[VABS] VABS Movie and Mingle Recap: What Was Missed

[Garrett Kearns]

The Regal Cinema locations in my area (Fairfax) are hit or miss with
the descriptive audio devices. Sometimes they work, and sometimes they
don't. I think it just depends on whoever's working there and if they
know what you're talking about. I always clarify descriptive audio,
not hard of hearing.

On 8/27/17, Ashley Bramlett via VABS <vabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm glad your event went well. Maybe I'll be available for some events.
> Good tip about the number of audio description sets. Gives me an incentive
> to try out that theater. I have friends in Richmond and may be down there
> some day.
>
> Glad you organized it and I'm sure lots will come in the future.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Parsons via VABS
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2017 12:26 PM
> To: 'Virginia Association of Blind Students list'
> Cc: Robert Parsons
> Subject: [VABS] VABS Movie and Mingle Recap: What Was Missed
>
> Hello VABS
>
>
>
> So yesterday was the first VABS social event, Movie and Mingle. This event,
> aimed at allowing students to meet that may have never crossed paths or
> spoken before, was the beginning of more events like it. Students met at
> the
> United Artist West Tower Regal Cinemas in the West End of Richmond and saw
> Anna Bell: The Creation, a horror film. Aside from understanding how to
> work
> the descriptive audio devices, and Robert screaming like a girl, the movie
> portion of this event was almost seamless. After the movie, the gang piled
> into an Uber and went 11 blocks east to have lunch at TGI Friday's, where
> the camaraderie and fellowship ensued while endless appetizers were
> devoured. There were a few high points that came out of this event:
>
>
>
> 1. We have a new student member, LaTeia Randolph. She is a student from
> Williamsburg that attends Reynolds Community College in Richmond. I am
> adding her to the list as I write this.
> 2.   We have learned that Regal cinemas have the most abundant amount
> of descriptive audio devices in Richmond. Unlike other theaters, the one we
> attended can serve up to 15 blind individuals that require them in one
> sitting.
> 3. TGI Friday's has the best cheesecake ever. Ok, maybe that one was a
> personal highlight.
>
> I would like to thank the students that registered, attended and mingled. I
> especially want to thank the students that came from Northern Virginia to
> attend this event. I hope that their attendance sends a message to the
> whole
> group that distance is not the easy way out of attending an event that VABS
> throws. Don't let your fear of travel or finance stop you from having a
> good
> time, because when it is time to face the real world and you are invited
> places that won't always be3 attractive to a friend, coworker, or
> supervisor. Stay tuned for more emails about upcoming VABS events.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Robert E. Parsons Jr.
>
> President, Richmond Chapter
>
> President, Virginia Association of Blind Students
>
> National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
>
> Randolph Macon College '18
>
> Phone: 804 200 3275
>
> "Without struggle, there is no progress." -Frederick Douglass
>
>
>
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