Features:
Beautifully decorated rooms with fluffy towels and comforters
Exquisite lobby and shops with bear and elk on display
Rebecca's lounge and restaurant (specific serving times) serving gourmet meals
9-hole golf course which is one of the highest in North America
Heated swimming pool (summer only)
Hot tub and sauna
Gazebo for weddings
Meeting rooms
Complimentary coffee
Massages available
Board games
Murder Mystery weekends
Known as New Mexico's finest country inn and golf course, The Lodge, is a splendid restoration of the 1899 Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway. The Lodge is a byproduct of the railroad's search for timber and railway ties. Because of this, Cloudcroft became an immediately successful mountain retreat a cool reprieve to thousands of overheated Texans and New Mexicans. Owned and operated by the railroad, the resort' initial building was a pavilion.
As the actual log-constructed Lodge neared completion in 1899, an article in the Albuquerque Journal-Democrat reported, "This beautiful building will be known as Cloudcroft Lodge and its interior will be furnished with a lavish hand, yet in keeping with the character of the place. Fireplaces, with wide, hungry mouths, will sparkle, crackle and dart for the welcome tongues of flame to hundreds of merry guests, who will find a new pleasure in life during the long, sultry summers."
In 1908, the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad System, the resort's new owner, advertised that the hotel, restaurant, dancing pavilion, tennis court, golf links, bowling alley, billiard parlor, burro trips and children's playground were accessible for weekend rate of $3 round trip. Lodge rates were $12.50 and up per week.
On June 13, 1909, a disastrous fire destroyed The Lodge. By 1911, The Lodge had been rebuilt and reopened on its current, more scenic site. Since then it has undergone numerous renovations but the initial appearance remains almost unchanged.
Over the history of The Lodge, thousands of Southwestern families have called The Lodge and Cloudcroft their second home. The Lodge has entertained and hosted hundreds of politicians, artists, entertainers and business leaders, including such notables and Poncho Villa, Judy Garland and Clark Gable. Gilbert Roland was known to frequent The Lodge. Both U.S. and Mexican government officials have visited the historic hotel. Military leaders, scientists and astronauts from all over the world have made The Lodge a retreat during their visits to White Sands Missile Range, Holloman AFB and Fort Bliss. And, in fact, the most famous hotelier in the world was once associated with The Lodge; Conrad Hilton managed it in the 1930s.
In January of 1992, the historic Lodge was repurchased by the Great Inn of the Rockies, Inc., a small privately held corporation that aspires to own and operate small resort hotels and country inns in the Rocky Mountain Region. The Great Inns of the Rockies previously owned The Lodge from 1986 to 1990.
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The Story of Rebecca
There is a popular legend at The Lodge that in the early 1930s a beautiful young chambermaid with striking blue eyes and shocking red hair disappeared from her quarters after her lumberjack lover found her in the arms of another. Now although we have never seen her there are those who swear that Rebecca still wanders the halls of this historic old building. It has been said that ashtrays have been seen sliding across tables unassisted, doors open and close for no apparent reason, furniture has been moved, lights go on and off by themselves and even faucets have gone on by themselves. There are some who believe that Rebecca is in search of a new lover who appreciates her apparently flirtatious and mischievous ways. Rebecca's portrait can be seen in the Lounge of The Lodge.
LOCATION / DIRECTIONS: Faywood
Hot Springs is located in southwestern New Mexico, on Highway 61, halfway between Silver
City and Deming, next to the City of Rocks State Park, about 2 miles from the intersection
of Highways 180 and 61.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Faywood Hot
Springs is a year-round natural hot spring resort on a private 1200-acre ranch. It is a
true high desert oasis situated in a park like setting at 5,000 ft. The 137'F pure spring
water issues from the top of a mound (or tufa dome) and is gravity fed to various public
and private pools and tubs.
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Spencer Theatre for The Performing Arts - 888-818-7872
For Tickets: (888) 818-7872/(505) 336-4800
Visit Furrıs Locations in Ruidoso, Albuquerque or Santa Fe
The mission of the Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts is to enrich the
cultural lives of South-Central New Mexico's residents and visitors.
The Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts opened in October of 1997,
creating a year-round venue for world-class performances in theater, music
and dance. An aristocrat among theaters, the $22-million structure is
splendid and elegant, yet intimate and welcoming. At the heart of the
Spencer, in its 514-seat hall, youıll encounter a powerful experience of the
performing arts outstanding acoustics, intimate seating, and artistry of
the highest caliber.
