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| Drive-in movie at George Ward Park, Birmingham, Alabama. August 2020. |
The banner told me - a drive-in movie to happen in George Ward Park! I must be there! Didn't matter what the movie was. It was COVID times! A drive-in movie! A way for our gregarious selves to gregariate safely in gregarity!
And. Free wings! Free cupcakes! Did it matter that a political hostess threw this party to endear herself with prospective voters? No! This is the American way!
The park isn't far from where I live, so I could walk there! (I later learned this wasn't the brightest idea, but for now, join me in my gregorial delight.)
When I arrived, the house was packed.
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| Drive-in movie at George Ward Park, Birmingham, Alabama. August 2020. |
Birminghammers queued up before the wings truck, most of them prudently masked.
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| Drive-in movie at George Ward Park, Birmingham, Alabama. August 2020. |
There was no line in front of the popcorn booth. Mmmm, popcorn. That's my bag.
The golden hour approached, touching first the tops of the trees.
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| Drive-in movie at George Ward Park, Birmingham, Alabama. August 2020. |
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| Drive-in movie at George Ward Park, Birmingham, Alabama. August 2020. |
I nestled my chair between two cars, smack in front of the movie screen. I chatted with the two women in a car behind me. My enthusiasm about the popcorn was contagious, and we agreed as how delightful it would be if I were to run up to the booth and collect a couple of bags for them. And verily I did so, as it pleases me to spread the gospel of that salty crunch.
Presently, I settled in to my chair and munched popcorn while awaiting the movie's start. A DJ from v94.9 played songs. Then the party hostess, Birmingham Councilor Crystal Smitherman, delivered a pleasant (and pleasantly short) speech.
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| Drive-in movie at George Ward Park, Birmingham, Alabama. August 2020. |
The movie was about to begin. The DJ explained how the movie goers should turn their radio dials to a particular point so they could ........... ohhhhhhhh ........... so they could hear the movie. Being in a chair was not going to work.
OK. Important lesson for the future.
No matter. I had already received all of the gifts I could have hoped for by walking through a pretty park to the event. The sight of fellow humans gathering in a pretty safe way. Chatting with several of said fellow humans. Popcorn!
I folded up my chair and walked home, my spirit aloft.
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