I'll Get You, My Pretty!
It was Halloween In July today in Moscow, Idaho. We drove down there to visit family and to do a little mid-summer trick-or-treating. North Idaho Halloweens are usually frigid affairs, with October nighttime temperatures in the 30's, so it was interesting to see kids wearing costumes sans the heavy parkas. My son dressed as a soldier, complete with Vietnam-era Marine helmet courtesy of Grandpa, and my daughter was a Hawaiian hula girl (try that in October!). We had an enjoyable afternoon gathering candy from various downtown shops, strolling through a haunted house, and shopping at a few sidewalk sales.
Oh, and there was this witch. A wicked witch. A wantonly wicked witch from the west! Kurt Haley, a premier Wicked Witch impersonator from Hollywood, was prowling Moscow's downtown streets scaring the bejeebers out of young and old. Haley has that shrill cackle of Margaret Hamilton down cold. All up and down Main Street we could hear "I'll get you my pretty!" and it sounded like it was coming straight from the movie.
My daughter now has nightmare material for the rest of the year!
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4 Comments:
Wow, that is an awesome make-up job on the witch. And you could even say he glowed...
Excellent idea on Halloween in July. Makes a lot more sense, huh? I remember a few frigid North Dakota Halloweens when I was a wee one. Yikes.
Oklahoma Halloween's are much trickier. You'll see runny noses one year and swim trunks the next. You never know what you're going to get. Last year, I think we got sleet.
Is this something new to Moscow? I spent a few summers there and I don't remember Halloween in July.
Halloween is my favorite holiday. My hubby and I are always trying to win the best costume contests. So far we have one first place win and two second place wins.
Me,
Yes, this was apparently the first summer for this. I think before it was just called "Crazy Days" and was designed to get people to the downtown shops. The Halloween idea was added to make it fun for the kids, and the haunted house proceeds all went to the Humane Society.
I wait all year for Halloween to come around! I'm bummed that I missed out on this great day in Moscow. Was it advertised anywhere? I hope they plan on doing it again next year!
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