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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'><img width=447 height=89 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D37F2C.8185BB30" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D1C668.61DC48E0"></span></b><br><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'>WEEK OF FRIDAY, <span style='color:red'>DEC. 29th </span><span style='color:black'>thru</span> THURSDAY, <span style='color:red'>JAN. 4th </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@01D37F2C.8185BB30" 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=305 height=285 id="Picture_x0020_17" src="cid:image010.jpg@01D37F34.DCA20930" alt=2018.bmp></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>+++++++++++++++++++++<br>THE BIGGEST OF THE BIG!!!<br></span></b><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:image004.jpg@01D37F2C.8185BB30" 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;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;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-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>FRI, SAT, SUN: (12 noon) - (3:30) – 7:00<br>MON </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>(New Year’s Day):</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> (12 noon) – (3:30) – 7:00<br>TUES, WED & THURS: 6:30<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>JUST WHAT THE FAMILY NEEDS FOR THE HOLIDAYS!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>HUGH JACKMAN – ZAC EFRON</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=272 height=404 id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D37F2C.8185BB30" 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)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>FRI, SAT, SUN: (2:00) – (5:00) – 8:00<br>MON </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>(New Year’s Day):</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> (2:00) – (5:00)- 8:00<br>TUES, WED & THURS: 7:15<em><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-style:normal'><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'>++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></b></em><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><em><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>IT’S ONLY AT THE AVON!!<br>An Instant CLASSIC!!</span></b></em><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><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:image006.jpg@01D37F2C.8185BB30" alt="darkest_hour_ver3.JPG"></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)</span></em><br></span></b><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)<br></span></em>FRI, SAT, SUN: (2:00) – (5:00) – 8:00<br>MON </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>(New Year’s Day):</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> (2:00) – (5:00)- 8:00<br>TUES, WED & THURS: 7:15<em><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></b></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-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><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:image007.jpg@01D37F2C.8185BB30" 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><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>And, 2017 shuffles into the dustbin of history…<br>What will we remember 2017 as?<br>For one, it was the worst movie summer and fall you could imagine!<br>It’s being redeemed here in the last few weeks of the year, but the hoo-hah’s in Hollywood really let us all down in 2017.<br><i>And, then there was the “comeuppance” of some despicable public figures…<br></i>It all points to a trend that will change history:<br><u>You can’t treat women like chattel any longer</u>.<br><br>I have had a staff of mostly young women for almost 20 years.<br>One of them is in her 12<sup>th</sup> year with me, and several others at just about that length.<br>We have a VERY low employee turnover, and we have a waiting list for openings (that are few and far between).<br>We’ve even had some who have left for other jobs, and come back to us as a second job, or just because they missed us…<br>None of that would happen if these ladies weren’t treated with respect.<br><br>Maybe its because I am blessed to be surrounded by brilliant woman in my personal life too. My wife and daughter, and 2 granddaughters are and will be no one’s fool.<br><br>Whatever the provocation these powerful men had to disrespect and philander, they are all paying for it now!<br><br>Let’s look forward to a better 2018. Better movies. Better sensibilities. <b><u>Better manners</u></b>.<br>Like Abraham Lincoln said in his first inaugural address: “The better angels of our nature”<br><br><b>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<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:image008.jpg@01D37F2C.8185BB30" 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></div></body></html>