Historic Roxy Theatre holds second annual cruise-in, celebrates 75 years
This Saturday, Oct. 12, is the makeup day for the second annual cruise-in at the Historic Roxy Theatre which was rained out in September. Entry fee is $20 per car and registration begins at 4 p.m. in downtown Russellville.
There will be music, concessions, door prizes, cash giveaways and antique cars. The first movie shown at the Roxy, “My Dear Secretary,” will be offered to the public free starting at 5 p.m. This classic movie features Laraine Day, Stephanie ‘Steve’ Gaylord, Kirk Douglas, Owen Waterbury, Keenan Wynn, Ronnie Hastings, Helen Walker and Rudy Vallee.
The closing will include cash giveaways and awarding prizes. after 8 p.m., “Cruise the Strip” downtown will be open for locals to show off their cars like they did back in the old days.
Last Sunday, the Joe M. Turner Magic Show took the stage in the Roxy. Turner performed several magic tricks featuring volunteers from the audience, including tricks involving cards, coins, silk, levitation, mentalist and other types of acts.
Auditions for the Roxy’s Christmas Spectacular, to be performed, Dec. 11-15, are completed, and the performers are ready to start rehearsals. The cast will feature 80-plus entertainers for the Roxy’s fifth annual Christmas production. Reservations for school attendance are filling up fast.
The Franklin County Arts and Humanities Council, Inc. have been awarded an Alabama State Council on the Arts grant for “The Roxy’s Christmas Spectacular” in the amount of $6,200.00. The Alabama State Council on the Arts is the official state agency for the support and development of the arts in Alabama.
The Council works to expand and preserve the state’s cultural resources by supporting nonprofit arts organizations, schools, colleges, units of local government and individual artists. The Alabama State Council on the Arts grants are made possible by an annual appropriation from the Alabama Legislature and additional funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Susie Hovater Malone is the president of the Franklin County Arts and Humanities Council.
