As soon as I scheduled Caeden's tour of TheRecW, I texted my friend Cora to let her know we were going to be in her neck of the woods. She and Josh were some of our very best friends in college, and even though we've only seen them a few times since moving to Illinois, I knew we had to try to get together! They were so kind to give up their entire afternoon and evening for us, and we had the best time seeing them.
We met Josh in the early afternoon at their movie theater in Chillicothe--Danbarry Cinema. They've just gotten into this business over the past couple years, and it was awesome to get to see a tiny bit of what those adventures look like!
Josh took us into one of the 10 theaters inside and talked about the renovations they've done here, including all the technology and sound equipment. In this particular theater, he explained to Caeden how there were 10 speakers, and now there 18 for the best possible surround sound experience. It was pretty awesome to watch the beginning few minutes of Lost City and hear that surround!
In this photo, Josh is starting the movie from his laptop. He showed us how he can start a movie in any of the theaters at their 3 cinemas (They also have Tri-City Theatre in Jackson, and Silver Screen VII in Gallipolis.) from his laptop.
Josh took us upstairs to the projection hallway.
It had never occurred to me that all the projection windows in a movie theater are in one hallway, basically right next to each other! It was very cool to see!
Looking down into a theater from the projection window
We all loved seeing and hearing about some of the behind-the-scenes things at the theater!
Caeden, going into my purse in search of a quarter for the money pusher machine
We were planning to buy a bucket of the delicious smelling popcorn as they were opening concessions for the afternoon as we were getting ready to leave, but Josh just gave Caeden all the popcorn left after last night's movies! That's a lot of popcorn, and it is tasty!!
From the Danbarry, we headed over to see Cora at work at Total Media--Jackson County Broadcasting Inc. Here she is showing us a machine her grandfather invented!
We got to see the TV studio, and Caeden sat down and did an improvised report on an apparent robbery in which the robbers were wearing panda suits.
We also saw the recording studio and live studio of the radio station, and met with people working in these areas who took quite a bit of their day to show Caeden around some of the things they do there! It was so cool for him to see some of the other opportunities that are out there in music, recording, production, broadcasting, and media that he may not have really thought about before.
We followed Josh and Cora back to their house and visited with them and the girls for a while. When I asked, Josh explained about his career change after 20 years of being a band director to operating 3 movie theaters, doing regular interviews on the radio and tv station, and all the other things he does. Caeden and Ella and Lea got along really well once they discovered they all have similar interests and activities.
We went to Stockroom601 to eat and hang out for the rest of the evening.
Love these friends!!!!!!!!!
We checked out the Events side of the building after we ate. Such a beautiful space!
The girls sang a Pentatonix song with body percussion. They are, of course, talented like their parents.
Lea and Ella got Jeremy to try some Tic-Tok challenge and he proved it wrong very quickly.
Such dear friends, and we are so grateful to them for spending their day with us and showing us around a little bit of their lives today!!!
Being silly teenagers when we asked for another photo of them together
It was raining as we drove from Jackson back to the BnB in Chillicothe, and Caeden requested I Love a Rainy Night on repeat--a family tradition.
What a wonderful day! How blessed we are!!!
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