09-17-2008, 02:22 PM
Waukegan, IL â The Trapp Auditorium, located in Waukegan High School, is in dire need of rehabilitation. Named for Waukegan High School West Campus Principal, Orlin Trapp, the auditorium has been in use for 50 years. It is the largest auditorium in Lake County, seating over 1,900 people.
The Trapp Auditorium Steering Committee, formed in the spring of 2008, seeks to highlight and address the various issues restoring this facility entails. Paramount among the concerns the members of the Committee are focused on are life-safety issues, including general electrical repairs, stage reconstruction, and the safety of overhead rigging that hold the stage lights. Secondly, the Committee will address aesthetic concerns such as general redecorating and replacing auditorium seating. A special fund, derived from community donations and to be used only for the rehab, has been set up through The Waukegan Schools Foundation.
The Committee is being chaired by Jean Windberg, a retired teacher, and Claudia Freeman, and is actively seeking community members and Waukegan High alumni to join in the effort. If interested, please contact Jean Windberg at (847) 244-8546 or Claudia Freeman at (847) 244-9276, to learn how you can become involved in this worthwhile community project.
The Trapp Auditorium Steering Committee, formed in the spring of 2008, seeks to highlight and address the various issues restoring this facility entails. Paramount among the concerns the members of the Committee are focused on are life-safety issues, including general electrical repairs, stage reconstruction, and the safety of overhead rigging that hold the stage lights. Secondly, the Committee will address aesthetic concerns such as general redecorating and replacing auditorium seating. A special fund, derived from community donations and to be used only for the rehab, has been set up through The Waukegan Schools Foundation.
The Committee is being chaired by Jean Windberg, a retired teacher, and Claudia Freeman, and is actively seeking community members and Waukegan High alumni to join in the effort. If interested, please contact Jean Windberg at (847) 244-8546 or Claudia Freeman at (847) 244-9276, to learn how you can become involved in this worthwhile community project.