Designed by Albuquerque architect Antoine Predock, the building itself is a
work of art reminiscent of pyramids, mountain peaks, and sci-fi star
cruisers. Faced in 450 tons of Spanish mica-flecked limestone, the theater
features a waterfall gently cascading from the core of the white
wedge-shaped structure and a crystal lobby jutting from the north side like
a cut diamond.
The theaterıs operating budget is currently subsidized by founder Jackie
Spencer and by contributions from our Spencer Circle patrons, each of whom
donate between $50 and $5000 annually. The Spencer Theater is currently
raising funds for its Endowment for the Performing Arts, which will provide
for the future of this grand facility, ensuring that generations to come
will enjoy the benefits of fine performing arts.
The theater's purpose
The Spencer Theater is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to
enriching the cultural lives of residents of, and visitors to, south central
New Mexico and surrounding areas.
The design and construction
* Years in planning: 15.
* Groundbreaking: January 19, 1996.
* Architect: Antoine Predock, Albuquerque.
* General contractor: PCL, Canada.
* Steel used in construction: over 1036 tons.
* Tonnage of white-flecked stone quarried in Spain and finished in Italy: 430 tons.
* Square footage: 49,474 sq. ft.
* Site acreage: approximately 74 acres.
* Grand opening: October 3, 1997, with Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg,
Dave Brubeck and the New Mexico Symphony.
* Construction cost: approximately $22 million funded solely by the late Dr.
A.N. Spencer and Jackie Spencer of Alto, N.M. Dr. Spencer passed away in December, 1999.
* The theater is actually two buildings separated by a 6-inch air buffer
with the theater in one building and all equipment that might vibrate or make noise in the
other.
Front of house
* The Crystal Lobby took seven months to computer model. The 300 glass panes
are over an inch thick and no two are cut to the same size.
* Handicap access to all public areas of the theater.
* Horseshoe bar on lower level.
* Upstairs Founders Club for use by contributors with a private bar and
outdoor seating above a terraced waterfall. Catered pre-performance dinners are held here prior to
most events.
* Free public tours at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout
the year (holidays excluded). Call 336-4800 for tour reservations.
The playhouse and venue
* Number of seats: 514 inside on two levels.
* Distance from stage to the seat farthest from the stage: 67 feet.
* Type of design: "Universal" according to Antoine Predock. The playhouse is
a rectangular are like the original opera houses of Europe, and not built fanned out. There
are "gallery" seats along each side with free-moving chairs.
* The theater has multiple blown glass installations by Seattle artist Dale
Chihuly including "Indian Paint Brushes" (lower lobby) "Persian Wall" (balcony level) and
"Desert Onions" (ceiling installation outdoors in the Founders Club). Three new pieces were
installed in early 2000. There is also a major piece entitled ³Womb.² Three new pieces
were installed in early 2000.
* The theater operates year-round, booking and presenting both a Summer
Season and a Winter Season (approximately 30-35 events each year) of touring concerts,
shows, plays, dance companies, family and childrenıs shows.
* Ticket pricing: it can be as low as $5 to $45 per ticket.
* Ticket availability: The Spencer Circle contributor base (contributing
between $250-to-$5000 or more annually) has advance series ticket purchasing opportunities
two-to-four weeks prior to series tickets being offered to the general public. Since the
theaterıs opening, there have always been tickets available to all performances at the start of
general public season ticket sales.
* The Spencer is known as a "presentor" venue, in that we use our own funds
to contract with shows and performers. The theater is available for rent to other
concert promoters and for weddings, parties, etc., etc.
Backstage
* Dressing rooms to accommodate 52 artists---four star dressing rooms, one
24-person chorus dressing room and two 12-person dressing rooms.
* The ³Green Room² (which has a small kitchen) and the star dressing rooms
open onto an interior courtyard with two non-bearing Bradford pear trees.
* The two sound proof 22-foot high doors between the stage and the scene
shop weigh more than 2 1/2 tons each.
* Size of stage: 4,770 sq. ft.
* State-of-the-art sound and lighting systems and many crucial
back-up/reserve control systems.
* The Spencer Theater has 15 fewer flylines than the New York Met, enough
fly space to accommodate just about any production touring the world today. Five miles of
steel cable were used for the battens. There are 456 stage dimmers.
The Spencerıs Second stage
* The Spencer also has a 964 sq. ft. outdoor stage facing a lush Kentucky
Blue Grass lawn that can seat 1,200 (or more) for outdoor performances.
Community and education outreach
* School children from throughout the region attend performances at the
theater and artists visit schools.
* Lecture/demonstrations at the theater and schools are open to the public.
* Master classes are offered when possible and appropriate.
* Area school systems use the theater free of charge for productions during
Student Performing Arts Month (April/May) and again in the fall
(November/December).
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