Olive Hill —
Cascade Cave at Carter Caves State Resort Park has a long tradition of nontraditional events.
In the early days of the park’s history, the cave hosted square dances in the spacious cavern known as the Great Room or Ballroom. These days, the cavern is transformed into a movie theater one Saturday night a month during the summer.
Known as Cave In Movies, the film screenings are becoming increasingly popular, according to park officials.
On Saturday “Captain America, the First Avenger” will be shown, followed by “The Hunger Games” on Aug. 25. A movie will also be shown on Sept. 1, but a selection has not been made, said Chris Perry, park director.
Shows begin at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. and tickets are $5. Moviegoers are asked to bring their own seating. Tickets go on sale outside the cave 15 minutes prior to showtime. Cascade Cave is just outside the boundary of the park off Ky. 207.
Perry said Cave In Movies are the brainchild of Coy Ainsley, park naturalist.
“We were looking for different things to do to get more people here to the park, and with some of our wild caves shut down due to white-nose syndrome, we were trying to think of things we could do in the two caves that we can use besides just the tours,” Perry said.
Using Cascade as a movie theater was a perfect fit because of its spaciousness and constant, cool temperature comfortable during the steamy summer months. “It is something different,” Perry said. “Where else can you say that you actually went into a cave and watched a movie?”
Perry said the movies are popular with the park’s out-of-town guests as well as those who live within 40 minutes of the park.
“People don’t realize what they have right here in their own back yard. This park is not just for out-of-state visitors, it is for our locals,” he said.
In addition to Cave-In Movies, the park has a slate of upcoming special events through early fall, including the annual Pioneer Life Week set to begin Monday.
During Pioneer Life Week, visitors can experience how pioneers settled and Native Americans lived in the area around the park. It will feature a pioneer encampment near the campground from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through July 28 and from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. July 29.
Programs include tomahawk throwing, black-powder-rifle demonstrations, flint knapping, spinning and weaving demonstrations, cabin chinking, primitive fire-making demonstrations and pioneer clothing interpretation.
Evening programs will include “Plants Used by Native Americans and Pioneers” on Monday; a Hatfields and McCoys feud presentation on Tuesday; a first-person presentation of the Cherokee leader Ostenaco by Doug Wood on Thursday; frontier stories by the fire at the campground on Thursday and a dance at the shelter house at the campground on July 27. The lodge restaurant will feature a buffet with buffalo ribs and buffalo roast.
Country Fair Day will be July 28, featuring old farm tools and machinery, woodcarving, seed spitting, horn smithing, pottery making, pioneer toys, flute music and a pie auction. A free ice cream social will be at 4 p.m.
For more information or directions, call the park at (800) 325-0059.
CARRIE STAMBAUGH can be reached at cstambaugh@dailyindependent.com or (606) 326-2653.
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