteers that showed up to construct this important part of the Folk Festival. Special thanks goes to the Gilmer High School students. Tomorrow evening the floor will be vibrating with the feet of the dancers. The sound of fiddles, banjos, and guitars will once again be welcome companions to this historic dance platform.