| Californians love Halloween
celebrations seen in the Halloween Costume slide show above. While
little girls
look absolutely adorable in their outfits, adult
women get quite creative, and even.
There are several commercial Halloween scare
experiences held as special events at California theme parks
Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights, Knott's Scary
Farm, there
are dozens of reported and unreported ghost hotels and museums and
there are hundreds of Halloween festivals, hunts and event
celebrations. Halloween is big business in
California. From professional costume rentals to parties, party
lights, gift cards and candy, if you're not celebrating Halloween,
you should at least get out and enjoy it. Those who move to California
can be amazed at the celebration's status as a holiday worthy of
more attention and planning than most others. The kids rule the
evening, but the adults rule the night in this ritual of partying in
masquerade costumes. On the California Events
Calendar, we've begun posting celebration events throughout the
Golden State.
Universal Studios Hollywood Theme Park Halloween
Experience with "Halloween Horror Nights" extending over
ten
nights begins October 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, 26-28, 31. The "Halloween Horror
Nights" experience will be staged as a production by "The
Director," a mysterious and demented horror genre auteur who
will convert Universal's working studio backlot and the theme
park's most popular rides and attractions into terrifyingly
realistic settings for an intense and enveloping manifestation
of mayhem. Actors and guests will intermingle seamlessly for an
immersive experience that will shatter pre-conceptions,
transcending notions of horror genre theatrics and "Halloween
maze" experiences to take visitors to a state of extreme dread,
shock and terror. For the first time in the studio's 93-year
history, guests will be able to disembark from studio trams and
walk among the historic sets of the Universal backlot,
birthplace of the horror genre. The backlot
experience-incorporating Hollywood landmarks as Psycho
House and the War of the Worlds disaster scene-will play a
central role in "The Director's" Universal Studios Hollywood's
"Halloween Horror Nights" production, a scenario that calls for
guests to be transported into eerie, darkened sets while
subjected to disorienting and unnerving interactive experiences. Tickets are available
online at HalloweenHorrorNights.com
PETALUMA - Halloween Historic
House Tour - Petaluma, California. This fun & spooky tour is
held the Sunday before Halloween each year and combines spine
tingling old houses with local history. Costumed docents at each
location share the real (and Surreal) history and lore about the
homes and the past inhabitants. Petaluma is a town that time
forgot since it was saved from destruction during the 1906
earthquake. No one knows why Petaluma was able to come through
the earthquake
unscathed when all the towns surrounding it were hit with major
earthquake damage. Because of this, Petaluma has one of the
largest collections of pre-1906 historic homes. Founded in 1858
Petaluma was known for supplying everything the 49ers needed by
way of the large schooners that would load up the butter, eggs
and other manufactured products and take them by way of the Bay
into San Francisco. Besides supplying the material needs of the
49ers, Petaluma was also known for being one of the safe havens
for vice in the 1800's. Houses of ill repute plied their trade
without any interference from the local police. Bars lined the streets leading down to the river and
served alcohol to thirsty workmen day and night. Eventually the
sins of their husbands became too much to bear, and the local
Women's Temperance Union forced the closure of the Bawdy houses
and bars, but only temporarily. Even today, there are those who
claim that the old buildings that housed the ladies of the
evening are haunted by ghostly wayward women still
attempting to sell their wares. The Halloween Historic House
Tour takes you back to the early days of Petaluma's past and
lets you experience an old-fashioned Victorian era Halloween.
This tour is perfect for the whole family because it combines
history & chills in equal measure. Location: 200 Prospect St.,
Petaluma, CA Date: Sunday, October 28th, 2007. Time: 6 p.m. to 9
p.m. Cost:$15/ adults or teen; $5/ 12 years and under. (Children
& teens must be accompanied by an adult)
heritagepetaluma.com
HUNTINGTON BEACH - Halloween
on Main includes bounce houses for kids, petting zoo, booths,
candy from merchants and a costume contest. Location: Main
Street between Pacific Coast Highway and Orange Street. Time: 6
- 9 p.m. hbdowntown.com
SANTA
CRUZ - Halloween on the Wharf - , Santa Cruz Wharf.
Witches, goblins, and ghosts and their parents can enjoy safe
and sane trick-or-treating at the Parks and Recreation
Department’s Halloween celebration on the wharf. Treats for kids
provided at wharf businesses. A costume contest from 4:30 to
5:30 p.m. and a photo booth at the wharf stage are all part of
the fun. Call 420-5273 Time: 4 - 6 p.m. Cost: FREE
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