The MidWest Haunter’s Convention
First of all I’d like to apologize to my readers for the lack of my traditional “What to Do This Weekend in Columbus” post on Friday. Personal emergency kept me from the computer pretty much all day.
I will finish my Summer Fun, Ohio Style posts tomorrow with a review of Cedar Point.
On Saturday however, I got the chance to attend the trade show of the Midwest Haunter’s Convention. I’m a big fan of Halloween, (meaning no offense to those of you who are not,) and thought it would be fun to check it out.
The convention is pretty small, but judging from the lack of extra space on the trade show floor, I’m willing to wager that it is growing at a rate that will kick it out of the Doubletree within a year or two.
The convention’s main sponsor and exhibitor is Scareparts, a company that makes horribly realistic “zombie” mannequins among other things.
For the commercial venture or the serious home haunter, the convention offers seminars on effective haunting, acting and even the business side of haunted houses.
There was a big makeup contest, so fearsome creatures were all around. There was also a “Beauty” Pageant at the evening costume party. I didn’t stay for that, but courtesy of the MHC website, this is last year’s winner.
I had a lot of fun talking to the different exhibitors, including one gentleman fron Sinister Scents, who was selling smells for your haunt. Want to convince haunt goers the grave in front of them is freshly turned earth even though you are really on the third floor of an old office building? He’s got a smell for that.
This post inspires me to leave you with some words from the immortal Emily Dickinson~
“One need not be a chamber, to be haunted.”
Until next year, Happy Haunting!
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