Ditch the trick or treat bags, princess costumes and baby
snowsuits with ears and tails.
The community association is holding a fete for the older set at
Town Center North from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Oct. 30.
Classic horror films, a dance, DJ, zombies and a rendition of
the “Thriller” dance sequence will delight adults on this
gone-to-the kids festival.
Employees of HRCA have been working on the “Thriller” dance
sequence from Michael Jackson’s groundbreaking 1983 video for
weeks.
For those too young to remember, the video, directed by John
Landis and featuring the voice of Vincent Price, showed Jackson and
a date walking through a graveyard and getting attacked by zombies.
Jackson morphs into a were-panther creature and eventually a
zombie.
At Scare on the Square, the zombies will live again along with
the dance moves from 1983.
Simply revisiting 1983 should be scary enough, but the
association will screen classic horror films including
“Frankenstein” (1931) and the Mummy (1932) .
The kiddos get their turn the next day at Trick or Treat Street
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Eastridge recreation center, 9598 S
University Blvd.
Local businesses banded together to offer candy to the
kidlets.
Admission is $1 at the door, cash or check only, and includes a
pumpkin from the patch as long as they last.
For a family-centered evening, check out the haunted hay rides
at Stockton’s Plum Creek Stables, 7479 W. Titan Road,
Littleton.
Rides are scheduled 6-9 p.m., Oct. 23-25.
Professional storytellers narrate an amusing tale while you
rumble down a trail inhabited by ghostly Native Americans and
cowboys. Draft horses pull a hay wagon along a trail through
Chatfield State Park for a 30 minute adventure.
Food provided by local 4H members as a fundraiser.
Tickets are $11 for adults and $8 for children 3-12 and can be
purchased at any HRCA recreation center.