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Neighborhood Nights: Movies, music in the parks |
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Written by Zach Jacobson
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Wednesday, 05 July 2006 |
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Well into its 10th year, the Neighborhood Nights movie and concert series entertains Greeley residents with outdoor movies and wraps up with a concert.
Neighborhood Nights started as just a concert series and, due to cost, morphed into an outdoor traveling movie venue, and it has gotten bigger throughout the years.
“We started with one concert in Allen Park,” Rhonda Welch, festival coordinator for Greeley said. “The next summer we added some more concerts and it grew from there.”
Because the cost of putting on so many concerts was proving too expensive, the idea for an outdoor movie was introduced.
The movies were originally projected onto the side of the concert bus and have since upgraded to a blimp screen. Welch said that every year the crowds have grown along with the movie series.
“We draw anywhere from 350-500 people at the movies, and concerts can get 1,000 or more people,” Welch said.
According to Welch, it’s the out-of-the-ordinary experience that draws people back every year.
“It’s like going to the drive-in in a neighborhood park,” Welch said.
Picking the movies is a bit of a challenge, but the staff manages to whittle it down to five, with everybody throwing in their suggestions, Welch said.
“We’ve had some classics, like ‘Casablanca’ and ‘E.T.’ and ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ We get it down to our five favorites.”
Although movies have become the focus of Neighborhood Nights, Welch says her favorite part is still the concerts.
“I love booking bands for Greeley,” Welch said. “The movies are fun too. It’s a really great time to come together as a family.”
This year will mark the first concert at the new Twin Rivers Park Community Ampitheater in west Greeley. The 7 p.m. concert features regional favorite Dakota Blonde.
THE SCHEDULE
All movies begin at dusk, the concert begins at 7 p.m. For details, go to www.greeleygov.com.
July 7
“Charlie & the Chocolate Factory” (PG)
Anna Gimmestad Park
19th Avenue & 31st Street
July 14
“A Knight’s Tale “(PG-13)
Sanborn Park, 28th Avenue & 20th Street
July 21
“How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days “(PG-13)
Allen Park, 49th Avenue & 9th Street
Aug. 4
“The Legend of Zorro” (PG)
Monfort Park, 47th Avenue & 27th Street
Aug. 11
“Michael” (PG)
Woodbriar Park, 29th Avenue & 19th Street
Aug. 18
Dakota Blonde, folk music
Twin Rivers Park Community Ampitheater, 1501 65th Ave.
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