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Volume 22, Number 23
Thursday, August 6, 2020
CIAC lays out plan to play fall sports
Photos by Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
With indoor theaters closed, drive-in movies have returned By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff
With people looking for entertainment during the pandemic, drive-ins have come back in style. In Berlin, The Picture Show Drive-In Experience has been running for nine weeks and has been popular. It is held in the parking lot of the closed indoor movie theater at 19 Frontage Road. “With a parking lot capacity of 50 cars, we have seen a
fantastic mix of sell-outs or 80 percent plus of capacity for the vast majority of our screenings,” said Bria Naylor, marketing manager at Picture Show Entertainment. “In order to stay connected with our guests and show movies that are desirable to our audience, we regularly reach out for recommendations via the theater's Facebook page. Guests have been extremely pleased when their suggestions are used in the film lineup. The wide variety of movies
shown has brought in many different movie lovers to see films such as the Indiana Jones series, cult classics such as “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ” and “The Neverending Story” and newer blockbuster hits like “Wonder Woman”, “The LEGO Movie” and “Trolls.” Movies run Friday through Sunday at $8 per adult or $5 per child and seniors. There is also a discount night each Tuesday at $4 per person. See Drive-in, A12
29. Remaining sports will have an extra day.
On Friday at noon, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference put out a new plan for fall sports. The packet provided a new timeline for athletes and coaches to compete and safely deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
If post-season tournaments can be run safely, contests will run from Oct. 31 through Nov. 15. There will be no football played on Thanksgiving this year.
The season will have a three-week conditioning period, starting with athletes coming together in cohorts of 15 on Aug. 27. With full teams and contact, the first scrimmages can begin on Sept. 11 and then all programs can start regular-season action on Sept. 24. Cross country, field hockey, soccer, girls’ swimming and diving, and volleyball squads will be allowed to play 12 regular-season games, while football teams are being limited to six. Football programs can play once a week, while the other sports will be allowed to compete twice. Cross country teams are asked to end their regularseason schedule by Oct.
All schools are asked to come up with a regional schedule between just CIAC programs. Regional play was chosen to limit and mitigate the possible spread of the coronavirus. There will be no out-ofstate games. The CIAC also wants schools to come up with a COVID-19 Advisory Committee to address health and safety issues. At practices and games, coaches and athletes are being advised to self screen themselves for signs of an illness. For fan attendance, the CIAC is giving school districts the opportunity to make a plan for their venues and follow the guidance from the state of Connecticut.
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Berlin Picture Show employee Mia Servidone delivers a food order to a car during the showing of “Gremlins” at the Berlin Picture Show “Pop-up” Drive-in. Customers put their orders through the theater’s website and have them delivered to their cars.
By Greg Lederer Record-Journal staff