Rainbow, Sept 7, 2024

 

Akwesasne Powwow, 2024

Akwesasne Powwow 2024. Moved into Cornwall Civic Complex due to rain on Saturday.

 

Sunday

Design for Onkwehón:we Midwives Collective that was on their tent

 St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Environmental Council table . Turtles are cast iron, they said they found them in a cabinet and don't know where they came from - no marks on their underside

Traditional regalia of Powwow dancer

RCMP officers in everyday unform (left) and dress uniform (right)

Dancing took place inside of Cornwall Civic Complex on Sunday as well, due to weather

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice premiers at 56 Auto Drive-in

It's baack! There were at least four drive-ins near me, around Cornwall in the 60s and 70s, the Colonial, the Mustang,the Seaway, and I think the last was called the Frontier or Border. Most were near the Quebec border and were probably built to take advantage of the ban Quebec put in after the 1927 Laurier Palace Theatre fire in Montreal that killed 78 children. After the co-archbishop called for a ban, the provincial legislature passed a statute forbiding under 16s from attending movies, even, somewhat illogically, in drive-ins, which was in effect up to 1961. The last time I went to a drive-in was a double feature - The Longest Day (1961) was first on the bill, although it had been out for about 10 years, and I couldn't stay up long enough to remember what the second was. My father complained for days about his back and that was the only time we went. The drive-ins on the Canadian side all closed, the last, The Colonial in Ingleside, was open as late as 1998. 

This was the first time in 50 years I went to a drive-in.

 The 56  Auto Drive-in in Massena, NY was built on soil from the excavation of the Seaway, the owner told me at the concession booth. They had home made pastries and fried bread as well as popcorn and hot dogs.  Small screen but still fun, although an SUV, which wasn't around back in the drive-in's heyday. blocked my view of the lower part of the screen.

I forget to turn off my headlights until an usher reminded me!

Still some mosquitoes around, even this late. I wonder if it isn't because of the bats dying from white-nose syndrome.

The movie was more than a sequel, it was almost a continuation of the first movie after a hiatus of 36 years. Winona Ryder as a mature woman was a shock to see and reminded just how long ago I saw the first movie. Michael Keaton looked and acted the same because of the heavy makeup from the first installment. Nice to see Catherine O'Hara had more screen time that in the first movie.

Still wish Americans would print their money in distinctively different colours. I have a hard time counting out the right amount. Only 8 dollars!

 

Owner said these are called "Redneck Windchimes". She gave me an empty can since they'd sold out of them.