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On the Cover: Owner Bill Powell, Georgetown, stands next to a pair of speakers in front of screen two at the Georgetown Drive-In. The theater has been run by Powell's family for 49 of the 63 seasons it has been in operation. STAFF PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER FRYER
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Memories at the drive-in
Here in Southern Indiana we have a special spot for nostalgia but also have an inherent understanding that we must adapt with the times. We’re versatile, just like the Georgetown Drive-In on Ind. 64. In today’s centerpiece you’ll read Jenna Esarey’s story on the venerable outJason Thomas, Editor door theater’s long-standing success, how it’s one of a handful of drive-ins left in the U.S. and how it has recently embraced technology. Here in Southern Indiana we’re also self-starters and chock-full of ingenuity. Owner Bill Powell, as a way to save some cash, simply rolled up his sleeves and replaced the giant 35-millimeter film reels with modern digital equipment himself.
That’s SoIn. If you’re from Southern Indiana or have lived here even a short time the Georgetown DriveIn — in business for 63 years, and counting — is bound to hold a special place in your 1950s-era heart, no matter your age. Who can forget the swings, which Powell refuses to give up even as other drive-ins dropped them due to liability issues? Or the 1957 Chevy Bel Air welcoming visitors atop the marquee? Or the occasional passing freight train, as Esarey mentions, or spreading out a blanket as your imagination drifts off to the movie playing on the screen or with the stars beckoning above. Esarey might have put it best: The scene practically screams Indiana Summer Night. Roll credits. — Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas.
WORLD COMES TO CORYDON More info: worldonthesquare.org Located next to the Old State Capitol, the free family festival brings people around the world to Corydon’s historic downtown square. Some of World on the Square’s most popular performers return. After the Ohio Valley Native American Veteran Warrior Society solemnly presents the American flag, bagpiper David Stewart, marching through the crowd in his kilt of course, will again kick off the entertainment. At 4:15, Raqia and her troop return to do their Middle Eastern dance (aka belly dancing.) They will be followed by Tae Kwon Do - a demonstration by Master Rick Haines and his students, who will also be part of the South Korea exhibit. Then at 5:45 the dance show Bomba y Plena, a narrative song from Puerto Rico; Bomba is a style of music and dance from West Africa during the time of slavery. Finally, the evening of free live music peaks with the highenergy Salsa Rhythms band.
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Friday, August 1st
SQUEEZE THE JUICE BOX What: The Juice Box Heroes with guest The Killer Lips
When: 7 p.m. Friday Where: RiverStage, Spring Street and Riverside Drive, Jeffersonville Jeffersonville’s own The Juice Box heroes rocks the RiverStage. Band members are: Lead vocals, Daniel Farmer; lead guitar, Kyle Reagan; rhythm guitar/backup vocals, Kolton Norton; bass guitar, Brad Rajchel; drums, Jordan Rajchel. According to its Facebook page, “When you come and see us it’s not just a show, it’s a party!” Rock on.
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What: First Friday Trolley Hop When: 5 to 11 p.m. Friday Where: Downtown Louisville Trolley hoppers can hop on a free trolley to various art galleries, restaurants and shops along the Main and Market Street corridors, as well as the recently revitalized South Fourth Street District. The trolley route runs along Fourth Street from Main Street to Broadway, and riders can transfer between routes at Fourth and Main Streets. Free parking is available on the street after 6 p.m,. or at Slugger Field, located at Main Street and Jackson. [louisvilledowntown.org]
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Rollin' on the river at warder
What: River Cities Concert Band When: 7 p.m. Friday Where: Warder Park, Court Avenue and Spring Street, Jeffersonville According to its website, “RCCB’s mission is to perform free concerts for Louisville and Southern Indiana residents, and to provide a venue for experienced, volunteer musicians to perform and fellowship with other musicians of all ages and walks of life." Richard “Rick” Dugger is the band director.
