The Wyandotte Theatre in 1962, the years that I remember going to the movies for free but I know my Dad was the reason we did. Dad was friends with Howard Denial, the owner of Wyandotte Theatre. All I remember, as a little girl, the 2 of them organizing different events very artistically. Dad had all sorts of things at home to work on. Here Dad was dressed like Lawrence of Arabia for when the movie came out in 1962. On another occasion, Dad drew a wall mural of a Disney Movie on two large white sheets or white fabric. He had them hanging on a wall at home where I saw him working on them. He was an amazing artist. I have a photo of the wall mural hanging in the theatre which I just came across but yet to post it.

This is Martha & the Vandella's publicity photo which each of the singers autographed to me, "To Patty", when I ran into them during a Moonlight Cruise on the Detroit/Canada Bob-lo Boat. The Bob-lo Boat took passengers from Detroit to an Island across the river in Canada called Bob-lo Island Amusement Park. I used to go quite often with my family during the summers of the 1960's & 70's. On the evening ride home, one of the ships had a live band called the Joe Vitalie Band who played music on the second floor where there was a huge shiny, wooden dance floor. They called it "The Moonlight Cruise". The ship was one of two large steam ships, similar to the Queen Mary but without the paddle wheel & it was a one hour cruise across the Detroit River, with the sound of live music going out into the evening skies & people dancing all over the huge wooden dance floor. The Joe Vitalie Band consisted of a Piano, Saxophone, Trumpet, an accordian player & Joe Vitalie was the drummer of the Band. They'd feature different singers occasionally too. Marth Reeves & the Vandella's were just passengers on the boat the day they signed this photo for me on July 21st, 1970. I took a Polaroid picture of them at their table & have it up in this gallery right next to this one.