Bye Bye Blues

As I had found out during the Oak Bay Tea Party parade, there is a free movie event every monday evening in this neighborhood - Movie Monday. What is more, today was their 23rd anniversary, so I thought that it might be interesting to go there. As it turned out, the movie theatre is actually an auditorium in a psychiatric clinic, but you didn't see any of that.
Katrina had heard of the movie mondays before, she had never been there though. Since she didn't have any other plans, she decided to join me tonight.
The movie being shows was 'Bye Bye Blues', a canadian movie from 1989 which takes place in the 1940s. Rebecca Jenkins, the actress starring in the movie, was here tonight and the evening began with her singing three blues songs from the movie. She had a really great voice!
The movie itself was based on a true story about a woman whose husband got captured by the Japanese in the war. While she was waiting for him and caring for their two children, she had to figure out a way to earn money. It took a while for her to be accepted but eventually she started singing and playing the piano in a blues band, which became quite popular. One of the band's members had also fallen for her. Nevertheless, she gave it all up when her husband returned after the war.
During the movie, I had some popcorn, which was surprisingly cheap (1 CAD) and afterwards, they gave out free chocolate cake. The actress also answered some of the audience's questions about the making of the movie, which was quite interesting.
All things considered, I had a really amazing evening - and all that for free.