Blockbuster night for endangered drive-in
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BRANDON — One of Manitoba’s last drive-in movie theatres, Killarney’s Shamrock Drive-In, might not go dark, after all.
The drive-in in southwestern Manitoba was a scene from the past this weekend when movie buffs packed the yard to watch Back to the Future 3 Saturday night.
Drive-in owners Joanne and Darren Struss planned to close the drive-in earlier this year due to the high cost of digital upgrades. But with the last week-and-a-half of fundraising, the drive-in’s future is looking brighter.
“It was amazing, I was really, really pleased with how the evening went. It was one of those things where you never know what’s going to happen,” Joanne said.
The family started a FundRazr page two weeks ago and have raised $2,555 so far. Saturday night, they received a further $1,700 in donations.
Also on Saturday, the Strusses, along with their friend, professional videographer David Gauthier and some community members, filmed their entry for Bell Media’s Manitobaville online video contest. Struss said at least 50 people showed up to film the mock Save our Shamrock rally.
The contest offers communities the chance to win $25,000 to support a local project.
Afterwards, the drive-in was jammed with about 109 cars for the evening movie.
“I think we had a couple rows in the very, very back that didn’t have vehicles in it,” Struss said.
There were people from all over Manitoba including Winnipeg and quite a few from the United States. The local co-op also donated a large slab cake for people attending the movie to eat.
“This wasn’t a fundraiser night, but not only did they come out, they got to see a sight. There’s just something about a packed drive-in and just being there. People were laughing and talking and a lot of visiting going on. It was great,” Struss said.
The Manitobaville video submission has to be uploaded to YouTube and submitted for the contest by Aug. 2. A committee then selects the top 10 submissions, which are voted on by the public.
— Brandon Sun
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