EVENT: Maple Grove’s GREAT Halloween Festival & Carved Pumpkin Contest
Date: Saturday, October 16, 2010 (rain date October 23), 3:00pm-7:30pm
Place: Maple Grove Cemetery, 83-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens, NY 11415
Adults and Children of all ages are invited to Maple Grove’s GREAT Halloween Festival & Carved Pumpkin Contest on Saturday, October 16, 2010 (rain date October 23) from 3:00pm-7:30pm at Maple Grove Cemetery, 83-15 Kew Gardens Road, off of Lefferts Boulevard. This spooktacular event is sponsored by the Friends of Maple Grove, www.friendsofmaplegrove.org.
Beginning at 3:00pm sharp! to 4:30pm, the day's program will be launched with The Strange and Unusual with a Touch of the Paranormal Walking Tour. Carl Ballenas, Maple Grove's historian will lead the tour.
Carl, who cares deeply about the stories of those buried at Maple Grove, will share some true tales that should only be told at Halloween (suggested age 12+).
Following, a 15-minute Children’s Costume Parade scheduled for 4:45pm. At 5:00pm, there will be expert storytelling (beginning with Tonya Hurley reading ghostgirl:Lovesick), face painting, holiday crafts and lots of carved pumpkins to admire. For those who would like to participate in the Carved Pumpkin Contest, please bring along your pre-carved pumpkin with a candle inside. Pumpkin drop off is between 3:00pm-6:00pm and viewing from 6:00pm-7:00pm, sundown at the cemetery. Judging and prizes will be awarded to; TOP Pumpkin, Funniest, Scariest, Cutest, Most Original or any other categories that the judges might invent. Judges will consider alternative vegetables such as eggplant, water chestnuts, endive or any carved vegetable. Anything goes! Be creative!
Date: Saturday, October 16, 2010 (rain date October 23), 3:00pm-7:30pm
Place: Maple Grove Cemetery, 83-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens, NY 11415
Adults and Children of all ages are invited to Maple Grove’s GREAT Halloween Festival & Carved Pumpkin Contest on Saturday, October 16, 2010 (rain date October 23) from 3:00pm-7:30pm at Maple Grove Cemetery, 83-15 Kew Gardens Road, off of Lefferts Boulevard. This spooktacular event is sponsored by the Friends of Maple Grove, www.friendsofmaplegrove.org.
Beginning at 3:00pm sharp! to 4:30pm, the day's program will be launched with The Strange and Unusual with a Touch of the Paranormal Walking Tour. Carl Ballenas, Maple Grove's historian will lead the tour.
Carl, who cares deeply about the stories of those buried at Maple Grove, will share some true tales that should only be told at Halloween (suggested age 12+).
Following, a 15-minute Children’s Costume Parade scheduled for 4:45pm. At 5:00pm, there will be expert storytelling (beginning with Tonya Hurley reading ghostgirl:Lovesick), face painting, holiday crafts and lots of carved pumpkins to admire. For those who would like to participate in the Carved Pumpkin Contest, please bring along your pre-carved pumpkin with a candle inside. Pumpkin drop off is between 3:00pm-6:00pm and viewing from 6:00pm-7:00pm, sundown at the cemetery. Judging and prizes will be awarded to; TOP Pumpkin, Funniest, Scariest, Cutest, Most Original or any other categories that the judges might invent. Judges will consider alternative vegetables such as eggplant, water chestnuts, endive or any carved vegetable. Anything goes! Be creative!
We are very pleased that New York Times bestselling author Tonya Hurley will read from ghostgirl: Lovesick. This, her most recent novel, explores the invisibility we all feel at times and the lengths we'll go to be seen. The ghostgirl series focuses on the story of one outcast’s ascent to popularity, in both the world of the living and the dead. Tonya’s ghostgirl website (http://www.ghostgirl.com/), quickly attracted a devoted community of teens, and in 2002 was a two-time Webby Award honoree.
Donation: $5, Members and children under 12 years FREE
For more information: (917) 881-3358, friendsofmgc@aol.com
Mark your calendar for Maple Grove’s GREAT Halloween Festival & Carved Pumpkin Contest on Saturday, October 16, 2010!
Donation: $5, Members and children under 12 years FREE
For more information: (917) 881-3358, friendsofmgc@aol.com
Mark your calendar for Maple Grove’s GREAT Halloween Festival & Carved Pumpkin Contest on Saturday, October 16, 2010!
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