NEW FIRST ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARADE
Spooky News SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 18, 2014
The Nightmare Begins on Elm Street
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Coming to Wappingers falls! This year on October 18th there will be a Halloween Parade in Wappingers Falls Village. Photos of the Beacon Halloween Parade 2013. – by Terri J. Garofalo
he brain child of Donna Davies and Donna Parish-Bischoff of Hudson Valley Halloween Magazine, the new Wappingers Falls Halloween Parade will kick off on Saturday, October 18th 2014. The nightmare begins on Elm Street and finishes at Mesier Park. Here there are vendors, food, face painters, crafters, and spooky fun awaiting the children. Floats of ghosts, ghouls, and zombies will be led by Haunted Mansion’s own Kevin McCurdy. There will be contests for floats, pumpkin carving, costumes, etc. The prizes are awesome, so kids should come dressed in their Halloween best! Captain Jack, the pirate, will bring his buccaneer spirit and charm to the landlubbers. Bring your cameras for photo opportunities. This is all made possible by the
Wappingers Falls Parade Committee members: Donna Davies, Donna Parish-Bischoff, Arra Mowry, Denise Calabrese, Carmen Calderon, Terri J. Garofalo, Kim Chiarello Jameson, Mark Liebermann, Kristie Alexa, Jessica Simmons, Anthony Curcio, Wappingers Falls Recreation, our volunteers, and our spooky sponsors. We also shout out to our sponsors: WDST Radio Woodstock, Durants Party Rentals, Herring Sanitation, Handel & Carlini LLP, Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion, Law Office of Jay Cantor, Hudson Valley Screen Printing & Embroidery, Cafe Maya, Jamberry, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Barton Orchards, Buffalo Wild Wings, Thirty-One, Palaia Vineyards, Channingville Deli, and the Roosevelt Theatre. Look out for our volunteers, who’ll be wearing orange t-shirts.
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he name Kevin McCurdy is synonymous with Halloween to anyone who lives in Dutchess County. The Haunted Mansion has been thrilling kids of all ages for the last thirty-eight years. He created the original Haunted attraction in 1977. Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion, is the original Hudson Valley Halloween tradition. They work unique storylines into the entire the haunt, making you (the audience) a part of the act! Each year there is a new and exciting attraction, story and spooky surprises so people can return year after year and never see the same thing. Kevin has also created Holiday Spirit Festival. From its inception, Kevin designed it to take you back to those days of yesteryear, with holiday tunnels and twinkling light displays, while adding a new twist. “Kevin’s
Grand Marshall Kevin McCurdy ability to blend creativity and good old fashioned fun, together with leading edge technology, make the Holiday Spirit Festival a truly magical family holiday experience for all ages. It was a seamless and natural decision to ask Kevin to be our Grand Marshal of Wappingers Falls First Annual Halloween Parade and Festival. We welcome Kevin with open arms and much appreciation for all of his years of making Holidays a special time for family and friends. If you would like more information on these wonderful events, visit The Haunted Mansion www.thehauntedmansion.com Holiday Spirit Festival www.holidayspiritfestival.com
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Awards 2014 Costume Contest Age Group 1-7 • First Place Trophy – 4 Tickets to Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion – Halloween Night at the Mad Monster Museum by Donna Davies • Second Place Medal – 4 Tickets to Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion – Halloween Night at the Mad Monster Museum by Donna Davies • Third Place Medal – 4 Tickets to Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion – Halloween Night at the Mad Monster Museum by Donna Davies Age Group 8-12
• Second Place Medal – 4 Tickets to Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion – Growing Up Paranormal by Donna Parish-Bischoff • Third Place Medal – 4 Tickets to Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion – Growing Up Paranormal by Donna Parish-Bischoff
Float Contest: • First prize – Spookiest : Trophy – $150 Gift Certificate to Café Maya • First prize – Most Creative: Trophy – Wine Tasting for 4 at Palaia Vineyards and Winery, Highland Mills, NY – $50 Gift Certificate to Buffalo Wild Wings
• First Place Trophy – 4 Tickets to Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion
Witch Hat Contest
• Second Place Medal – 4 Tickets to Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion
• First Place - Trophy – $25 Gift Certificate to Jamberry and Thirty One
• Third Place Medal – 4 Tickets to Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion
• Second Place – Medal – $40 Gift Certificate to Barton Orchards
Age Group Teen
• Third Place – Medal – 4 Tickets to Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion
• First Place Trophy – 4 Tickets to Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion
Pumpkin Carving Contest
• Second Place Medal – 4 Tickets to Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion
• First Place Trophy – Halloween Art by Heather Gleason
• Third Place Medal – 4 Tickets to Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion
• Second Place Medal – Halloween Art by Heather Gleason
Age Group Adult
• Third Place Medal – Halloween Art by Heather Gleason
• First Place Trophy – 4 Tickets to Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion – $50 Gift Certificate to Buffalo Wild Wings – Growing Up Paranormal by Donna Parish-Bischoff
DJ Anthony Curcio Been a musician for a long time. Got into the DJ business in the early 90’s and worked for a company in Connecticut called James Daniel Entertainment. I went out on my own to start AC Productions where I did many high profile parties over the years including parties for Kathy Lee Gifford, the WWF and MTV. Now I specialize in weddings, bar mitzvahs, bat mizvahs and private parties. Reach me at 914-475-8726.
