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.