A number of theaters around the country have started posting messages on their marquees to bolster the morale of their community. Here at my venue, we were trying to think of a message to post on our marquee so my marketing director did some research and gathered these images. I identified the ones I know or could figure out. I apologize for not knowing every place. I offer this as a bit of inspiration for other places that might want to do something similar.
I wanted to figure out messaging that was more tailored to our community. We discovered that Little Richard, who had been born here in Macon, had said “I love Macon. I love it better than anywhere I’ve ever been in my life,” so we came up with the following images. We had the images up on Friday, May 1 and then Little Richard died a week later which made the whole thing a little bittersweet for us.
The third screen about picking up the beat was something we developed in consultation with the local convention and visitors bureau.
How do I send you a photo to add to this collection?
Never mind, I put up on my blog and you can get it from there:
https://gasstationwithoutpumps.wordpress.com/2020/06/01/marquee-wisdom/