It’s a well known fact that Third Day pretty much got their start at this club in Marietta called, “The Strand. The Strand has some major history. It used to be a theater in the 50/60’s (my parents actually went there and saw movies). It was several clubs, it has been abandoned and left for dead and it is now a glorious new theater/playhouse/event center in Historic Marietta, GA. The square as we call Downtown Marietta, has some real sentimental value to me. My parents went to shows at the Strand, ate at Dunaway’s Drugs, and shopped at some of the various stores on the Square. As I was growing up we would go eat there, shop there and just enjoy the history that was offered.
Fast forward a few years and Mark and I begin dating and he in this band called Third Day. They needed a place to play and practice so the dude that was running “The Strand” (a Christian Club) basically let them keep their stuff there, practice and be the house band. Therefore, most Friday nights as we were dating were spent up on the square. Ahh, good times. They even had their first album release party there.
A few years ago the city made a major push to revitalize the Strand Theater. Many local folks supported it and now we are sitting upon the Grand Re-Opening of the Strand. It is bigger and better. It has had an extreme makeover if you will and now is ready for the next generation to use it and enjoy. I am very thankful that it didn’t get torn down. I would feel like a part of my life was being taken away.
If you are ever there see if you can find some names you recognize on some of the seats!!!
2 comments:
Oh wow...yet another reason I need to make a point to swing by the square sometime when we're down that way. My dad used to talk about going to the movies at that old theater there when he was a kid...
wasn't a guy named Greg Davidson the owner of that place?
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