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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif";color:red;font-style:normal'>SNEAK PREMIERE THURSDAY, DEC. 14<sup>th</sup> at 7:00 PM!!<br>Standard 2D or RealD 3D---YOUR choice!!<br>NO EXTRA 3D CHARGES!!<br><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>ALL PREMIERE SEATS ONLY $5.00!!</span><br></span></em><em><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>“STAR WARS: The Last Jedi” (PG13)</span></u></em><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'><br></span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'><img width=305 height=446 id="_x0000_i1034" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D37433.BE3513E0" alt="star_wars_the_last_jedi_ver16.JPG"></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'><br><b><img width=447 height=89 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D3742A.96602C50" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D1C668.61DC48E0"></b></span><br><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <span style='color:red'>DEC. 15th </span><span style='color:black'>thru</span> THURSDAY, <span style='color:red'>DEC. 21st </span><span style='color:black'>ONLY!!</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'><br>Check out our website at: </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.TheAvon.com">www.TheAvon.com</a></span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:red'>NOTE: PLEASE PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE <br>ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATES FOR THIS NEWSLETTER!!</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif";color:red'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#002060;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Trouble Seeing the Pictures in the Newsletter??<br>Make sure your email browser is set to “html”, not “text only”.</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:maroon'><br> </span></b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAvonTheatre"><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=149 height=45 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3742A.96602C50" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D1C668.61DC48E0"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>CLICK ABOVE TO GO TO OUR VITAL FACEBOOK PAGE!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++<br>OUR “QUICK LOOK” SHOWTIMES!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=279 height=328 id="Picture_x0020_16" src="cid:image008.png@01D37433.BE3513E0" alt=SWTIMES.PNG></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>+++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif";color:red;font-style:normal'>SNEAK PREMIERE THURSDAY, DEC. 14<sup>th</sup> at 7:00 PM!!<br>ALL PREMIERE SEATS ONLY $5.00!!</span></em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif";color:red'><br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=252 height=374 id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D3742A.96602C50" alt="star_wars_the_last_jedi_ver9.JPG"></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><em><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>STAR WARS: The Last Jedi</span></u></b></em><em><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'> (PG13)</span></b></em><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'>In Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.<br></span></b><span class=subtle><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;background:#FEF7CD'>Critics Consensus:</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;background:#FEF7CD'> </span></span><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;background:#FEF7CD'>Star Wars: The Last Jedi</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;background:#FEF7CD'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;background:#FEF7CD'>honors the saga's rich legacy while adding some surprising twists -- and delivering all the emotion-rich action fans could hope for.</span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>STAR WARS: The Last Jedi</span></u></b></em><em><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'> (PG13)</span></b></em><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif";color:red;font-style:normal'>$5.00 SNEAK PREMIERE THURSDAY, DEC. 14<sup>th</sup> at 7:00 PM!!</span></em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>STANDARD 2D TIMES:<br>FRI: (3:30) – 7:00<br>SAT & SUN: (12 noon) – (3:30) – 7:00<br>MON, TUES & WED: 6:30<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'><br>REALD 3D TIMES: NO EXTRA 3D CHARGE!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>FRI: (</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>*4:30 3D</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>) – </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>*8:00 3D</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>SAT & SUN: (</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>*1:00 3D</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>) – (</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>*4:30 3D</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>) – </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>*8:00 3D</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>MON thru THURS: </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>*7:15 3D</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>HURRY!! ENDS SOON!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST!!<br>BIG OSCAR BUZZ FOR FRANCES McDORMAND!