{"id":18073,"date":"2017-08-16T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T22:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=18073"},"modified":"2017-08-16T18:00:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T22:00:21","slug":"lights-camera-action-movies-in-the-park-returns-to-close-out-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/lights-camera-action-movies-in-the-park-returns-to-close-out-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights, Camera, ACTION! \u2013 Movies in the Park returns to close out summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

What do hairy dolls, superheroes and a Polynesian princess have in common?
\nThey will all be beamed up onto the big screen in parks in and around Town as Aurora launches its 2017 Movies in the Park Series.
\nBeginning at dusk this Thursday, August 17 at 7 p.m., at Ada Johnson Park (60 Hartwell Way) Disney\u2019s Moana will open the season.
\nBring your favourite stuffed animal to watch the movie with you and enjoy crafts and games starting at 7 p.m.
\nThe following Thursday, August 24, the fun moves to Town Park (49 Wells Street) with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which will feature superhero training starting at 7 p.m. and prizes for participants who come dressed as their favourite superhero.
\nRounding out the series on Thursday, August 31 at Hickson Park (155 Conover Avenue) is Trolls. Here you can enjoy games, crafts and activities before the movie.
\nAt each screening you will also be put to the test with a special series of Canada 150 Movie Trivia projected for all to see.
\n\u201cIf you attend all three movies there will be different trivia questions asked each night and all questions are based on the movie industry in Canada,\u201d teases Shelley Ware, Special Events Coordinator for the Town of Aurora. \u201cDid you know that Jim Carrey was raised in Jackson\u2019s Point? We have found some really cool trivia which we hope that just before the movie starts people will be humbled by what they think Canadian movie trivia is, versus how well they do on our quiz!\u201d
\nBut the fun starts this week with a visit from Moana herself, who will come out to meet youngsters just before her movie begins.
\n\u201cWe choose the movies based on community input as we do collect suggestions from the previous movie series year and again in the springtime,\u201d says Ms. Ware. \u201cOnce we are able to shortlist our movies and once we are able to figure out which ones we\u2019re able to get a license for, then the fun begins because we can come up with crafts and some pre-movie enhancements just to make the overall movie experience fresh and new. This year we\u2019re really excited with our first movie being Moana that we actually have Moana coming to pay us a visit at the movie. We do have some pretty clever surprises up our sleeve, should the weather be in our favour, but that will be happening.
\n\u201cAt Guardians of the Galaxy, we\u2019re going to be doing some superhero training skills, again some crafts and we\u2019re pretty confident that a couple of superheroes may visit to check out all the little super heroes that attend. There will also be prizes for those who come in their favourite Superhero costume. And, with Trolls, you can expect crafts and all those types of things which are always good \u2013 but with a fun twist to it.
\n\u201cWe do have a special feature up our sleeves and we don\u2019t want to divulge too much, but I highly encourage people to be in their lawn chairs and ready to go by 7.45 p.m. because you don\u2019t want to miss what surprise we have programmed and planned for you!\u201d
\nThe 2017 Movies in the Park Season is sponsored by Aurora Family Martial Arts, Royal Bank, Investors Group, Royal LePage Your Community Realty and Wayne Clements of Keller Williams.
\nBring your own lawn chairs and blankets.
\nThe event is free but donations to the Aurora Food Pantry will be appreciated.
\nFor more information, visit www.aurora.ca\/moviesinthepark. <\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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