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> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:59:34 -0500, Sharon
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> >This question is posed to those working in historic house museums. Are
> >any of you having a Halloween event? If so, do you mind sharing info on
> >what your event consists of? What kind of turn out do you usually have
> >for this type of event? I would greatly appreciate input.
> >
> >Sharon Maguire
> >Asst. Curator
> >
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> Last year I started Halloween programming here at Terrace Hill, National
> Historic Landmark and Iowa Governor's Residence. It's called "Scare-us"
> Hill and it consists of nighttime tours and storytelling for 4 weeknights
> leading up to Halloween. We have three tours each night at 6, 7 and 8 p.m.
> Each tour has a specific age range that it targets. The 6 p.m is for ages 5
> and up, 7 p.m. for ages 7 and up, and 8 p.m. for ages 10 and up. We take
> the visitors on a tour of the mansion (Second Empire Victorian) and we play
> around with lighting using flicker bulbs so it looks spookier. We also
> decorate the house and put costumes and/or hats on the taxidermied animals
> inside as well. After about a 20 minute tour (much briefer than our usual
> tours), we take the visitors into our sitting room and have a wonderful
> professional storyteller who tells them ghost stories. This is our second
> year of the program and last year's event sold out. This year we added more
> tours and can host up to 240 people over the 4 nights. As of this moment I
> have about 115 signed up, but we will be featured in our local newspaper's
> events section tomorrow, so I think my calls will increase.
>
> Carla Herling
> Communication and Programs Coordinator
> Terrace Hill
> National Historic Landmark and Iowa Governor's Residence
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