Ready to be spooked? Do something different this year!
Merry Thomas
Issue date: 10/21/09 Section: News
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For most people, Halloween is the time of year that they don't mind being frightened. Something that's sure to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up is some eerie music-the Sixth Annual Illinois Brass Quintet Halloween Spooktacular will take place on Halloween in the Foellinger Hall at the Krannert Center. It's a Halloween tradition that music lovers enjoy.
As well as an abundance of spooky tunes, there will be other entertainment as well. Apart from the UI Brass Quartet, the concert will also feature the Yankee Ridge Dancers from the Yankee Ridge school in Urbana. The time of the show is at 7:30pm, but there's a costume contest for kids 12 and under at 6:30. Tickets can be bought online at the Krannert Web site. So if you want some good, healthy, culturally stimulating fun, this concert is perfect for you.
What is Halloween without a few scary stories? The story-telling tradition used to attract people from miles around in the days before radio and television. Why not hearken back to the past? On Saturday, October 24, the Lake of the Woods in Mahomet is hosting the event Halloween Howl: Ghost Stories at the Lake, which will take place in the Elks Lake Pavilion. It's a two-part event; the earlier concert is specifically aimed towards children, the other for adults. For some of you, the duality allows a little bit of everything.
The children's show, which includes traditional folk tales, some from China and England, begins at 4pm and costs $3 for adults and $2 for children. For those who don't mind being told scary stories in the dark, there's another showing at 7:30 for the adults, which costs $5 and encompasses more of urban legend stories, as well as folk tales, too. All the profit made from this event will go to the Mahomet Area Youth Club.
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