Tie Dye Peace Sign- Home Drive in:Good Old Days

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Home Drive-In: Relive Those "Good Old Days"
By Leland Griffin, Jr

Home Drive-In: Relive those "Good Old Days" in your own backyard.

Remember the Drive-In Movies, when two people would buy tickets and two or three other couples would be hiding in the trunk? Remember taking blankets and lawn chairs, maybe a cooler (always a pint of something) and partying more than actually watching the movie? Why not relive those "Good Old Days" in your own backyard. Always looking for a unique way to entertain our friends we decided on "Retro Drive-In".

Listed is what we needed:

1. Drive-In Food: Hot Dogs, Popcorn, Ice Cream Sandwiches, Soda and Beer

2. Required Dress: From 50's Greaser, Beatnik, To Flower Power Hippie with Afro and/or

Bell-bottoms (bring on the Peace Signs)

3. Movies: (DVD or Blu-ray works best) You pick the theme

4. Player and Projector: (many with over 30 ft. diagonal abilities)

5. Sound system (Boombox etc.): make sure to check local noise ordinance (or invite all the neighbors)

6. Huge Screen ( and this posed a problem)

The surface has to be reflective and very white for a high contrast image. A little research helped me choose the fabric "muslin" as it comes in a bright white color with widths up to 10 feet locally. Maximum extra wide-screen size without splicing is 10 ft. by 23.5 ft. (for me this was perfect). I then purchased seven 8 ft lengths of rigid conduit, four connectors and four 90 degree elbows. I then found two adjustable tent poles that could expand over 6 ft. each. I next prepared the fabric by sewing curtain like sleeves along all four sides that could accommodate the connectors (either add material or slightly reduce screen size to create). Put two sets of three 8 foot pieces of rigid conduit together using two connectors each and insert into the top and bottom sleeves. Mount elbows to the ends of the inserted rods making sure they are parallel.

For vertical tension cut the remaining rigid conduit to achieve the needed height when used with the tent poles. Insert same into end sleeves (note: sleeves may need to be larger to accommodate the adjustment method of the tent poles used). Insert ends into adjacent elbows and tighten with tent poles. If the screen is too loose adjust top and bottom rails by adding additional conduit as needed. Hang Screen (my best spot is off the deck).

If you have an East facing position with a solid building behind it, dusk works well to start the show.

Invite Family and Friends and let the party begin.

Enjoy!

Love Movies, Books, Music, Cooking, Good Scotch and my website http://www.projectorpresents.com

My Favorite Quotes:"That's the silliest thing I ever heard" - Groucho Marx,"Step down off the coach honey, it's been a longtime since I've seen ya" - Me

My Hobbies: Playing Music, Vegetable Gardening, Puttering in my barn.

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