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The Law Office of Jay S. Cantor 62 East Main Street • Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Phone: 845.297.7777
Aye, Captain Jack
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ick Martinez aka Captain Jack, has been a Captain Jack impersonator for seven years. An experienced actor, model and emcee, he has created the pirate persona as career. He visits schools, children’s hospitals and libraries, reading to children to teach the importance of literacy and learning. He has also won an award for Volunteer of the Year with Literacy Volunteers in 2013. Another passion is helping the local food pantry with an annual food drive at his home, Captain Jacks Haunted Pirate Ship, where admission is one canned good per person. Last year he had over 3,500 people come to the event over four nights and raised over 4,800 pieces for the pantry and another $41,500 in cash donations all going to The Calvary Food Pantry. Because of this event, Captain Jack came to the forefront and became a wanted commodity to
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help other events and fundraisers. Also as an experienced model and actor, Rick has become the official pirate for the Fueled by Rum organization and soon The Pirate Radio Network, and is currently working with Rum Bahamas 2015 rum convention in Nassau as their spokesperson and poster pirate. Continuing to help promote literacy in a new and fun way as a different pirate, Rick has created and is producing a children’s TV show called “The Captain Crowe Show”. It is using core values as pirates to help the viewer be engaged into reading and learning. The show also has a crowdfunding site at www.gofundme.com/8z1zag to help finish production.
Photos – Courtesy of Rick Martinez
Entities-R-Us, Ghost Hunter Comic is a webcomic on the internet by at www.entities-r-us.com, Terri is part of the parade comittee and will Hudson Valley cartoonist, Terri J. Garofalo. Bi-weekly comics can be viewed have books on hand for those interested.
Donna Davies Author and Artisan ArtisticWitchery.com HudsonValleyHalloweenMagazine.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/hauntedhudsonvalley On Twitter: www.twitter.com/HVHalloweenMag
The Halloween Queen Who Lost Her Scream Sleepy Hollow and the Road You’d Better Not Follow Night of the Candy Creepers Bye, Bye Boogeyman Halloween Night in the Mad Monster Museum
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Activity Schedule Festival Activities Face Painting Corn Maze Inflatable Haunted House Tours Grinnell Library Activities Story Telling with Captain Jack Pumpkin Patch
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6 Vendors AC Productions (Tony Curcio)
Maplewood Farms (Joan Carton)
AHHH Art (Luke & Regina Powell)
March of Dimes (Lynne Versace)
Art Pieces from Hollywood and Zombies
Mary Kay (Rebekahs Beauty)
Artistic Witchery (Donna Davies)
Mental Health Services (Joan Cybulski, LMHC)
Avon (Kelly Vitale) It Works! Body Wrap (Cindy Sexton) Chloe’s Comfy Cozy (Arra Mowry) DPB Publishing (Donna Parish-Bischoff) ECP Apparel (Tom Best) Entities-R-Us, Ghost Hunter Comic (Terri J. Garofalo) Falls Diner & Catering (Paula Kastanis) Get Frosted Cupcakery (Krisanne Elwood) Grinnell Library (Jessica Simmons) Hands of Serenity (Jody Cleveland) Haunted Handy Man (Peter Degli-Angeli)
Motives Cosmetics & Isotonix (Robin Kaba) x 2 My Eclectic Mind (Heather Gleason) Nino’s Big Bites (Nino & Kat) NY Face & Body Art (Kelly Torress) NY Life (Jona Aldebot) Origami Owl (Lindsey Jarzomzek) Perfectly Posh (Theresa Phillips) Pink Zebra (Joanne Montalbo) Pippy’s Hot Dogs (Pippy)
Haunted Mansion (Kevin McCurdy)
Psychic Medium Jeanne Rose
Herby’s Crafts, Gadgets & Gizmos (Joan Carton)
Paintbrushes & Party (Deanna Moriarity) Raw Illusions (Brandi Morris & Jay Emery)
Heavenly Witches (Kelly Moulton)
Ritas Ice Cream (Julie Pizzarelli)
Holiday Décor & More (Lynn Ferris)
Scentsy (Michele Turner)
Hudson Valley Screen Printing (Rich Creelman)
Soaps and Lotions (Kim Williams)
Huff n Puff Windows (Brandi Andriello)
Spirits of the Hudson Valley (Doris Jean Kolarek)
Impressions Soy Candles (Colleen Kelly)
Team Beach Body (Janice Dimock)
In Stitches (Ruth Anne Wolfe)
TEG Credit Union (Elaine Lacy)
Jamberry Nails (Carol Hogan)
There’s Always Room For Chocolate)
Just About Fudge (Michele & Justin Abott)
The Horned Stone (Neely Stone)
Just For Kicks (Robert Blum)
Thirty One/Party Lite (Michelle Jones)
Ken’s Creations (Ken Day)
Urban Metal NYC (Melinda Burton)
Kona Ice (Mike Mahoney)
West Main Kitchen and Bar
Maple Grange (Kimberly Williams)
Michael Wardell poses with his hearse.
