1950s Drive-In Theater Production Shot in Avon, May 6

Advanced Digital Photography class documents an era

Calling all cars from the 1950s and before. Any color, any size, any style, domestic or import—Fords, Chevrolets, Dodges, Packards, Corvettes, MGs, Plymouths.

The School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Advanced Digital Photography class at Rochester Institute of Technology is producing a 1950s drive-in theater production shot at the Vintage Drive-In Theater in East Avon, NY, at sunset on May 6 (rain date—May 7).

This "Norman Rockwell-type" event features more than 75 vintage cars accompanied by their drivers and several dozen teenagers and community members in 1950s clothing. The Town of Avon, its mayor, East Avon Fire Department and C.G. Finney High School students and principal will all be involved in the large production. Everyone involved in the event will receive a print of the final production.6684

Cars and volunteers will arrive at the drive-in theatre at 6 p.m. The photo shoot will take place around sunset (after 8 p.m.).