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Evelyn, Carrie and Rob on opening night. Delta Cinemas in 2013.

In early November 2012, the cinema was forced
to change to digital projection as 35mm film is
being quickly phased out and will not available
As this era closed another opened when in after the end of 2013.
December 2000 Karrie Webb and her parents re- Projectionist Jim Scott, at the age of 73, has seen
opened the renovated building as the luxurious many changes and has now learnt to use computer
Burdekin Delta Cinemas. technology in the industry he has served for over
forty years.
The decor of the new twin cinemas reflects the Foyer in 2000.
traditions of the earlier Delta Theatre. On The Burdekin Delta Cinemas, built at a cost of
Saturday night, 16th December the doors opened well over One million dollars, is a far cry from
to the public with The Road to Eldorado and The when the Delta Theatre first opened in 1910 at a
Nutty Professor in Cinema One and Charlies cost of £2000 at 141-145 Queen Street Ayr.
Angels and What Lies Beneath in Cinema Two. Thankfully, one hundred and three years later,
the magic lives on and David Edwards would be
With heavily raked stadium floors for comfort proud!
and good sight-lines, both cinemas seat 170
patrons and are built at right angles, across the
width of the old auditorium. Acknowledgments: Rob Webb
This article could not have been written without: and 35mm
The spacious, and fully automated projection Karrie, Evelyn and Robert Webb, Bill Lawson, Black Projector 2012.
suite above, utilised film platters and Kinoton Snow and Liquid Gold by John Kerr, The Advocate
35mm projectors with xenon lamps and Newspaper, Trove, The Australian National Library.
Schneider optical lenses. Additional information and photos from the Kevin
Adams Collection, Gordon Turnbull and Gerry
The audio system incorporates Ultra-Stereo Kennedy.
processors and QSC amplifiers capable of
delivering 2,700 watts of Dolby-SR stereo sound Ayr is also served by the Stardust Drive-In Theatre
in both cinemas. with its on-site Galaxy Cinema. (See CR#70).

Auditorium December 2000.

New Digital Projector.

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