Dateline: Oct. 9, 2023

The Allenstown Economic Development Committee and the Allenstown Fire Department enjoyed your company at the
Family Movie Night.

On Saturday afternoon, Allenstown firefighters pulled virtually all the fire engines from the equipment bay and covered the windows to keep out the late afternoon sun.

About 63 people signed up online for the event with 40-50 people actually attending, and with volunteer firefighters and EDC members, there were at least 50-60 people in house.

The Menu

The featured movie, Lightyear, was an action-packed story about Buzz Lightyear, the space ranger hero from the Toy Story movie series. The dinner, a mere $4.00 per person, was enjoyed by all and some people came back for seconds.

Firefighters and EDC members pitched in to set up the giant movie screen and projection equipment, and set up the serving tables, supplies, and signage for the dinner.

Chef Keith Klawes and "Sous Chef" Ron Adinolfo

Free movie popcorn

One snag that had us scrambling mid-afternoon was that the borrowed popcorn machine kept tripping circuit breakers. A mad dash to Olympus Pizza and then to Aubuchon's for a rental netted us a functioning popcorn machine that people kept coming back to during the movie. EDC member Ron Adinolfo said that he made about 9 to 10 batches of popcorn during the movie.

A big Thank You goes to Firefighter Austin LaDuke who set up and tested the projection equipment and operated it during the movie. An even bigger Thank You from the EDC goes to Fire Chief Eric Lambert who, several months ago, offered the use of the Fire Station for this great event.

Chief Eric Lambert and Lauren Lambert welcomed attendees and introduced the movie

What You Can Do

If you attended the event, send a note to Chief Lambert thanking him for hosting it.  Chief Lambert

If you missed the event, here is the trailer for the movie.