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by Dave Warner
Little Falls is about to get its own drive-in movie theater, courtesy of work between the City, Think Local Little Falls, and other volunteers.
According to City Engineer Chester P. Szymanski III, “DPW assisted the project by constructing the frame and the screen itself, and a couple of other little things, like protection for the projector and getting power over to it.”
They also laid out the parking lot, based on sketches from Sam Brown, who works for Turning Stone and has experience with putting on productions. “He did the layout of the parking area and how it would work together with where the screen is placed.”
Szymanski designed the screen to make sure that it could not be caught by any strong wind guests and be moved.
According to Jessica Kelly, with Think Local, “we were really disappointed that we had to cancel everything and we didn’t want to do ‘nothing’. That seemed like a non-starter for us. We weren’t going to allow a summer with nothing happening in Little Falls.”
“We’re known for the community that always has something happening, and we still wanted to be that place, so we thought about what we could do and came up with outdoor movies,” she stated.
The group thought it was a good idea, but they realized that they had to come up with the right location that would work and fit as many cars as possible safely.
She says that at the time they talked about doing this, “we were in the serious middle of NY Pause.”
“We went to the Mayor and said, what do you think about this idea? And he was exited, and that got the ball rolling,” said Kelly.
“It’s sort of been a team effort since the beginning, with the City designing the screen and helping us with best projection and sound ideas, as well as tying in Andrew Pepper, with Little Falls Radio and utilizing all that we have available to make something cool happen for the summer,” she said.
Mayor Mark Blask said, “once we realized that we had to cancel summer programs like the City Pool and Parks & Rec, which are both wildly popular, we immediately set out to see what else we could do to fill that void.”
“Hopefully, it’s something that shows that Little Falls did not just sit back and take this. We tried to come up with activities that families and kids could do this summer. So, we built a really cool drive-in theater,” he stated.
Blask went on to praise the Think Local folks, who “once again, absolutely took the bull by the horns and ran with this. They’re going to have volunteers out there all summer parking cars. That’s a huge commitment.”
Kelly said that Chris Anderson and Devan Durkee with Valley Cinema were both instrumental in pulling this together as well, and Bob Critser designed the banner that’s hanging at the intersection of Albany Street and Highway 167.
The plan is to run movies on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights for about eight weeks. The tickets will be $10 per car, but with that, you will get a bag of snacks. “Popcorn drinks and candy for a family,” stated Kelly.
Kelly says there will be a variety of movies that will be shown. “We know we’ll be doing ‘A Quiet Place’ but no other decisions have been made. We want to cover a bunch of different genres and make sure that they are really fun movies to see at a drive-in.”
Blask said, “we think it’s going to be well-received, just because it’s something new and it’s in a gorgeous part of this City. Easy in, easy out. People can plan for this and spend a couple of hours together, but safely out in the community.”
“Hopefully, they come into Little Falls early, pick up some dinner and check out our parks and take a stroll by the canal and just hang out and take it all in before they head out to the movies because there’s so much to offer here,” he stated.
Movies will be announced throughout the summer and will be shown at 9 pm, with the gates opening at 8 pm at Veterans Memorial Park. This first movie will be shown on June 18th and will be Disney’s ‘Onward’, which is a family movie.
Tickets will be available starting Sunday, June 14, 2020, at http://thinklocallittlefalls.com/rock-city-reels/
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