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Only 18 months after moving into our first building in Tustin, we have outgrown our space! We are very proud to announce that the SCFC will be relocating to a new building that is a spacious 5,400 square feet - almost 3 times our current size! Currently in the process of building a new rubber-sprung wood floor for our fencers, we hope to complete our move by early October. In the mean time, our current facility in Tustin remains open and active.

We have posted pictures from our new adventure. As this is strictly a volunteer effort, we need the help of our membership to make this a success. If you can help out during the build-out throughout the month of September, please let us know.

September 4, 2003 - Before we began construction
	Here are some shots of the office area of our new salle: Our front foyer ...from another angle Looking out our front door One of our bathrooms Our kitchen area Down our hallway We have shower facilities, too!
	Here are some shots of the fencing area of our new salle: The main fencing floor\| 2\| 3 Our second floor fencing area\| 2\| 3\| 4
	Here are some shots of the outside of our new salle: Our back entrance The front of our salle We're in a very nice executive business park

September 6-7, 2003 - Our first weekend of construction
	Our first step was to build out the 2x4 framework, followed by the plywood flooring: Some of our Saturday volunteers Eric inspecting our lattice-work Chris and his friend laying down the 2x4s on the east side Tira worked tirelessly throughout the weekend (and baked us cookies!) An overhead shot of the lattice-work As we work across the salle We begin laying down the plywood Fun with the screw gun!
	Every project starts with a good plan. Thanks to Mike Brown (our volunteer architect) for making this possible! Our step-by-step plan of attack Layed out clearly
	Sunday saw us completing the lattice-work and about 1/3 of the flooring: Adam and Jaime finish up the last available piece of plywood ...and put it into place ...while Louis finishes off the west side Who's da man?!? You are, Jaime! You are! Louis poses for the camera Adam takes a break after a full day of work

September 13-14, 2003 - Our second weekend of construction
	This weekend saw us painting the main lobby: Adding our club colors and preparing the main wall for our logo John and Ed busy at work While Faith comes up with a great color for the announcement area Lisa and Yasamin add the blue ...while supervisor Murel oversees the work Greg and Elliott rest in the "time-out" room And Rochelle works on our custom tack boards
	Meanwhile, the rest of the crew is busy on the floor Some of the group is busy puttying While the oversight committee looks on The last batch of boards has arrived Stan and Bruce examine some of the edges ...and calculate our material requirements Finally, the last(?) board is put in place! A group shot of those left late in the day Now, we're ready for the sanding \| 2
	Sunday evening, Brenden, Jaime and Stan single-handedly stained our new 2,400 square foot fencing floor: It took a great deal of effort No, really - a LOT of effort! And we're quite proud of it Finally, we left it to dry and wrapped up the weekend

September 17-29, 2003 - Wrapping up the construction
	These last two weeks were used to complete the flooring and painting, as well as move everything over to our new facility Jaime busy varnishing the floor. \| 2 \| 3 Our floor nears completion And now...the finished product! \| 2 \| 3 \| 4
	Meanwhile, the rest of the crew is busy on the floor Faith spearheaded the logo painting while otherslend a (painting) hand Our fencing floor logo Next we started on the lobby logo while others worked on the balcony

These are construction photos of when we moved in to our first location in Tustin in December of 2001.

December, 2001 - The floor and dressing rooms - Weekend 1
	Our blood, sweat, and tears went in to this floor. 1 2 3 4
	Linda strikes a pose next to our lumber pile.
	Rudy takes a moment to ponder the sweeter things in life.
	His break over, Rudy gets back to work on the dry wall.
	How many fencers does it take to load a nail gun?
	Back in the office, Cathy and Gary are hard at work cleaning the fridge.
	Cathy gives us a demonstration her amazing mental powers.
	Linda caught taking a break while everyone else is hard at work.
	Jeff, Brenden, and Dave inspecting the day's work.
	After we lay all the flooring for the day, Jaime reinforces all the joints with extra screws.
	And everyone gathers together for a couple of group shots. 1 2
	And our work for the day is finished.
	After your webmaster left his mark, everyone else left theirs as well. 1 2
	After a hard days work, Linda, Louis, and Rudy bid us a fond farewell.

December, 2001 - The floor and dressing rooms - Weekend 2
	Louis Finishes off the drywall with a bit of drywall paste.
	Louis and Dave lay down the last panel of the floor.
	A couple of screws and nails, and our floor is finally together.
	And now I present to you, a complete fencing floor.
	And everyone who was there at the end.

January, 2002 - The floor and dressing rooms - The finishing touches
	After some back breaking work, we finally get 3 coats of varnish (or was it 4?) on the floor.
	Our crew of, now highly trained, workers finish the floor by painting on the fencing strips and laying another three coats of varnish.
	And we top things off with our completed dressing rooms.