"PTCA Family Movie Night" Premieres!

PTCA Frederick hosted a Pizza dinner and Family Movie Night on Friday, November 6. About 40 people gathered in the new Elementary School cafetorium for a dinner of yummy pizza from Il Forno. We had cheese, pepperoni, sausage, mushroom, and no-cheese pizza to fit the various tastes of all who came.

After the dinner social, the kids were buzzing with energy and anticipation. We went down the hallway to the Multipurpose Room in the Family Education wing of Elementary for the movie. It felt very much like a "family style movie premiere" because it was the first time that the grand motorized ceiling movie screen from the ceiling has been used!

We gathered chairs, sofas, and yes, sleeping bags in a semi circle around the screen, and settled in. No movie is complete without popcorn, which was passed around. As we got comfortable before the start of the movie, Lisa greeted the audience and briefly talked about old movies: long, long, long ago before you children were born, before your parents, and some of your grandparents were born, movies were "silent" and black and white. Later sound and color were added. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were a very famous comedy team that worked together for over 30 years through that time. Then Lisa asked the audience if they could remember some characters from Mother Goose i.e. Little Miss Muffett, The Three Pigs, Little Bo Peep, and noted they would be featured in the movie, "March of the Wooden Soldiers", a Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy film (1934). Then it was time to turn out the lights and enjoy this classic film. A good time was had by all!

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Thank you to Lori Bonheyo for holding the date and helping get word out.

Thank you to the wonderful folks in Elementary and Family Education who gave us suggestions, support, and helped us make this night happen. Mary Lynn Lally, Elizabeth Rewolinski, Marsha Flowers, Lori Moers, Maryann Swann.

Thank you to Abbey Roin for loaning me your Mother Goose book and for the pictures of three characters.

Thank you to Alex Simmons for his tech expertise and his patience working out the details with us to make this Movie Night happen. We were glad to have you, Cody, and Alexa join us for part of the evening.

Thank you to Emily Shaw for calling the pizza place with our order.

Thank you to Mike and Dave at Il Forno for great pizza.

Thank you to Becky Jo Baker and her three children, Kylie, AJ, and Eorja for making the personal delivery of nine boxes of pizza!

Thank you to Terri Dietz and Edna Johnston for helping sign the movie out loud in ASL.

Thank you to Jennifer Ortiz for helping coordinate the cleanup after the event.

Thank you to Marisa, Megan, and Mia Montoya for being patient with mommy on Friday afternoon while we were running around getting things set, looking for a copy of Mother Goose, and for helping us get ready.

...and Thank you to George Herberger, my father, and their grandpa for loaning us the movie!