631 Premier of Christmas at Maxwell's, a Christmas movie

Busy day yesterday. We hung two art shows, one at the Church at Mill Run (photography by Joe Wagehals) and one at the Church on Lytham (Members All Media Art Show V), both of which will run from December 4 to January 8, 2005. Some of our Visual Arts Ministry members were out of town, but we got the job done, and were packed and on the road by 1:15.

We had reservations for the big Christmas dinner at Wesley Lodge in Lakeside, where we have a summer home. After a dinner of 28 turkeys (to serve over 300 guests) and every imaginable dish-to-pass from corn pudding, to cranberry jello to German Chocolate Pie we all trooped down to the local theater, Orchestra Hall (the only movie theater in Ottawa County, Ohio) to see Christmas at Maxwell's. We were all given evaluation forms, and there may be some changes made based on audience input. The movie should be out for next Christmas, and the DVD will have two different endings, both of which we saw (everyone we talked to like the second ending better). The big thrill for the locals was seeing the Lakeside shots, because much of the story takes place at Maxwell's Bed and Breakfast at Third and Walnut. Too bad there wasn't any snow for the shooting--just our gray Ohio skies, but it was fun anyway, and I'm sure all Lakesiders will buy the DVD when it comes out.

Orchestra Hall in the summer

Maxwell's in the summer