Although I never worked at The Shipyard Drive In, I did work at the Seekonk Twin which was owned by the same company. I remember when they showed the movie “Billy Jack” they had a tremendous opening night and didn’t have nearly enough speakers for the numbers of cars they expected. We had to pull speakers off the back rows at the Seekonk Twin, rush them down to the Shipyard, and get them installed for Saturday night. Before radio sound I recall several times where speakers were transferred between drive-ins.
I managed the Seekonk Twin in the late 70’s to early 80’s. It was a fantastic time and I have a lot of great memories of both the Seekonk Twin and Bay State Drive Ins. I recall one summer we had church services on Sunday mornings. The maintenance staff had to arrive extra early to pick up the trash from the “Konk” screen. I also had to be there to set up the sound. We ran microphone wires from the projection booth out across the roof and the reverend had to climb our flimsy aluminum ladder to preach from the rooftop.
Although I never worked at The Shipyard Drive In, I did work at the Seekonk Twin which was owned by the same company. I remember when they showed the movie “Billy Jack” they had a tremendous opening night and didn’t have nearly enough speakers for the numbers of cars they expected. We had to pull speakers off the back rows at the Seekonk Twin, rush them down to the Shipyard, and get them installed for Saturday night. Before radio sound I recall several times where speakers were transferred between drive-ins.
I managed the Seekonk Twin in the late 70’s to early 80’s. It was a fantastic time and I have a lot of great memories of both the Seekonk Twin and Bay State Drive Ins. I recall one summer we had church services on Sunday mornings. The maintenance staff had to arrive extra early to pick up the trash from the “Konk” screen. I also had to be there to set up the sound. We ran microphone wires from the projection booth out across the roof and the reverend had to climb our flimsy aluminum ladder to preach from the rooftop.