My theater is not the product of one person’s efforts.  I had a dream and many people helped me attain my dream of having a home theater.

These are the primary people who helped make my dream a reality.  I owe them all a great debt, and they are always welcome in my theater.

The main contributor to making my theater what it is today is my first Cousin Lee Beaty, who is also my oldest and dearest friend.  Lee has put many, many hours into this theater over the last 25 years and has helped me retrofit for various upgrades.  He cut nearly every piece of wood that went into the theater, helped me mount and install the screen and countless other things.  Lee is also the biggest fan of my theater and loves watching movies there whenever he has the opportunity.  Lee is the only other person authorized to operate the theater and often brought his nieces, nephews and friends to come see movies when Pam and I were out of town.   Thank you Lee for everything you’ve done for me over many years, I deeply appreciate everything!

Clyde Buchanan.  I met Clyde in 1985 while we were both working at DHEC.  He moved to our Bureau and took my old job.  We both love movies, music and history.  after Clyde retired from DHEC he came to work with us at Novesis, for ten years.  He has helped me with the theater for the last ten years or so, most notably moving and installing my two massive subwoofers (twice)!  Clyde is a dear friend, and has worked closely with me personally and professionally for many years.  He is also helping with my 2025 theater upgrades – Screen and Projector.  His photo is below, rolling one of my two 175 pound subwoofers.  Getting them into the theater was the EASY PART!  Putting them in place was brutal, through a very narrow side panel.

On my theater history page I mentioned Lew Palshan who sadly has passed away now.  He did the vast majority of the actual physical construction, walls, sheetrock, all the electrical wiring and fixture installations.

My Aunt Alice, who has also passed away now, was an amazing Interior Designed (also Lee’s Mother).  She was a huge help picking fabric colors, carpet colors, chair materials and paint colors.

My wife Pam, who supports all this foolishness and who believed this whole project would be something amazing – and it has.  Thank you Pam!  She is also my favorite movie buddy.

Our yellow Lab Sandy (RIP).  She was project and construction manager.  Seen in various photos, she loved to plop down in the middle of the action, where we constantly had to step over her!

Dennis Erskine who designed the theater and did an outstanding job.

Alan Gouger formerly the owner of AV Science in upstate NY where I purchased my screen, projector and much of my early electronics.  Alan is a good friend, we still talk and I still value his advide of new products.  He lives in Florida now.

Don Stewart, of Stewart Filmscreen.  Not only ended up taking my calls and having many long discussions with me about projectors, screen materials and his family’s business, but he also personally laid out and designed my screen and frame, customized for my theater, and initially using material not sold to consumers – only the military.  When I had an issue with the tiny holes in the screen which allow sound to pass through causing moire problems, Don promised my next screen would be at their cost, and they made good on Don’s promise years after he retired!  Great folks at Stewart.

Robin Novoa at Sim 2 the Italian projector company.  When I had problems with my first projector (Sim2 HT300) Sim 2 not only made it good but they sent Robin (from Miami) to personally install my second (newer) Sim 2 projector.  Over the years the Sim 2 folks have been very, very good to me and Robin is a great guy, very knowledgeable and helpful.

Over the years we have had many friends come watch movies, TV series, and sports!  I’ll post some photos of some of these folks on my Guests page.

Below are the most of the people mentioned above.