The Egyptian Lobby which serves as the fourth floor entry lobby to the Enid Symphony Center is an excellent example of this fascination as evidenced by its restored décor. The Egyptian motif is equally connected to the traditions of the Freemasons.Elements such as the hand-painted globes of the original lobby chandeliers represent legends synonymous with Masonic ideals. For many larger events the Egyptian Lobby is appropriate as a food and beverage service area.
Supported Layouts and Capacities
General Event Space
| Maximum Capacity: 150
The Italian Renaissance Eleanor Hornbaker Banquet Hall provides an elegant setting for your event.The hall comfortably seats 120 at fifteen 60-inch round banqueting tables for eight. The seating capacity may be expanded to 150 by seating ten per table for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.
Supported Layouts and Capacities
Banquet - 10 per
Capacity: 150 People
General Event Space
| Maximum Capacity: 340
The faux stone stage floor is a replication of many floors found in the Palace of Versailles. The floor is complemented by wall finishes which recreate an elegant eighteenth century Damask fabric.
Joan L. Allen Symphony Hall seats 340 including private box seating for sixteen in Louis XV arm chairs. The lapis pilasters are gilded with 23-carat gold leaf. The stage mural musicians are replications of paintings by Jean-Antoine Watteau Mezzetin, 1718 and Francois Boucher, The Music Lesson, mid 1700’s.
The south wall mural features a collage of musicians and dancers by Orazio Gentileschi, Young Woman Playing the Lute, 1626, Nicolas Poussin, The Dance to the Music of Time, 1640 and Bartolomeus van der Helst, The Musician, 1662. The balcony murals include a collage of replications from Raphael, Apollo and the Muses from Parnassus, 1510, Laurent de LaHyre Allegory of Music – Singing Putto, 1649 and Caravaggio, The Lute Player, 1595.
Acoustical design for Joan L. Allen Symphony Hall was created by Joseph W.A. Meyers of Kirkegaard and Associates of Chicago, Illinois. Joan L. Allen Symphony Hall provides a regal setting for your wedding, lyceum or recital event.
Supported Layouts and Capacities
Theater
Capacity: 340 People
General Event Space
| Maximum Capacity: 96
The proscenium arch features the only mural from the original Masonic Temple (1924) which is of the Chillon Castle located on the shore of Lake Geneva three kilometers from Montreux, Switzerland. Chillon Castle was immortalized by Lord Byron in the poem The Prisoner of Chillon (1816) and was the setting for Henry James’ novel Daisy Miller (1878). More recently James Bond played by Roger Moore found himself within the walls of Chillon.
The Four Seasons murals executed by Joanne Day feature the William Morris poem Flora. A self-portrait of Joanne Day presides over winter while the three daughters of Douglas and Lawana Newell fulfill the wishes of spring, summer and autumn. The Viennese Roman Shades were hand sewn by Joan Allen. Adorned by copper-leafed shades of autumn this hall seats 96 at twelve 60-inch round banqueting tables. Additional balcony seating for 16 at intimate tables for 2 provides a grand view for those who wish to take in the excitement of your event from above.
An alternative set-up using 36-inch cabaret height tables showcases the open dance floor designed in a honey-comb pattern by the artists of the San Francisco-based Day Studio Workshop.As the band “takes five”, close the rose curtain and a movie screen appears for the presentation of your bridal DVD photo album or corporate power point presentation with surround sound capability.
Supported Layouts and Capacities
Banquet - 8 per
Capacity: 96 People