December 16, 2009 9:54 AM
Leesburg's Tally Ho Theater $1 Christmas series
The wonderful - and very family-friendly Tally Ho Theater in Leesburg is offering a series of Christmas movies for just $1.
They also have $3. Thursday nights.The Tally-Ho is an older theater with an interesting history:About the Tally Ho
For movie fans, the Tally Ho is a refreshing change from the big cinemaplex. Also, because they are well-connected, they are able to get new movies in spite of the fact that they're off the beaten track.The Tally Ho Theatre opened for showings September 21, 1931, with the movie "Sporting Blood" starring Clark Gable. The theater was a recreational outlet for the rural farming communities of Loudoun County in the years before television. The theatre was segregated, with African-American patrons forced to sit in the balcony. In 1965, a group of African-Americans challenged the segregation policy by sitting downstairs in the area reserved for white patrons.
In 2000, the theatre was closed for renovations and re-opened in September 2002 to serve as a movie house and performing arts center. The theatre came under new proprietorship of Market Street Productions in January of 2008 with a focus on live entertainment, first-run feature films, and movie theme nights. (Source: Ashburn Connection, 2007)
Tell them Barbara sent you!
HT: Annamarie and Catherine
Love,
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