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Nyack's First Drive-In Movie

This past Friday night, 'Psycho' was projected on the side of the Verizon building

The third time was the charm for a summer event in celebration of the life and work of . After two rained-out attempts, Hitchcock's Psycho was presented last Friday in Nyack, drive-in style.

The municipal lot behind was converted into a drive-in theater. The suggested time to get there was 7:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. screening—but by 7 p.m. the lot was already half-full. A few small rows of seats were up front for those without cars.

Girls on skates from Suburbia Roller Derby rolled through the parking lot with baskets of candy, popcorn and water. Between the roller skates and the drive-in theater set up, Nyack had gone back a few decades in time—and residents were pleased.

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"This is a great community event, we should have more like it," said Nyacker Barbara Tabala. "I go to the first in Piermont, and think Nyack should continue this like that."

"It's Nyack—everything here is great!" added Kathleen Buckley, another village resident.

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Nyack officials were out for the festivities, too. "It's going to be fun. It's a great event for the Edward Hopper series," said trustee Doug Foster.

The seats in the front filled up, but the cars were plentiful, as well. Some residents in a station wagon had the right idea with a ton of blankets and pillows; there was also a convertible also filled with blankets as a mother and two girls waited for the show to start.

"This is both mine and my daughter Emma's first experience with a drive-in movie," said mother Laura Rothchild of Nyack. "It is a cool concept and I really hope they do it again."

"It's going to be awesome! We're so excited," added Emma, a ninth grader at Nyack High School.

"We were supposed to come two times over the summer in the convertible, but it was cancelled from the rain," chimed Lily Gold-Parker, also ninth grader at Nyack High School.

Although many of the people in the audience were Nyackers, one car had a very long journey.

"We're here from Pinewood, Minnesota!" said Billie Barthelemy who was in her car with her friend Alice. But they didn't come all the way to Nyack just to watch Psycho projected on the side of the Verizon building; Billy is doing an art show at Lyndhurst in Tarrytown this weekend. "We're staying at the in town here and saw the event on Nyack Patch and thought it sounded like fun."

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