A family show that travels back to the time of teen idols and bobby socks. Conrad Birdie, who makes all the girls swoon, has been drafted. Recipient of several Tony Awards, Bye Bye Birdie originally opened in New York in 1960 featuring Dick Van Dyke and Chita Rivera. The Independence Day celebration free and open to the public features continuous stage entertainment all afternoon, along with children s games, Dragon Express and barrel train rides, stagecoach and covered wagon rides, bingo, music, and all kinds of food booths. Including some rare, seldom-seen movies along with masterpieces of American cinema, the series offers a special film every Monday evening through July 30.
Tickets are available at the door.
In vintage Hollywood tradition, each film is preceded by a short subject. Pre-show pipe organ music and scores for the silent pictures are performed by members of the Red River Chapter of the American Theater Organ Society. The two actresses play nightclub singers who travel by ocean liner to Paris searching for millionaires and romance. Are A Girl s Best Friend. A take-off on the infamous Hatfield and McCoy family feud, Keaton gets in lots of trouble and leads his pursuers in a murderously funny adventure.