Schaefer Center Marquee To Be Unveiled Next Month
Downtown Toccoa says it will unveil the new marquee for the Schaefer Center in just over a month.
According to Main Street Toccoa, the new Ritz Theater marquee will be unveiled at the Schaefer Center on Doyle Street on August 25 with a program.
The Schaefer Center started out as the Ritz Theatre before being purchased and re-named the Schaefer Center.
Main Street Toccoa Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby says the event is called “Puttin’ on the Ritz.”
Crosby said everything will get started at 5:30 p.m. on August 25.
“We are going to have a little reception and a program,” said Crosby.
She said they will also re-create a photo of the old Ritz Theatre.
Crosby said that anyone in the original picture is encouraged to come out and be in the re-creation.
Also, all attendees will be invited to be a part of this new photograph.
Following that at 7 p.m., the marquee installation will be celebrated with the showing of a free movie, Disney-Pixar’s “Inside Out,” co-sponsored by the Toccoa-Stephens County Library.
Crosby said everyone is invited to the unveiling of the new Ritz Theatre marquee.
“We are really excited about it,” said Crosby. “We want it to be a community event and we invite everyone to come down.”
According to Crosby, representatives from the Fox Theater Institute will also be on hand as that organization provided a grant that helped pay for the construction and installation of the new marquee.
Again, the unveiling of the new Schaefer Center marquee will take place on August 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Schaefer Center on Doyle Street in downtown Toccoa.
For more information on the event, call Crosby at 706-282-3309.