Royal City residents are invited to make themselves comfortable in Queen's Park Stadium and take in a flick on the big screen - and maybe even sing along.
The City of New Westminster is embarking on Year 2 of its outdoor movie series in Queen's Park Stadium and is offering an expanded roster of films.
The free Friday night outdoor movies get underway on July 12 (today) with a screening of Back to the Future and continue every week through the summer.
"We got a lot of really positive feedback last year," said Sandon Fraser, the city's youth services coordinator. "We thought, let's try and make it go all summer."
A variety of family friendly films will be shown on the big screen in Queen's Park Stadium in the coming weeks: Finding Nemo (July 19); ET (July 26); Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Aug. 2); Field of Dreams (Aug. 9); Madagascar (Aug. 16); Grease (sing-along - Aug. 23); and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Aug. 30).
"We let the community choose," Fraser said about online voting for this year's movie selections. "We had over 280 individual responses. These were the top eight or nine."
Up, one of the other popular choices, was unable to be shown because of licensing issues.
G&F Financial Group sponsored last year's movie series and is back on board this year.
Because the series has doubled in size, organizers sought a second sponsor and found a willing participant in Park Georgia Realty Realtor Derrick Thornhill.
Fraser, who spearheaded the movie series in New Westminster, encourages residents to pack a picnic dinner or snacks, arrive early and enjoy a night out at Queen's Park. Movies will begins as soon as the sun goes down.
Moviegoers attending the screening of Grease on Aug. 23 are encouraged to sing along with the 1978 hit musical featuring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John.
"Grease is going to be a sing-along - that seems to be getting a lot of buzz," Fraser said. "We are going to be putting the subtitles on."
In case of poor weather, residents can call 604-527-4634 to check on the status of that evening's outdoor movie.
