At one time the Shoe String theatre was a school house in 1917 for the local black community of Lake Helen. Anotherwards its the ghetto of Lake Helen. But its also a historical area and this school is a remnant of that. 

The Theatre itself  was organized in 1949 in a Navy Mess hall at the Sidney Taylor Airport in Deland another place we investigated. The group moved to this structure in 1987 where the school was remodeled and 150 seats were added. 

All the productions here were produced and acted by local talented actors and actresses which were family orientated. Rumors of the dressing room being haunted by a little black girl who is very curious probably a student. There have also been reports of ghostly voices, objects moving, doors closing on there own. 

I can tell you right now there is some kind of presence at this theatre. Its a really gloomy place at night and its age shows. You can also tell that it was a school at one time cause of the huge parking lot, giant field, and architecture. One can sit back and imagine what a school day looked like at one time here.

The Theatre has boarded windows and you will see things like a grill out back, a pile of rubble, storage lockers, an old chair, a bench on the porch etc but the darker side of the theatre which has no lights you can feel children spirits just watching you from the shrubs. 

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