We got to to the park at 6:30 expecting a crowd but there wasn’t much of crowd for Hairspray and fireworks in Long Meadow.

There were fun music videos from the 1980’s and ’90’s on the big screen. Local kids got up and spoke about respect. One kid, an 11-year-old boy we know sang Areatha’s R-E-S-P-E-C-T but wouldn’t give his name.

By 8:30 there was a decent-sized crowd. Marty Markowitz welcomed everyone; he said there was a drive-in movie theater in  Brooklyn when he was a kid. There were fireworks and then the movie, a great choice for an August night.

John Travolta as Edna. Christopher Walken as Wilbur. The highlight of the film is their pas de deux by their backyard clothesline. Queen Latifah is also really great. A fun, fun movie musical. If you pay attention you can see cameos by John Waters and Rickie Lake (star of the original Waters’ film).

The projector bulb blew during the last five minutes of the film. It was a chilly August night. We sat in our Sag Harbor and Amagansett sweat shirts eating popcorn bought from a Parks Department stand.

I’m not sure a lot of people knew about the event; it wasn’t that well attended. But it was a very nice event on a cool August night.