– Courtesy of Michael Wardell
Michael Wardell’s Hot Rod Hearse Michael Wardell will lead off the parade with his hearse this year with Kevin McCurdy. purchased the hearse about three years ago. I always wanted to have a hot rod car that was different and unique from what you would normally see at car shows. When the opportunity came to purchase a hearse, it seemed fitting to own one, since I have always had a deep passion for Halloween. Over the last three years my father and I have been customizing the hearse. One of my favorite aspects of the vehicle is the two electric chairs we built to put in the back of the car. These chairs are street legal, so the car is able to seat 4 living passengers.
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Photos – Courtesy of Kim Chiarello Jameson
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Halloween has always been a great time of year for me and my family. In fact, I love this time of year so much my wife and I got married on October 9th years ago. One of my favorite Halloween memories was when my daughter was born because I suddenly realized that I was able to go trick-or-treating again. Another thing that I love to do every year is host a Halloween party for my daughter and all of her friends. I even built a haunted house in the yard. We love Halloween so much in our household that the mantle above the fireplace is always decorated with various Halloween decorations and skulls through out the year.
Giving Back on Halloween There’s nothing like the sights, sounds and smells of early Autumn. Best of all, that means HALLOWEEN is on its way! By Kim Chiarello Jameson
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alloween 2013 was our first year giving back to the community by taking advantage of the tremendous amount of foot traffic we get on Halloween night in the Crown Heights neighborhood of the Town of Poughkeepsie. We researched and visited several local charities to find one that we truly believed in. Finally we landed upon the Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie (http://www.childrenshome.us/). While there are several organizations in the Hudson Valley that do great things, we were really inspired by how CHP tries to break the cycle of children in less than ideal situations. The Children’s Home empowers the kids to take back control of their lives to set them on the best path possible to become successful, well-rounded adults. We were amazed at how many people visited our home to see our outside haunt (and donate!) last
year despite the rain. It was a soggy, windy night as children of ALL ages stood outside with jaw gaping faces watching the projector show in our big window, the fog take over the cemetery, and the props jump out at them as they squealed with delight. We collected over $350 and a carload of new and used toys, clothing and baby goods. We spent well over $100 in Halloween candy and still almost ran out! If it’s a dry evening this year, we’ll surely need 2-3 times that amount. Why do we do it? We can’t deny that it makes us feel really good to give back to our community. We also get inspired (and feel that warm fuzzy feeling inside) when we’re working outside (we started building the fence at the end of August this year) and neighbors stop and tell us how much they appreciate what we do and how excited they are to watch it all come together. Even the kids yell “Great job!” while riding by on their bikes, so we know the children love it! And after all, it really is about them, which is why we feel great about trying to help the Chil-
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5:00 to 9:00 pm) to pay them a visit and donate to the Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie. The Jameson Residence is located at: 11 Nassau Road (corner or E. Ricky Lane), Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. Email for more information at: kcjameson74@gmail.com The Children’s Home provides a range of services and programs giving hope and healing to abused and neglected children in the Hudson River Region. Having served 293 children and their family members last year, the Home provides a full range of residential services including campus-based care, community-based group homes and boarding homes, and independent living apartments. It also provides regular foster care and intensive therapeutic foster homes. Throughout their 167
Haunting for good – This ghoul frightens for a honorable cause, helping children. What better way can a monster repay kids everywhere for all the scaring under the bed episodes. – Courtesy of Kim Chiarello Jameson
dren’s Home of Poughkeepsie again this year. What goes into a haunt like ours you may be wondering? Lots of blood, sweat, screams and a few tears! And time. Lots and lots of time. We started last year by scavenging free pallets from local warehouse stores in the area (with their prior approval of course) to build the fence (thank goodness for a strong, stable roof rack on the CR-V). From those many pallets (approximately 80) we also built a ground-breaker coffin and other small props. We’ve put in approximately 150 hours of labor (just the two of us) and at least $100 worth of rebar, to hold the fencing in place. There are also plen-
ty of store bought decorations and props (who knows the total on these through the years!), including the donation of recycled barn yard wood coffins and plenty of home-made foam tombstones. To welcome our Trick or Treaters is ‘Tony the Terrible’, who stands tall at over 6 feet and the 20 x 40 foot spider web (which we made ourselves out of clothesline rope), complete with giant spiders patiently waiting your arrival. There are other creepy additions this year, such as our 3 Witches perched over their cauldron (be sure to not ignore them, or they’ll put a spell on you!) and a Vampire, nestled quietly in his coffin. So be sure to come by for a SPOOK on Halloween night (from
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year history, the underlying mission of the Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie has remained the same: The Home is dedicated to providing a safe and nurturing environment that improves lives and empowers at-risk children and families in the Hudson Valley and surrounding communities. Donation Items Needed • Cash • Check (made out to: Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie) – Don’t forget, this is a tax write-off! • Baby Items (Diapers, Formula, etc). • Arts & Crafts Supplies New or Gently Used: • Sporting Equipment • Toys & Board Games
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