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- Stops Along The Way '95- - - -
Return to the 50s at nostalgic Starlite Drive-In
Remember the days
Tucked away outside Grand Bend is
the answer to the nostalgic craving
you may be harbouring. The Starlite
Drive-in is beginning its 40th summer
in business.
By Bonnie Gropp
If you're dying for a bit of nostalgia, if
you want to share some of the past with your
kids in an entertaining way, there is one stop
you should make this summer.
But first, let's relax and think back, put
ourselves in another place and another time.
Mom and Dad dress the youngest kids in
their pjs, throw some blankets and pillows in
the car and head out to a night at the movies.
You sit excitedly, leaning over the back of
the front seat, just to be a little closer to the
action. The car is parked, after some back
and forth maneuvering to get closer to the
speakers, then Dad goes for munchies and
you go out to play on the playground
equipment.
A car full of teenagers pulls in and they
open the trunk to let someone out. Another
car has two couples snuggling close,
waiting, or perhaps not, for the movie to
begin. When it does you race back to the car
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will cost $15 with your own equipment and
$40 for renting the center's gear.
The skydiving season gets into full swing
by April, weather permitting and continues
until October, keeping as many as eight
instructors busy. Wright recommends
booking at least a month in advance.
There are some restrictions on those
allowed to jump, says Wright.
"We will take youth who are only 16, but
they must have consent from their parents
only to fall asleep before the movie ends.
Those days of long summer nights and
drive-in theatres have been jolted into the
past by the electronic excitement of videos
and computers. Few managed to survive as
more and more people stayed home and
rented movies or went to the bigger theatres
to see the smash hits first.
But, for 40 years, the Starlite Drive-in on
Huron County Road 4, in Shipka, about five
minutes' drive from Grand Bend, has been
offering people some inexpensive family
fun. Shawn Carroll, the manager/operator of
the theatre for the past two years says, "It is
really kind of cool, because we now have
adults telling us that they came here when
they were kids."
What has kept them coming back? Shawn
says, "From the limited experience I have I
think families want value and enjoy the
quality of the entertainment. It's a chance to
get out of the house with the kids in an
inexpensive way."
Though there are teenagers frequenting
the theatre, Shawn says most of the business
they get does come from families. The
reason, he believes, is because the area in
which the drive-in is located is still
predominantly a nuclear family community.
The nostalgia factor can not be
discounted either. Parents remember the fun
times they had at the drive-in theatres
decades ago and want to share that
experience with their kids. Shawn has a
favourite picture which sits on his desk, of a
boy and girl at the drive-in. "The boy has his
arm around the girl and they are watching a
horror movie. It's the traditional drive-in
memory."
With such a basic premise there are not
many cnanges mat could detract trom the
nostalgia. Even improvements don't alter the
mood. Today, instead of the cumbersome,
sometimes troublesome, speakers and poles,
the audio is transmitted over the FM station
and can be heard for a radius of 1,000 feet.
"Sometimes our neighbours hear us," says
and the parents must be in attendance."
Anyone over 50 requires a medical, but all
participants must be in reasonably good
shape regardless of their age.
The one strict guideline set by Wright is
the weight limitation. A person weighing in
excess of 2.20 pounds is too difficult for the
instructors to assist during the training
jumps.
So, if you're looking to take a flying leap,
call Grand Bend Sport Parachuting Center at
1-800-363-JUMP.
Shawn.
All the other memorable attributes of the
drive-in heyday are present, however. The
playground, which may be seeing some
updates in the near future, Shawn says, is
still there to amuse the little ones.
And the snack bat has all "the junk foods
you have come to expect, from candy bars to
fries and burgers."
Though there have been years when
business tapered off somewhat at the.
Starlite, Shawn says it has never been bad.
"Video hasn't appeared to hurt us; because
people still want to get out of the house. And
it's cheaper entertainment than a ball game."
On Sundays a carload can get into the
theatre for $10. The rest of the time the
prices are $6.50 for adults, $4 for teens, $1
for children under 12, while under six is
free. "If someone comes in with a carload of
kids, we often don't charge for them. It took
us time to realize this is a family business, so
we have to give them even more reason to
come."
The Starlite opened the first weekend in
May with two popular new films Dumb and
Dumber for the children and Pulp Fiction for
the grownups. Shawn says he prefers to
choose the movies week by week because
"as a small theatre Starlite doesn't get the top
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movie choices right off the bat. We get
current movies a little off the release date.
The big ones usually go to the larger markets
so we get them three or four weeks later. If I
wait to decide on a weekly basis I have a
better feeling of what's doing well."
The double feature is part of the drive-in
tradition, while on the Victoria Day,
Dominion Day and Labour Day weekends
the Starlite shows three or four features
geared to a theme, such as horror.
The Starlite will be open on weekends for
May, June and September. During July and
August it is open every day.
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