2009.01.20
From The Lyric Theatre: '...all a-flutter for days'
The cheering, chanting, screaming, clapping crowd at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg could be only described as jubilant.
Each time the movie screen featured President Barack Obama, the crowd erupted in cheers.
Lyric executive director Susan Mattingly estimated that more than 400 people attended the event at the height of the festivities around 11:30 a.m.
"I wanted to come here and be a part of the community," said Liam Byrne, 18, a senior at Blacksburg High School. "I thought it would be more special here surrounded by people."
Byrne voted for the first time in November, and voted for Obama. He attended the event with his mother, Mary Bois-Byrne, and his brother Levi Byrne, 16, and family friends Jana Ruble and Jo Brown.
"I am so thrilled by what's happening, I could hardly contain myself," said Ruble, an Obama supporter. "I've been all a-flutter for days."
-Amy Matzke-Fawcett