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At the Drive-i Ken and Judy Smith, right, hang out in their 1958 Plymouth Plaza with their grandson, Hunter Leidolf, 10, while waiting for the film “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” to begin on screen one at the Georgetown Drive-In. The theater has been run by Owner Bill Powell’s family for 49 of the 63 seasons it has been in operation. Staff photo by ChriStopher fryer
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LEFT: A Century 35mm movie projector, left, is pictured next to a Barco digital movie projector in the screen one projection booth at the Georgetown DriveIn. Owner Bill Powell switched to digital projection in late June. RIGHT: The entrance sign to the Georgetown Drive-In is located along Ind. 64. Staff photoS by ChriStopher fryer
Georgetown Drive-In adapting with the tim es
By JENNA ESAREY newsroom@newsandtribune.com rive-in movie theaters are disappearing from the landscape. Most screens, if they ’ve not been demolished to accommodate subdivisions or big box stores, sit rusting and falling apart along the country’s rural roadsides . According to the United Drive-In Thea tre Owners Association’s website, only 348 drive -in theaters were in operation as of March 17 of this year — down from a peak of 4,063 in 1958. Fortunately for local drive-in movie fans, the Georgetown Drive-In on Ind. 64 has been showing movies for 63 years and there’s no sign things will change soon. What’s the secret to the drive-in’s longevity ? According to owner Bill Powell, 53, “You’ve got to have the pictures and the weather, but what you really need is the flavor of a drive-in. You’ve got to have the nostalgia and the setting.” The setting couldn’t be more cliché. The gently sloping ground accommodates over 300 cars and two movie screens, with trees surrounding three sides of the property. The sound of crickets chirp ing and an occasional passing freight train practically scream Indiana Summer Night. As if the powder blue 1957 Chevy Bel Air perched above the marquee isn’t eye-grabbing enou gh by day, by night it glows with neon accents, luring in moviegoers. Audio for the movies is broadcast over a low-wattage radio channel, but classic window-hangi ng speakers are available for the purists. Powell still maintains two basketball goals and a swing set at the base of the main screen. “It used to be all drive-ins had a swing set,” he said. “A lot of them pulled them up and got rid of the liability. I can’t do that.” While maintaining the nostalgia as muc h as possible, the Georgetown Drive-In has updated whe n necessary. Just last month Powell replaced the giant 35-millim eter film reels they’d used for decades with modern, digit al equipment. “It’s just harder and harder to find new movies on 35
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the Georgetown Drive-in is open every weekend May through September, plus several days aroun d halloween, and seven days a week in June and July. for upcoming events and show times visit georgetowndrivein.com
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See more photos from the Georgetown Drive-in by visiting newsandtribune.smugmug.com recent Sunday night, bringing their son, Landon, 7, to his first drive-in movie. “It’s Landon’s first time, but we haven’t been since we started dating 18 years ago,” said Daniel. Running the drive-in is a family affair. Pow ell’s wife, Karen, runs the concession stand, while sons Brad and Andrew take care of the equipment, and daughters Andrea A Batman mural is pictured above and April help mom out in concessions. a water fountain near the restrooms at the Georgetown Driv Most people measure the passage of time e-In. in months and Staff photo by ChriStopher frye years. Powell goes by movie releases. r “I bought the place when the first ‘Batm millimeter,” he said. The process was expe an’ movie with nsive, but Powell Michael Keaton was released,” he said. kept the costs down by buying demonstr That would be 1989 to ation equipment and the rest of us. installing it himself. His installation of the second movie scree Being in business for 63 years, the drive n coincided with the -in has built a solid release of “Twister” in 1996. base of loyal customers. “That was the very first picture shown “I talk to people all the time who came on that screen,” he said. here with their parents “We showed it at the end of the season.” or grandparents,” Powell said. The Georgetown Drive-In opened in 1951 He recalled a recent incident where a wom and went through an reported the theft several hands befo re being purchased by Powell’s parents, of one of Powell’s basketball goal rims Wilto him. He recovered the liam and Dorothy Powell, in 1965. rim and offered the woman a reward, whic h she refused. Spec ial events, such as the annual Hallowee “She said she played basketball on that n horror movies goal with her dad and the Drive-In Goes to the Dogs whe when she was little,” he said. “She said n families can bring their she wasn’t going to let canine