![]() ![]() ![]() The concession area is what makes it great. Vali-Hi is by FAR superior to any other drive-in. I went to 2 different drive-in theaters last year. If you tell some kid to knock it off, you are labeled as being racist. Plenty of space for kids to play before the movie starts, but some kids are bullies. Lots of white trash, lots of people setting up grills, tables, chairs, some even brought sofas, and lots of people saving spaces for their friends even though the first sign you see after paying admission says, “No saving spaces”. The only problem with this drive in is the clientele. There were times that the line of cars stretched out for 1/2 mile.Īfter the divorce, my son and I would show up very early and would try to be the first car in line, or very close to make sure we get a prime spot to watch the movies. My ex would always wait and leave home (Chanhassen) in around 2 hours before the movie started. with other activities such as music, dance and possibly mini putt preceding the film, which will begin once darkness falls.I started going there in 2006. You can just show up in your car at the old Ski-Hi Drive-In site located at 20651 Glen Robertson Road, make a donation in the amount of your choice and watch the film. A reservation to see the film is not needed for the showing on June 20. Jeaurond says the movie ‘Le Coq de St-Victor’ was chosen because of the positive message it portrays about villages uniting together and how everyone within a community has a role to play. “(The Optimist Club) wanted to build a new stage last year but things didn’t work out, but now it’s kind of perfect timing because they will be able to build it (while the park is shut down due to COVID-19),” Jeaurond noted. Admission to the drive-in movie showings will be in the form of a voluntary donation of any amount to the organization and will go towards the stage project. Current funds raised are to go to the project to build a new stage for performers at Island Park, which has been without one since the old stage was torn down two years ago. MiEV is a non-profit organization started by Jeaurond to raise funds for the local community. “It will be every second weekend for now, but we might do events in other places such as Lancaster or Maxville.” ![]() “Because this is a special event (for National Indigenous People’s Day and St-Jean Baptiste) everything is in French for the weekend, but after that we will probably alternate between an English movie and a French movie,” Jeaurond noted. MiEV and the Optimist Club plan to again hold bi-weekly movie showings throughout the summer at the old drive-in and the movies will alternate between French and English. However, with the closure of the park this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeaurond contacted the owner of the old Ski-Hi Drive-in property to request permission to show the movies at the site which has been closed for more than two decades. MiEV founder Josée Jeaurond said the movies will be shown on a large portable outdoor screen owned by the Optimist Club, which has been used to show drive-in movies at the club’s bi-weekly ‘Social Saturdays’ events for the past four summers at Alexandria’s Island Park. The film played on June 20 will be ‘Le Coq de St-Victor’ – an animated family comedy which will be shown in its original French-language version as part of a celebration for both National Indigenous People’s Day and St-Jean Baptiste. ![]() The long-closed Ski-Hi Drive in theatre in Alexandria will be coming back to life on June 20.Ī summer series of movies will be shown at the old drive-in this summer, hosted by local non-profit organization MiEV along with the help of Alexandria’s Optimist Club. ![]()
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