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Add Halloween to Your Placencia Bucket List! Trick-or-Treating Here's how seriously we take trick-or-treating! Placencia Village primary school, St. John's Anglican Memorial, will announce the date for the spooky creatures to fetch their candy loot, especially By ELYSIA DIAL since Halloween doesn't Placencia Halloween Expert, always fall on the most conFormer Placencia BTIA Exec. venient days of the week, Director & The Placencia and teachers may not want Breeze Editor Emeritus their students to be super elysiadial@gmail.com hyper from the sugar rush on a Tuesday morning. ne of my favourite things as a kid – and let's be honest with ourselves – as an adult too, is Halloween. The really scary stuff I could do without, but the costumes, the jack o’ lanterns, the trick-or-treating and the candy haul? Yes!
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In the early 90s when my family and I moved to Placencia, I don't remember Halloween being much of a thing. There was no trickor-treating in the more rural community back then, just a small Halloween fair. Fast forward to the 2000s, and adult Halloween parties began taking form. They are so popular now, that some people travel to Placencia from around Belize and from abroad just for the experience! Moreover, the trick-or-treating where residents and restaurant owners, prep for a tidal wave of monsters and fairies, could rival that of any North American suburb.
onslaught of little princesses, ninjas, ghouls and vampires.
They will come. There's a lot of them, and each one is even cuter or scarier than the next. Business places have also jumped on the trick-or -treating bandwagon, and the kids already have their top selections! We know who their favorites are, but we're not going to tell! Just ask one of the kids, and you'll find out where the good stuff is. If you are NOT planning on giving out Halloween treats, leave your yard lights off and your doors closed. Know that the children of the village will think of you as a Halloween version of the Grinch .... Just kidding, but there is nothing worse than having to tell trick-or-treaters there is no candy to be had .... you will get the stink eye. You have been warned! Little George Jackson takes trick-ortreating to another level, expertly driving his toy car down the village sidewalk. (Photo by: YSELA ZABANEH)
Notes go home to parents informing them of the date, and there are also a few posts about it on the Placencia grapevine (a.k.a. Facebook). Groups of parents will chaperone hoardes of kids hunting for Halloween treats in the village. If you plan to give out treats from your home, leave your yard light on and be prepared for the
And if you're visiting Placencia, go out for dinner on trick-or-treating night. The food might take a little slower to arrive at your table when the owner or staff is trying to give candy to all the critters, but you will enjoy every second of the spooktacular spectacle. Bringing your kids? Pack their costumes and let them know Placencia is a Halloween wonderland!
Kids Halloween Parade Don't miss the kick butt Halloween parade organized by community volunteers Kathy Anglin-Wade and Tracy Eiley who have rightfully earned a reputation as local child event experts! This fun young "Thriller" dance of sorts, will be held this year on Halloween and should start around 4:30 p.m. It ends at the Tipsy Tuna Seaside and Sports Bar where the kids can win great prizes at a costume contest you don't Kids crowd inside the Tipsy Tuna want to miss! Their creativi- after the Halloween Parade for a ty will blow you away! costume contest.
Costumes and Adult Halloween Parties The creative energy that goes into costumes here in Placencia certainly rivals anything you will see in North America. Planning begins months in advance. This goes for kids and maybe even more The Disney Villains captured the prize for so, for the adults. best group costume at the 2017 Barefoot Group costumes are Bar party. (Photo by: DOMINIC DELANEY) really BIG. There Below: The Avatars made a hit in 2010. are also a few prizes for creative individuals who costumes. One of have developed the best costumes a following for I've seen was that their ingenious of two visitors creations each who bought sevyear. Many bars eral rolls of toilet on the peninsula paper and showed host Halloween Parties. You'll find the big up as mummies, a Hallowones at Barefoot Beach Bar, een classic! Over the years Tipsy Tuna Seaside and we've seen Shrek, Princess Sports Bar and The Flying Fiona, Avatars, Minions, the Pig, and they tend to get a Village People and a Biker little wild! Most parties offer Gang.▪
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