Halloweeeen!

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Schedule of Events

The Rio Blanco Social Club announces the 8th Annual Halloween Parade and Ball in White River Junction Saturday, 31st October, 2009.

Pre-parade Madness!

6 pm—Doors open at the Main Street Museum (58 Bridge Street), for cider, a Bouncy Castle, conviviaity and And of course—doughnuts on strings! doughnuts on strings! doughnuts on strings!

Local puppetry artists Ria Blass, Gabriel Q and students from The Center for Cartoon Studies have created a special "Monster Petting Zoo". Kids of all ages can look forward to petting the "monsters" and feeding them peanuts!

Town of Hartford Parks and Rec Department "Egg Haunt" in Veterans Memorial Park, across Bridge Street from the Museum! Come and find eggs, candy and more from 6 to 8 p.m.

7 pm—The party heats up at the Museum, where revelers will mix and mingle in their costumes to live "honkey punk" music the one and only Pariah Beat, live fire performances, fire spinning, fire eating, and the Fire Organ!

King and Queen for the Parade, Celebrity Guests and Home-Coming Queen? and King? for the CCS!

This year features the crowning of King and Queen for the Parade and Ball with Royal Attendants; the welcoming for the Celebrity Guests (And guess what? They Dead!) as well as the 2nd annual crowning of Home Coming King and Queen of the Center for Cartoon Studies! They've been appointed and anointed by last years King and Queen. Find out who will carry on the tradition this year.
Very scary, but at least its Free!

Parade!

8pm—The Parade takes to the streets!—lead by Lil' Orphans Brass Band, the Halloween Hay Wagon and rolling Fire Organ, a walking, musical party winds its way through the Upper Valley's favorite ghost town, navigating the terrifying underpass and the adjacent beautiful sunken garden before snaking along South Main Street to turn around and end up at the Tip Top Cafe for the Odd Ball.
Free!>

Psychic Fair

Join us for readings, fortunes, tarot, crystal balls, spirit aura photography and more in the Tip Top Pottery studio, directly across from the Tip Top Cafe, from 8 to 11 p.m.!

The Ball!

9 pm brings our Magic Eight Ball at the TipTop Cafe, 85 North Main Street, in the Tip Top Cafe. Hot tunes, DJs, dancing, scary refreshments, dance floor light projections, festive (and a little Satanic) decorations, and much more. Be inspired by the costumes, the old friends you'll see (but maybe not recognize) and the new folks to greet you...check out the "eye candy"!

Parade and all other festivities are free, the Magic 8 Ball is $10! $5 for kids! All ages, 21 with ID to drink.

See some of our Publicity

See the Article in Upper Valley Life Magazine!

Sonja Hakala did a great write-up about the Whole Big Mess. See it here!

See Last Year's 7Days Vid!

http://www.7dvt.com/2008gory-daze

What It Is

Crowds! Sparkles! Parade! Music! Giant Puppets! And amazing costumes!

White River Junction's annual Gory Daze Halloween Parade and Costume Ball is coming up and the (officially anonymous) members of the Rio Blanco Social Club would like to extend a cordial invite to You—to Everyone!

This year the Big Night, will be the Saturday, Halloween night, the 31st of October!

White River Junction—one of the ten best small ghost-towns in American—will be buzzing that night, starting at 6 p.m. at the Main Street Museum, with a Monster Petting Zoo, Fire Spinners, Pariah Beat Band, a Bouncy Castle, conviviality and Royalty!

Then at 8. p.m. “Vermont’s Favorite Ghost Town” trots out its finest with costumes, music and more horse drawn Hay Wagon ride, fire and music and drumming in the streets. We usually circle around town a few times and then at 9 p.m. end up at the Tip-Top cafe for a Grand Ball. This years theme:

The 8th annual Gory Daze Parade and Glamorous Magic Eight Ball!

The Museum Pre-parade is free!
The Ball is $10—($5 or kids!)

Info: For more info, and press info see:

Its all great fun, but it takes a lot of hard work (from our all-volunteer “Club”). And our talented performers, musicians and our parade permit, must be paid for. If you can support us please pledge today. We want you to be on our poster, internet and postcard advertising! (We can come around and pick up checks later. But pledge today!)