family members, are popular each those boys destroy her memory of it.” year. “I love doing events,” Powell said. “It help Any night at the drive-in will find a mixt s me keep the driveure of teenagers hang- in exciting.” ing out in groups, couples on dates, and families with children, On Saturday, Powell is looking forward sitting in their cars or stretched out in the to hosting an appearback of pickup trucks. ance by Mark Ryan, the actor providing “We come about every weekend,” said the voices of Bumblebee Tyler Ervin, 17, with and Lockdown in the “Transformers” mov his friends Madi Wiley, 17, Chance Wag ie franchise, along oner, 18, and Taylor Bye, with the Bumblebee car. 18. “There’s not a whole lot to do in Geor getown. It’s either this Ryan “is excited about coming,” Powell or a bonfire. I’m not a big fan of downtow said. “He’s never been n Louisville.” to a drive-in before.” Daniel and Tabitha Waynescott came from Corydon on a
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DAVID M. BROUGHTON Online: DavidMBroughton. com Name/Hometown: David M. Broughton; lifelong resident of Charlestown. Formerly, I was a member of the Southern Gospel Quartet known as “The Calvary Hill Quartet,” and over the past three years I was a member of the Eastside Christian Church Praise and Worship Team in Jeffersonville. Currently I am the Praise and Worship leader at Bethany Christian Church in Charlestown. Please describe your musical style: I am a solo act who performs gospel, traditional and contemporary Christian music by playing my trumpet and singing. My goal is to reach all age groups by incorporating today’s contemporary Christian music with the traditional and gospel music of the past. Who are your influences? During my formative years, I grew up listening to The Beatles and Elvis, but once I joined our
high school marching and pep band the group Chicago was a dominant force on the Pop music scene. From the Christian music genre, both Michael W. Smith and Steven Curtis Chapman have made an impact on my music, along with Mark Hall of the group Casting Crowns. What is your inspiration? After 30 years of letting my trumpet lay docile in its case, I felt God using my wife Denise to motivate me to start playing again. She felt God had a special plan for my life, and perhaps my love for music was the direction he wanted me to pursue. What kind of message do
you hope to spread with your music? My goal is, and always has been to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ via music and my personal testimony. I want people to know that God loves them... that Jesus Christ gave his life for them on the cross, and to remind Christians who are struggling in their walk, that God still loves them and forgives them when they fail. How can music help spread your message? Often times people can be reached through music rather than the gospel being preached to them. Some people never darken the door of a church, so my public appearances at local community events may be the first or only time they hear the gospel. Music is the universal language and it seems to touch everyone. Upcoming events and contact info: My next scheduled events are in September at the Lanesville Heritage Weekend; Oct. 11 at Corydon’s Labor Of Love, recognizing veterans who have served in the military, and Oct. 18 and 19 at Bethlehem Indiana’s annual Autumn on the River celebration.
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Jeffersonville RiverStage
When: 7 p.m. Friday (free) Where: RiverStage, Spring Street and Riverside Drive, Jeffersonville The Juice Box Heroes with guest The Killer Lips
Twilight Cinema at RiverStage
When: 7 p.m. Saturday (free) Where: RiverStage, Spring Street and Riverside Drive, Jeffersonville Beethoven
Concerts in the Park
When: 7 p.m. Friday (free) Where: Warder Park, Court Avenue and Spring Street, Jeffersonville River Cities Concert Band; in case of rain, call 812-2830301 and the message will tell you if the concert has been canceled.
Beer tapping
When: Today Where: Boombozz Taphouse, 1450 Veterans Parkway, Jeffersonville California Lagunitas Brewing Company will introduce its IPA for $3.99/pint, Matt Dravet from the brewery will be on hand with goodies to give away.
Live on State at Wick’s
Where: Wick’s Pizza Parlor, 225 State St., New Albany When: Friday and Saturday Friday: 10 p.m., Josh Goodlet; Saturday: 10 p.m., The Rocking Dead [wickspizza.com]
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When: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Where: Huber’s Orchard, Winery and Vineyards, 19816 Huber Road, Starlight Saturday: The Overreactors; Sunday: Petar Mandic
Live music at Big Four
Friday, August 8th
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Where: 134 Spring St., Jeffersonville Friday: Wyndell Williams; Saturday: Matt Coddington [bigfourjeff. com]
Live music at Roadhouse
When: 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday Where: New Albany Roadhouse, 1706 Graybrook Lane Friday: Hello Judge
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