I'll check w/Rohan; she's trying to get to a 9th grade party that night, and I'm not too happy about it.
--- On Sun, 10/18/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [UC-Announce] Halloween : Event times and opputunity to entertain > To: [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected] > Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 3:12 PM > > Dear Neighbors, > The Squirrel Hill Town Watch and Mini-station will once > again lead a tour of the HAUNTED GARDEN at our home, 4611 > Springfield Ave, on Halloween Saturday, 10/31/2009, > scheduled from 5-7 PM. Cynthia Preston, our > local Queen of Halloween, will once again provide > several stations stocked with Fresh Fruit (from Ya-ya's > food truck), "Hug" drinks and themed gifts > (pencils, plastic insects rings, etc.). Our family, with > help from local volunteers, will do extreme decorating > and round up "actors" to entertain the > smallest visitors and terrify the teens. And, we will > start the tour with our fat "naked" sumo guy and > "Full Sized" Candy bars. > State Representative James Roebuck and Councilwoman > Jannie Blackwell promise to make their annual visits and to > support the event in ways that will help secure and > entertain the visitors and volunteers. > For folks who are not yet familiar with the event, > please check out the link to favorite photos from the 2008 > event. > Oct > 31, 2008 : HALLOWEEN FAVORITES from 2008 > http://picasaweb.google.com/campionef/Halloween2008# > A > second event, to be scheduled, will be held for > wheelchair bound students of the HMS school. > Last year 57 volunteers, local stalwarts plus from > the Boy Scouts and West Catholic, helped decorate, designed > and performed mini-skits, distributed treats and cleaned > up. We need a similar number of volunteers this year. > We do not want to pull anyone off of their own porch, but > we welcome college students, tenants and condo dwellers > who might not have a porch yet long to be part of a fun > Halloween experience. We don't have time to > provide close supervision, so we need volunteers who are > creative, independent and mindful of our goals, (to > entertain the youngest neighbors and provide a thrill for > older kids and adult visitors). We can provide > some costumes or face painting, but our > favorite Halloween night volunteers show up dressed and > ready to perform. We ask that event volunteers show up > between 3 and 4 PM to help with final set-up and to practice > their roles, before the 5 PM start of the tours. > > We also need an advance team of decorating > volunteers. The first big "set" > event will be this Wednesday, October 21, and will run > from about 1 PM until dusk. We need folks who can > throw weighted ropes through our tree branches and create > pulleys to hang the Basilisk, Ghosts and dropping > Spiders. Parents can supervise smaller kids to spread > spider webbing the length of the property. If someone > could bring a staple gun, we could hang many of the > "flats" on the fence. The weather is > expected to be sunny and 68*F, so it will be a good day to > work outside. > There will be another "Set" day on Halloween > morning, to position the distribution tables and to add > hundreds of plastic snakes and insects to the tables and > sets. (If put out too early they get buried by falling > leaves.) Small children can place the creepy-crawlies > while more adept folks can run Battery and Power Cord checks > and load up the Bubble and Smoke Machines. > We've learned that small kids who help with the > set-up feel much more ready to go through, after dark, on > Halloween. We've also discovered that many of the > Adults who help out come back every year, because they have > a great time handing out treats. My personal > experience, growing up in West Philly as the 10th of 12 > children in a home with few luxuries, was that Halloween was > the best night of the year. For kids it is the holiday > of meritocracy. Enough candy can be gathered to last > all year, and without forcing poorer parents to choose > between utility payments and holiday treats. A > creative back story can compensate for not being able to > afford an expensive costume. > Please e-reply if you think you can help out, this > Wednesday, or on Halloween morning and / or evening. > In addition to volunteer labor, if anyone wants to loan > or donate any of the following, please be in touch: > Spider webbing (dollar > store variety is great), > Plastic animals, > especially rats, dinosaurs, snakes, lizards or insects. > Sound machines & or > horror tapes. > A movie / slide set up > & some kid sized cars > (I'd > love to add a zombie drive-in movie-in set) > Ugly baby dolls > &/or kid sized baby dolls. > Some authentic, old > fashioned dental or medical equipment. > Bubble, Smoke, > Strobe or other FX machines. > > Also, if any one can send me current contacts, > especially e-addresses, for appropriate volunteers > organizations at any of the local universities, high schools > or civic associations, it would be a big help. Two > years ago, a team of PENN student volunteers were a huge > asset to the event. Cynthia can provide certificates > of Community Service hours for those who need them. > > For those who think they know the event, remember > that the actors keep each minute unique, plus this year > we've added a giant Pirate Ship to our sets. > Hooray! Aaaarghhh!!! > This will probably be the last year at > this location. So don't miss out as either visitor > or volunteer. > Best! > Liz > Elizabeth Campion > PRUDENTIAL, FOX & ROACH REALTORS, LLC > 210 W. 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