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Come For The Treats, Stay For The Tricks
Posted Oct 27, 2006 by Suzanne Schmidt
Updated Oct 27, 2006 at 11:29 AM
HAUNTED HOUSE, HAUNTED
HAYRIDE AND MORE
By SUZANNE M. SCHMIDT
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Creatures that go bump in the night will be haunting the Temple Terrace Family Recreation Complex for a Halloween extravaganza.
The recreation complex, 6610 E. Whiteway Drive, will play host to its annual fall festival Oct. 28 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Temple Terrace has had a fall festival of some sort since the mid-1970s. Tickets are $3 per child and parents are free with their children.
This is the third year Chris Matthews, recreation leader III for youth programs at the complex, has been coordinating the event. He said it is a safe, fun event for the whole family.
“Out of all the special events I coordinate, this is the one I get really excited about,” Matthews said. “I go above and beyond to make this a fun event for all ages. Now that I have been doing this for a while, I have learned what does and doesn’t work.”
The fall festival will have an overall Halloween theme with a haunted house, trick-or-treating, costume contests, carnival-style games and a hayride.
The haunted house will be for ages 8 and older, but anyone may enter The Asylum.
“We will have volunteers and employees as our actors,” Matthews said. “It will be really scary and it might not necessarily be suitable for children under 8 to go in. Since they will be here with their parents, it will be at their discretion.”
The haunted hayride will provide a less scary alternative to the haunted house with a hayride in the dark and a scary story teller.
“Last year we had the haunted hayride for the first time,” Matthews said. “It was so popular we decided to add to it this year by running two tractors instead of just one.”
The costume contest is open to all. Prizes will be awarded to first, second and third place finishers in several categories.
“We will have plenty of prizes from local businesses,” Matthews said. “The costume contest is mostly for the kids, but a lot of adults dress up. The crowd will choose the winners of the contest through their applause.”
Every door in the recreation complex will be decorated for trick-or-treaters. Children can knock on each door and behind they will find treats and maybe a trick or two.
“The biggest draw to the festival is the fun we provide for the entire family,” Matthews said. “Trick-or-treaters can spend about half an hour visiting all the doors and collecting candy.”
The recreation complex will also have face painting, a moon walk and carnival-style games.
“The parks and recreation staff and volunteers are excited to provide a fun, safe event on the 28th,” said James Chambers, director of the department.
For information, call Matthews at 989-7180.
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