March 24, 2010 by Watson
Hey everyone! It’s the end of the campaign and we have a week left! So, let’s get out there and get people involved! Let’s get folks to the kickstarter page, the facebook page, the twitter, etc!
To everyone who has donated and to everyone who has emailed and spread the word, thank you all so very much and I’ll see you in the funny pages.
Save the Watson Theatre: www.thewatsontheatre.com
Kickstarter: http://kck.st/bxp6MQ
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Watsontown-PA/Save-the-Watson-Theatre/297736718955
Twitter: @watsontheatre
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by Watson
I got this as an email the other day. I thought I’d share it with everyone and remember, if you have any stories about the Watson Theatre, please send them to me and I’ll share them with everyone.
I’m now 50 & grew up in this theatre and my father, Clair LeVan helped to run the “talkie” and silent films in this theatre when he was a kid.
Those were the best days growing up in Watsontown. Every Friday night a bunch of us kids would stand in line early at the ticket window because this theatre and the smell of the popcorn was something special in our small town. The place was packed in on those nights and it really didn’t matter what movie was playing because as a kid/teen we just wanted to be with our friends and raise a little cane in the aisle occasionally, until someone of authority would walk the aisle next to the red velvet seats and shine her flashlight right at us and sternly tell us to be quiet. Oh, we’d keep right on talking or yelling to one another, but when the lights dimmed and the movie started, we were quiet. Red cherry licorice, jujubees, & salty-yellow popcorn & milk duds were in every kids hands as they juggled their way to that velvet seat usually right down front. As you sat down with all your treats, you sunk down quite far in those seats, & you sunk so low that ya’ kind of thought you’d made it to the bottom of the cement floor, or you were not far from it. Your feet usually landed on something sticky also such as gum or a sucker.
When you grow up in a small town and there isn’t much to do, this movie theatre made us feel like it was a special place to be every weekend.
After the movie ended we’d again congregate outside of it on the sidewalk and stand there till the crows dispersed then take ourselves to Murray’s Ice Cream Shop up on 8th street past the railroad tracks before heading up the big hill.
There we’d find our friends and sit and have a milkshake or root beer float and get a little loud at Murray’s, while Mrs. Murray calmly looked over us with that “Motherly” look of concern, just trying to keep a peaceful ice cream shop fairly peaceful. And if you wanted extra sprinkles on your chocolate sundae, Mrs. Murray would pile them on very generously.
Anyhow, the Watsontown theatre holds a special place in my heart and I would like to see it stay.
Thank You,
Mary LeVan Hagerman
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February 24, 2010 by Watson
Hey Everyone!
Wow! Have you seen this new website? It’s amazing! It was whipped up by the awesome folks at Parrish Web Design. You should go talk to them if you need a website. They do amazing work.
Other updates:
I’m looking into new/more Kickstarter incentives. Keep an eye out for that. Meanwhile, head on over to the Kickstarter page! We’re almost to $2000!!!
Still need to give the cinema preservation group a call, but I will certainly be doing that.
And don’t forget, everyone: Spread the word. Tell as many people as you can! There has been an amazing amount of support.
I’ll be posting a lot on here now. As The Joker said in The Dark Knight:
“And here…
We…
GO!”
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by Watson
I have photos from the previous owner. I have cost of the theatre. I have permission to use the photo that I’ve been planning to use! I have a facebook fan page that I’m working on. Get ready folks. Here it comes.
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