With stormtroopers and trivia, here’s how West Seattle Outdoor Movies’ 2017 season began

7:35 PM: Stormtroopers, Darth Vader, Princess Leia, School of Rock musicians, the Macho Burgers food truck, and early-arrival moviegoers are already gathered in and along the SW Snoqualmie festival street west of 36th SW [map], for the first night of this year’s West Seattle Outdoor Movies series. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is tonight’s movie. (Added – SOR started playing and a stormtrooper dance ensued:)

This is the first full season that the West Seattle YMCA (WSB sponsor) is hosting the series, which now has more room and more opportunities for preshow fun. There’s still time for you to get here – after some preshow music, we’re gearing up for “Star Wars” trivia, hosted by co-publisher Patrick, and the movie itself is still an hour and a half or so away. It’s a little breezy here in the shade so we’d recommend bringing a sweater. And definitely bring your own chair(s) and/or blanket to sit on. The movie’s free; in addition to the food truck availability, the Y is selling concessions, and cool prizes will be raffled to raise money for local nonprofits.

8:56 PM: Movie time is getting closer. People are still arriving; still room toward the back of the sloped seating area facing the inflatable screen (which is being tested right now – not dark enough to start the movie yet). Definitely sweater/blanket weather, at least in your editor’s opinion. The “Star Wars” trivia game is in the final moments. Meantime, another scene from the Garrison Titan visit earlier – some of the visitors posing with the Y’s new leader Shalimar Gonzales:

Next week, it’s the LEGO Batman Movie. During the week, we’ll have a preview with even more details such as preshow activities, food-truck plans, etc.

2 Replies to "With stormtroopers and trivia, here's how West Seattle Outdoor Movies' 2017 season began"

  • Accessibility July 23, 2017 (11:31 pm)

    I was there.

    Outdoor movies are a great and fun idea but there are a few things that have to come together for it to work: the audio and the video. 

    Unfortunately, the double street lights right over the screen combined with a wavy blow up screen meant that the video was pretty hard to see.

    The large air conditioners at the back of the parking lot viewing area took out the audio—and there were no subtitles (my wife is hard of hearing to begin with, we asked about subtitles, we were told “I’ll check”).

    Oh well.

    • Shalimar at the Y July 25, 2017 (5:55 pm)

      Thanks for the feedback! After our first screening, we have a few changes we’ll be making for the rest of the series; including the things you mentioned. Hope you’ll check us out for future movies.

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