An enjoyable evening under the stars
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342112)
Rockingham, Australia
March 12, 2021 5:01pm CST
Last night, we attended an open-air showing of the Australian film ‘Rams’ – a remake of the Icelandic film of the same name. We saw the latter several years ago at the International Film festival held in Bunbury, Western Australia.
Sam Neill and Michael Caton had the lead roles and brought all their artistic skills to play convincing roles of two brothers in conflict. There were some very funny parts to the film but ‘our’ version didn’t lead to the brothers losing their lives after being reconciled.
They estimated 400 attended the out-of-doors showing which was held at a winery. You can see part of the crowd in the top photo. The lower photo shows the picnic table we made being put to use again.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
12 Mar 21
The picnic table must be one that's easily taken apart and put together again? That must be a fun enjoyed by many since so large a group made it to the viewing.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
13 Mar 21
@JudyEv it's big enough to hold food but not to eat at, right? Here the term picnic table is used mostly when people can sit around it as they're usually to heavy to take anywhere and are, I'm guessing, about 5x3 feet.
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@JudyEv (342112)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Mar 21
@MarshaMusselman Maybe I've used the wrong term but this is tiny compared to what you're describing. It holds four glasses and holds several small containers of nibbles. You can see on the photo there isn't room for a lot of food.
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@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
12 Mar 21
It looks like a great community type event. It sounds like fun.
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@JudyEv (342112)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Mar 21
There was a heap of kids all playing around on the lawn. They had a great time before the film even started.
@Juliaacv (51361)
• Canada
13 Mar 21
It looks like a fun time.
Last year when we were in the lockdown, and it was cold outside, our son hooked up a projector in his garage and had another couple and their little girl over for a socially distanced movie night.
It was a bit warmer in the garage, plus they had all of that extra room for safety.
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@moffittjc (121714)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Mar 21
Looks like a very fun time was had by all.
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@moffittjc (121714)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Mar 21
@JudyEv No doubt. We all started to get a little complacent with our freedoms. It's going to be nice when this is all over and we can start enjoying even more freedoms.
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@Deepizzaguy (104150)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 Mar 21
Thank you for sharing the story of seeing a movie outdoors.
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@JudyEv (342112)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Mar 21
@Deepizzaguy Our local authority puts on three films a year too in an outdoor amphitheater.
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@Deepizzaguy (104150)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
13 Mar 21
@JudyEv On occasion there are outdoors shows that are sponsored by the local television station in the summer.
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@JudyEv (342112)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Mar 21
@Ronrybs No, there wouldn't have been much entertainment last year. Our big music festival, Fairbridge, was cancelled last year but is on again this year. There are a lot more local/national acts this year which is good in a way. Some of last year's entertainers got stuck over here when all the borders closed.
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@LindaOHio (181717)
• United States
13 Mar 21
I'm surprised they allowed a gathering such as this. Sounds like it was a fun time. Love the picnic table.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
13 Mar 21
That's a lovely picnic table. Quite handy and useful for such ocassions.
We used to enjoy our three night music concert which is held in open every year here in a management institute very close to our house. It is held for three nights in January each year to promote local artists. We used to carry our sheets, food and blanket every year to attend it. They had it on last Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the month. This year pandemic got it cancelled.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
14 Mar 21
@JudyEv Especially those who survived by performing in public or clubs and bars. This festival was held and was virtual. It was no fun as the live one. And some people did make contributions to these musicians. The festival is always free and one can make the contributions in the donation box there.
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@RachelleDD (823)
• Canada
13 Mar 21
Looks like a lovely event, picnic table is cute!
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@JudyEv (342112)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Mar 21
It was a very relaxed evening. This vineyard has started having quite a variety of events. This weekend is 'Shakespeare in the Vineyard' but we won't be able to go.
@ptrikha_2 (47083)
• India
13 Mar 21
That looks like a good show. I hope you enjoyed. The weather too looks quite pleasant.
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@JudyEv (342112)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Mar 21
The film was very enjoyable. It got a bit cold towards the end of the evening but we had jackets with it.
@DaddyEvil (137634)
• United States
12 Mar 21
Your table is beautiful! I'm glad you had a good time at the event.
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@DaddyEvil (137634)
• United States
13 Mar 21
@JudyEv That's just a minor detail. And easily remedied. 
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