Sleepy Woodbury gets new drive-in theater
“Murfreesboro is moving to us,” said Becky Higgins, who is in the process of opening Moonlite Drive-In with her husband. The drive-in is set to open Friday, Sept. 9 at dusk.
Yes folks, Woodbury will soon have a drive-in movie theater and I don’t think I need to remind anybody that McMinnville doesn’t. For those keeping score at home, it’s Woodbury 1, McMinnville 0.
“I hope you don’t get one now,” joked Becky. “It will be too close. It’s just a 15-minute drive and you can come to ours.”
Becky grew up in Centertown and she didn’t want to give me her age but she reluctantly told me she graduated from Warren County in 1983. She married a Cannon County man, moved across the county line, and has been there ever since.
As for the drive-in, there are two screens and four movies will be shown each night. For the price of admission (which is $6 for adults), you get to see two movies for the price of one. The movies on opening night are: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “The Dukes of Hazzard,” “Red Eye,” and “Wedding Crashers.”
“We’ll be showing all first-run movies,” said Becky, who indicated the drive-in has been a “huge undertaking.”
Movie sound is broadcast to each vehicle via FM radio. That means if you have a top-notch car stereo, you’re in for some really great sound.
As for the new-found emphasis on drive-in theaters, Becky says things tend to run in cycles.
“Everything seems to roll back around so I guess it’s one of those things that’s come back,” she said.
Becky also wanted to promote her movie information line which is (615) 563-7900.