Taking In A Show

Do you remember the days when there were ushers at the Survant Theater? This was a position that deserved uniforms. Please feel free to correct me, but I vaguely remember the color of these uniforms as gold and burgundy.

Did the Roxy and Orpheum Theaters have ushers also? The ushers not only took you to a seat of your preference, but monitored customers during the show. It was common to have the usher or ushers walk the aisle with a flashlight to make sure none of us had our feet on the seats or were annoying the patrons seated in front of us. They probably prohibited a little of the “necking” that probably went on during the show. Or wait—that probably only transpired at the drive-in!

Speaking of the drive-in, those were the days you could take in three shows a night on the weekend. First show at the Orpheum, second show at the West Drive-In and the midnight show at the Survant. What a night out!! Some day someone is going to remember the days of Netflix, Hulu, etc. The drawback is that you have to pop your own popcorn when watching the aforementioned.