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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact","sans-serif"'><img width=447 height=89 id="Picture_x0020_12" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D581D7.DA56EFE0" 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'>OCT. 18th </span><span style='color:black'>thru</span> THURSDAY, <span style='color:red'>OCT. 24th </span><span style='color:black'>ONLY!!</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:teal'>Check out our website at: </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><a href="http://www.TheAvon.com">www.TheAvon.com</a></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><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_13" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D581D7.DA56EFE0" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D1C668.61DC48E0"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:maroon'><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>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>OUR ‘QUICK LOOK’ SHOWTIMES!!<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=269 height=303 id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image010.png@01D58454.7392FDB0" alt=MALEFICENTtimes.PNG></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>++++++++++++++++++++++++<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A;background:black;mso-highlight:black'>HALLOWEEN FAMILY FUN!!</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=266 height=393 id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image012.jpg@01D58454.7392FDB0" alt="maleficent_mistress_of_evil_ver16.JPG"></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><u>MALEFICENT: Mistress of Evil</u> (PG)<br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'>In Disney's "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil," a sequel to the 2014 global box office hit, Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies and dark new forces at play. The years have been kind to Maleficent and Aurora. Their relationship, born of heartbreak, revenge and ultimately love, has flourished. Yet the hatred between man and the fairies still exists. Aurora's impending marriage to Prince Phillip is cause for celebration in the kingdom of Ulstead and the neighboring Moors, as the wedding serves to unite the two worlds. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'><img border=0 width=293 height=153 id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image014.jpg@01D58454.7392FDB0" alt="maleficent_mistress_of_evil_ver7.JPG"></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EFEFEF'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>MALEFICENT: Mistress of Evil</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>FRI: (4:00) – 7:00<br>SAT: (1:00) – (4:00) – 7:00<br>SUN: (1:00) – (4:00)<br>MON thru THURS: 6:30<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A;background:black;mso-highlight:black'>IT’S THE SEASON FOR SPOOOKY FUN!!</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=277 height=410 id="Picture_x0020_71" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D581D7.DA56EFE0" alt="addams_family.JPG"></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><u>THE ADDAMS FAMILY</u> (PG)<br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'>Get ready to snap your fingers! The first family of Halloween, the Addams Family, is back on the big screen in the first animated comedy about the kookiest family on the block. Funny, outlandish, and completely iconic, the Addams Family redefines what it means to be a good neighbor. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EFEFEF'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>THE ADDAMS FAMILY</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (PG)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>FRI: (4:00) – 7:00<br>SAT: (1:00) – (4:00) – 7:00<br>SUN: (1:00) – (4:00)<br>MON thru THURS: 6:30<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EFEFEF'><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>THE INCREDIBLE SAGA BEGINS!!</span></i></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EFEFEF'><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=269 height=400 id="Picture_x0020_27" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D581D7.DA56EFE0" alt="joker_ver2.JPG"></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><u>JOKER</u> (R)<br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#073763'>"Joker" centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips' exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham's fractured society. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night...but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study.</span><span style='color:#073763'><br></span><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>JOKER</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> (R)<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>FRI: (5:00) – 8:00<br>SAT: (2:00) – (5:00) – 8:00<br>SUN: (2:00) – (5:00)<br>MON, TUES & WED: 7:15<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></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=136 height=72 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D581D7.DA56EFE0" alt="Skip&Marquee.jpg"></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Skip Huston<b><u><br></u></b></span><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>RANTS, RAVES & RAMBLINGS FROM THE HEAD HONCHO<br></span></u></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>‘tis the season for SPOOKY!<br>Ah, Halloween…My favorite holiday since I was a little monster.<br>When my best friend, the prolific and acclaimed author/producer/entrepreneur Troy Taylor and I created the HAUNTED DECATUR TOURS way back in 1994, we had no idea the industry it would create for us, much less think the tours would <u>still</u> be operating, and <u>still</u> selling out every season in 2019!<br>(Before you ask…yes, they are sold out this year. You can check at <a href="http://www.HauntedDecatur.com">www.HauntedDecatur.com</a> to verify there haven’t been some tours added.)<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>So many things came out of those original tours, it’s hard to even fathom.<br>You can list The Avon’s rebirth, and over 130 different books of Troy’s in print, plus tours in other cities, conventions and even some music endeavors---all owed to that brainstorm of 1994.<br><br>Please remember that The Avon’s annual no-holds-barred costume bash of <u>THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW</u>, on our stage with the Millikin Shadow Cast and on our screen with the notorious movie, will be at <span style='color:red'>10:00 PM</span> this year instead of Midnight, as it has been for the past 15 years.<br>We always wanted to try 10:00 PM, but it was too far into the season before we thought about it.<br>This year, its at 10:00 PM, and we’ll see how it goes. We can always go back to Midnight if we want to next year.<br>So, ROCKY HORROR on FRI, Oct. 25<sup>th</sup> and SAT, Oct. 26<sup>th</sup> at <span style='color:red'>10:00 PM</span>. Spread the word!<br><b>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>The <span style='color:red'>ORIGINAL</span> $5.00 TUESDAY!!<br></b></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=338 height=102 id="Picture_x0020_15" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D581D7.DA56EFE0" alt=tightwad.JPG></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<span style='color:#7030A0'><br></span></span></b><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 almost 103 Years!!</span></em><br></span></b><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>As of April, 2019, we started our 21<sup>st</sup> year!</span></b></em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><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@01D581D7.DA56EFE0" 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><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>