History of the Spectacle

The first year we were about 50 people. A couple years ago over 200 people showed up and allegedly someone called the police to report a “riot”! While this was a thrilling review for the organizers it was also a good lesson and now we have police escort. This is a walking parade. If you come, you will be in it. People of all ages and species participate: adults, kids, teenagers, grandparents, dogs, gorillas, drag queens, everybody.

Is it for Families, or Kids?

Answer: Its for Both!

We have a unique town here in Rio Blanco and a unique parade. Theres plenty of things for kids to enjoy, especially at the pre-parade reception at the Museum. Bouncy Castle, bobbing for Apples (or other things, just you wait and see!) and of course Doughnuts on Striiiiiinnngggs!

The parade itself will have a hay-ride this year, def kid stuff, but lot of adults join in with outlandish costumes, music-making, drumming and more! Just think, if adults enjoy it, the kids will think its really cool!

The dance party after starts at 9 p.m. and is an adult thing. 18+ to attend.


For more info please email us info@mainstreetmuseum.org
Or contact the Main Street Museum 802.356.2776

Posters and postcards will be available for distribution at Revolution, studio 270 in the Tip-Top Building, or the Main Street Museum, 58 Bridge Street.

Parking:

Parking will be readily available on downtown streets, at the Courthouse, VFW/Legion Hall, Church Street and Municipal Building Lots.
There will be Absolutely NO PARKING next door at the Watershed Studios or at the Home Comfort Warehouse!. We will mark the areas with yellow caution tape.
Again, NO PARKING AT EITHER OF OUR NEIGHBORS HERE ON BRIDGE STREET, either to the side, or in back of the Museum! if you park to the side or rear of the Museum you risk TOWING AT OWNERS EXPENSE! by our neighbors!
Please use the front driveway of the Main Street Museum for 15 minute pickup and drop off services only. The parking lot by the Museum riverside will be reserved for people only, no cars!

Parade Details for 2008

  • volunteers! volunteers are needed to watch our bouncy castle, help as staff (bouncers, clean up) at the dance party, and act as parade marshals. these are all fun jobs and they include a free ticket to the ball! let us know if you can help. 802.356.2776. dff@mainstreetmuseum.org
  • Tarot readers needed for the main street museum tarot table.
  • Sequence of the Parade. If youd like to know beforehand, heres the parade sequence: 1) police escort, front. 2) bagpipes. 3) hayride, with homecoming king and queen. 4) fire organ. 5) revelers and costumed denizens of the underworld, Kings and Queens and Royal Courts, Celebrity Guests, politicians, garden friends, the good the bad and the ugly! 6) pariah beat band with help from assorted roving musicians. 7) police escort, rear.
  • the parade route: leaves museum at 8 pm. travels under the underpass, left on main street. wave to revolution. follow south main street and wave to the coolidge! down south main to the freight house. turn around in parking lot. back up south main, left on gates street. Right on Church Street. Say Howdy to Fancy Felix and onto the Tip Top Cafe.
  • There are masks a'plenty here at the Museum and assorted costume paraphernalia. Borrow it for free!
  • Weather report for saturday: TBA

Happy Halloween!

Special Note: unfortunately, the Museum and our patrons continue to have problems with a neighbor, Bob, who works for our nieghbors here on Bridge Street and claims to have authority over parking and security in the area. (He wears a cap and is shadowed by his partner Elizabeth.) Niether of these individuals has any authority over parking, or any connection to the Main Street Museum, our friends or the sponsors of the Gory Daze Parade and Ball. The Museum recommends ignoring them. If this doesnt work, the Museum recommends calling 911. The Hartford PD are aware of this situation, and suggest calling them sooner, rather than later, when dealing with any situations which might arise. Sorry for the trouble. —The Management.

See you on Halloween! May it please you, —The Rio Blanco Social Club

Our "Mothball" in 2007.

Past Halloween Publicity and Posters

Sponsors in 2008

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