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=293 height=435 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D3742A.96602C50" alt="three_billboards_outside_ebbing_missouri_ver3.JPG"></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><u>THREE BILLBOARDS Outside Ebbing, Missouri</u> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>(R)</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a darkly comic drama from Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh (IN BRUGES). After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes (Academy Award winner Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson), the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell), an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br></span><span class="m-6159837150676030773m9108313962145722151m4986684943291623062m1295878657518023811m-1785484995151463034gmail-m-4141310447235503184gmail-m-1941198743953941326gmail-subtle"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#787878;background:#FEF7CD'>Critics Consensus:</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'> </span><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'>Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:#FEF7CD'> deftly balances black comedy against searing drama -- and draws unforgettable performances from its veteran cast along the way.<br></span><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>THREE BILLBOARDS Outside Ebbing, Missouri</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> (R)<br>FRI: (5:00) – 8:00<br>SAT & SUN: (2:00) – (5:00) – 8:00<br>MON & TUES: 7:15 </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>(ENDS TUESDAY!!)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>STARTS WED., DEC. 20<sup>th</sup>!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#00B050'>JUST WHAT THE FAMILY NEEDS FOR THE HOLIDAYS!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>HUGH JACKMAN – ZAC EFRON<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=272 height=404 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image013.jpg@01D37433.BE3513E0" alt=GREATEST.JPG></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>THE GREATEST SHOWMAN</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> (PG)</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron and Michelle Williams in the tune-filled story of the ‘greatest showman’ P.T. Barnum.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>THE GREATEST SHOWMAN</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> (PG)<br>WED & THURS: 7:15<br>(Next Week’s Showtimes Announced Later)<br></span></b><em><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b></em><em><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>STARTS FRI, DEC. 22<sup>nd</sup>!!<br></span></b></em><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=296 height=439 id="Picture_x0020_15" src="cid:image017.jpg@01D37433.BE3513E0" alt="darkest_hour_ver3.JPG"></span></b><em><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'><br><u>THE DARKEST HOUR</u> (PG13)<br></span></b></em><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms. As the seemingly unstoppable Nazi forces advance, and with the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the leadership of the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman). While maneuvering his political rivals, he must confront the ultimate choice: negotiate with Hitler and save the British people at a terrible cost or rally the nation and fight on against incredible odds. Directed by Joe Wright, DARKEST HOUR is the dramatic and inspiring story of four weeks in 1940 during which Churchill's courage to lead changed the course of world history.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br><em><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>THE DARKEST HOUR</span></u></em><em><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-style:normal'> (PG13)<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>Showtimes Announced Next Week</span></b></em><em><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>+++++++++++++++++++++</span></em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=46 height=54 id="Picture_x0020_14" src="cid:image010.jpg@01D3742A.96602C50" alt="Skip pic.JPG"></span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></u></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Skip Huston</span><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>RANTS, RAVES & RAMBLINGS FROM THE HEAD HONCHO<br></span></u></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The holiday season is always tough because we only have 3 screens, and so much comes out at the same time!!<br>Every year, I agonize over what three choices for Christmas, and HOPE I made the right ones!!<br>The new STAR WARS is a “must”, and the song and dance PG rated THE GREATEST SHOWMAN has all the appeal that a great holiday movie needs…<br>Gary Oldman’s portrayal of Winston Churchill in THE DARKEST HOUR, should give the more serious minded a great treat! So many of you have seen the preview and asked when it was coming!!<br>In any event, be sure that if we skip a movie because there is no screen available, we just may get to it in January.<br><br>Right now. Avon Christmas 2017 is a “lock”, and I hope you enjoy our offerings!!<br>I’ll see you next week with a double holiday issue!!<b><br>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<span style='color:#7030A0'><br></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>T<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>he Avon Theater has been YOUR locally owned, family-operated 'hometown theater' for OVER 100 Years!!</span></em><br></span></b><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>NOW IN OUR 19<sup>th</sup> YEAR!! </span></em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'><img border=0 width=48 height=56 id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image011.jpg@01D3742A.96602C50" alt="cid:image008.jpg@01D1C668.61DC48E0"></span></i></b><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'>-</span></em><em><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:black'> </span></em><em><b><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'>Skip Huston</span></b></em><b><i><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black'><br></span></i></b><em><b><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:black;font-style:normal'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></b></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>