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Denver
Days Drive-In Movie Night
and Classic Car & Hotrod Cruise-In
Thursday, September
25, 2008
At The Denver Days Fall Festival Fair Grounds
Highway 16 & Triangle Circle, Denver, NC
Gates
and Amusement Rides Open at 5PM
Movie begins at dusk (approx. 7:30pm)
Help
us Pick the Movie! Click Here
General
parking is $5
Classic Car & Hotrod Cruise-In Registration $20
For
more information send us an email at
DenverDays@DenverNC.com
or
contact the Denver Days Cruise-In Drive-In Movie Night
Coordinator, Dave Rohr at 704-489-1961
 This
year we've expanded the Wednesday
and Thursday evening events for the Denver Days Fall
Festival. Wednesday
evening will include an evening of Gospel and Inspirational music
and on Thursday evening we'll take you back in time to the “Denver
Days Cruise-In Drive-In
Movie Night”. Come out and enjoy a nostalgic
evening complete with amusement rides, concessions
stand, and an enormous 65 feet inflatable movie screen,
(the largest in the southeast!). You
can ride all the festival’s amusement rides on Wednesday and Thursday evening for a special “ride
all the rides for one price”.
 With
the help of modern technology, including a high
resolution digital projector, powerful audio speaker
system and local area FM broadcast equipment to enable
visitors to tune in to the show on their car radio,
we’ll transform the fairgrounds into an old-fashion
drive-in movie theater. To add to the atmosphere of the
evening a classic car cruise-in is being organized;
classic cars and hot rods will park “drive-in movie
style” in front of the big screen. Visitors don’t
have to have an old car to get in on the fun though;
everyone is welcome! Non-classic cars will park in the
regular festival parking area and visitors can bring
their lawn chairs and blankets to sit in front of the
classic cars & hot rods for a great view of the big
screen. To further add to the atmosphere a family
friendly movie will be shown complete with cartoons to
start, and those campy old intermission film clips just
like the good old days! Before the movie there’ll be
music and dancing along with the opportunity to enjoy
the beautiful cars and the exciting assortment of
amusement rides.
With
the old cars, Drive-in Theater, Popcorn &
concessions, amusement rides, music, dancing, and
more… it’s guaranteed to be a fun evening with a big
crowd.
 In
the Denver Days spirit of serving the community the
Denver Days Cruise-In Drive-In Movie Night will also be
benefiting a worthy cause. Because the event features
beautiful old cars and hot-rods it is fitting that we
have teamed up with National Drag Race Champion and
local businessman Doug Herbert, to support his BRAKES
program." The BRAKES program, which stands for
"Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe",
promotes safe and responsible driving to young drivers
and their parents. The organization's goal is to save
lives and keep children safe. As the organization's web
site explains, "On January 26, 2008, Doug Herbert
experienced every  parent's
worst nightmare: his two sons, Jon, 17, and James, 12,
lost their lives in a tragic automobile accident. Trying
to make some sense of this horrible tragedy, Doug has
made it his mission to help prevent other parents,
friends and families from enduring the pain he has been
going through. The organization's mission is to save
lives and raise awareness of young drivers." There
have been a number of kids in the East Lincoln County
area who have died in fatal car accidents making this
mission all the more relevant for the Denver area.
Promoting safe and responsible driving has never been
more important and this event provides a great
opportunity to reach a large audience with this
important message. Come meet Drag Race Champion Doug
Herbert and learn more about saving lives and keeping
kids safe! For more info visit www.PutOnTheBrakes.com
Take
a Trip Back in Time!
Imagine a
warm evening in late September, it's a little after 7:30
p.m., the sun is just about to set, and it's just
beginning to get dark. You're sitting outdoors looking
at a colorful collection of beautiful cars with big
tailfins and gleaming chrome parked all around you. One
by one you hear them begin to honk their horns until an
image begins to gradually appear on a large outdoor
screen. For one night only, as daylight and the stresses
of the modern day slip away, the drive-in theater is
open for business in Denver, North Carolina.
With
the help of new technology the drive-in movie show is
back, if only for a limited engagement. The screen is an
enormous 65 feet inflatable wonder. Set it down, turn on
a blower and the screen quickly rises up from the
ground, an instant drive-in. The screen is the most
visible part of the magic, behind the scenes there's a
powerful digital projector, audio amplifiers, large
speakers, generators, and an FM radio transmitter to
broadcast the sound to nearby car radios.
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Those
Iconic drive-in speakers aren’t necessary
because sound is broadcast via a small FM
transmitter to car radios and also through loud
speakers so that everyone can hear the show!
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The
Denver Days Drive-In Cruise-In is open to everyone.
Drivers of classic cars and hot rods will park out front
of the big screen just like the good old days. Those not
in old cars can park nearby on the festival fair-grounds
and then sit out front of the big screen on their own
lawn chairs or blankets.
Imagine
beautiful old cars and hotrods everywhere you look; a
perfect stock '63 Ford Fairlane parked beside hot-rodded
'57 Chevy Bel Airs and a '57 Cadillac Convertible with
huge tail fins sitting between a couple of '60's muscle
cars with monstrous engines rising up through their
hoods.
The
event will provide visitors with the chance to re-live
the drive-in experience and share it with the younger
crowd that missed out on this great old American
tradition.
Imagine
spreading blankets out in the back of the family's 1953
Ford Ranch Wagon and lying down as you wait excitedly
for the movie to start.
Remember
the great old movies your parents took you to see at the
drive-in?
Remember
cartoons before the main feature?
Remember
the dancing hot-dogs during intermission?
Remember
how you used to have your blankets and carry your
pillows, how you'd wear your footsie pajamas, and how
Dad & Mom would to tell you to settle down and go to
sleep?
Well
it's all here at the "Denver Days Drive-In"!
The
night will include concessions where you can get your
popcorn, hotdogs, candy, and drinks. The colorful and
exciting amusements rides of the festival will be open
and you can ride them all as much as you want for just
one price.
Old rock-and-roll songs from the 50's, 60's, and 70's
will start off the evening. There will be live music as
well as DJ to provide a chance to dance under the stars
too!
You
won't want to miss this unique opportunity to travel
back in time so mark your calendar and plan on coming to
the Denver Days Drive-In Movie and Classic Car
Cruise-In!
Help
Us Pick the Movie!
Here's
your chance to help pick the movie for the big screen.
Let us know what you'd like to see on the giant 65 feet
Drive-In Movie Screen. Just fill out the form below and
tell us what movie you'd like us to show...
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