Well tomorrow Kate Bell is going to come over to help me get our site up and going. I'm not planning on getting the whole thing up quite yet... But who knows. I just want to get something up saying "Coming Soon" or something simple. The reason is because I want to make fliers for the parade this weekend and I wanted to post the site on it. So hopefully Kate will be able to help me out there.
In other news I ordered a TON of new make up for the haunt. This year we are going to start using airbrushes rather than that nasty cake makeup. I'd also like to get away from using so many masks. They get pretty narsty after a couple nights with all the sweat and make up that get in there. I did clean out all the masks after last year but they still get pretty icky during the season.
I also bought a new prop for our library/study room in outdoor haunt. A lot of new things will be added this year! We will be adding a few small things, as well as a few large things. I don't want to say too much because I want it to be somewhat of a surprise, but who knows... I'll probably end up telling everyone as the season grows closer! :P.
That's all for now. I'm just about to start working on some fliers for the parade this weekend! Check back soon!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Kick Off Party
Well tonight was our 2008 kick off party! This year's haunt is soon to be on its way! We started off by watching the movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space... After that we ate some Domino's and waited for a few other guests who were running a bit late. But after that I shared some information about the haunt this year and what we all had planned. Also, I asked for some suggestions about some rooms I wasn't sure about. We also had a great discussion about what rooms to have in the garage this year. One of the girls there, Kendal, was giving me plenty of ideas to work with! It was great!
After our discussion we went out and sat by a fire for a little bit, until the rain kicked in again and we ended up going back into the garage. There we watched some Youtube videos and discussed some more ideas.
The whole thing went over great and I'm even more excited about the haunt this year!
Stay tuned!
After our discussion we went out and sat by a fire for a little bit, until the rain kicked in again and we ended up going back into the garage. There we watched some Youtube videos and discussed some more ideas.
The whole thing went over great and I'm even more excited about the haunt this year!
Stay tuned!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Busy!
Yesterday during the day I worked on getting some of the haunted house stuff out of the garage and back into storage... And I know people are wondering why I'm doing this. Well. We had all of the haunted house stuff moved out of our storage unit and into our garage due to the flood... And since it's a little too early to set it up it needed to get out of the way. For one reason, mother wants to park in the garage as much as she can... because after August or so the haunted house will be up in the garage. And another reason for putting the walls back into storage is because we have our cast party this Saturday... and we need space for everyone to chill out in the garage.
Anyways, I was working alone for most of the day, due to everyone else having something else better to do. But around five o clock or so my friend Kendal came and helped me move the rest of the walls as well as some other stuff that we didn't need to have at the house quite yet. And after my dad got off of work we took a few more loads so the garage is just about 1/2 way empty. So, next week I'll have to finish that up.
In other news, today I talked to a few businesses around town about getting some shirts and some signs made for our parade on the 4th. I was told that I could get shirts for around 8 bucks or so and the banners I wanted are going to cost 2 arms and 3 legs. Hahahaha
I'm hoping to get our sponsors to help out with the t-shirt costs by placing their logo on the backs of the t-shirts. One gentleman I talked to about the shirts said that it would be a close call as to whether or not our shirts would be done in time for the parade... So I'm worrisome about that. Another thing is... I don't have all my sponsors sorted out yet. I know that I am keeping most of the sponsors from previous years, but I'm hoping to gain some more. So... I don't want to order the shirts too soon and exclude the sponsors I don't have lined up quite yet. We'll see how this turns up...
Have yet to get to work on a site quite yet. I e-mailed Ian from Frightmare Forest about helping me get my site up and going because he does that kind of stuff for a living, and he does a great job too! So hopefully when I get some free time, I can get a site up and going... at least with some basic information about this year's haunt...
That's all for now!
Anyways, I was working alone for most of the day, due to everyone else having something else better to do. But around five o clock or so my friend Kendal came and helped me move the rest of the walls as well as some other stuff that we didn't need to have at the house quite yet. And after my dad got off of work we took a few more loads so the garage is just about 1/2 way empty. So, next week I'll have to finish that up.
In other news, today I talked to a few businesses around town about getting some shirts and some signs made for our parade on the 4th. I was told that I could get shirts for around 8 bucks or so and the banners I wanted are going to cost 2 arms and 3 legs. Hahahaha
I'm hoping to get our sponsors to help out with the t-shirt costs by placing their logo on the backs of the t-shirts. One gentleman I talked to about the shirts said that it would be a close call as to whether or not our shirts would be done in time for the parade... So I'm worrisome about that. Another thing is... I don't have all my sponsors sorted out yet. I know that I am keeping most of the sponsors from previous years, but I'm hoping to gain some more. So... I don't want to order the shirts too soon and exclude the sponsors I don't have lined up quite yet. We'll see how this turns up...
Have yet to get to work on a site quite yet. I e-mailed Ian from Frightmare Forest about helping me get my site up and going because he does that kind of stuff for a living, and he does a great job too! So hopefully when I get some free time, I can get a site up and going... at least with some basic information about this year's haunt...
That's all for now!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Getting Ready
Well it's about that time of the year to get back to work on the haunt. Due to the recent flood over Waverly all of our haunted house stuff was all moved to our house because it's higher up than our storage unit (Which got flooded). So at the moment all of our wall panels are in our garage as well as the rest of the stuff we have for the haunted house.
Currently we are getting ready for some up coming events we have planned. This Saturday we are going to have our first SCREAM TEAM meeting of the year. We are going to go over the layout of this year's haunt as well as share ideas about what to add, take out, and redo for the garage portion of this year's haunt. It should be a great time for everyone to meet up again, as well as introduce the new members for this year.
We also have a parade coming up on the 4th of July that we are EXTREMELY excited about! We will be joining up with Domino's Pizza and we will be handing out candy, cups, and fliers about this year's haunt. We are very very excited to actually take part in our first parade this year. It should be a great time!
In other news, we are working on getting a website up and going. The day after Halloween last year our site went down and I wasn't able to get it back up for a long time. And then our domain name expired and was bought by some ad company. So, our website is no longer www.frontyardfright.com. It is now going to be www.fourthyearoffear.com. This is obviously going to be a temporary change because I have back ordered our previous domain name (www.frontyarfright.com) for the 2009 season. So for this year, our website will be www.fourthyearoffear.com.
That's all for now. Please keep you eyes open for updates about the haunt this year. As October gets closer we will be updating more often so watch out for more info!
Currently we are getting ready for some up coming events we have planned. This Saturday we are going to have our first SCREAM TEAM meeting of the year. We are going to go over the layout of this year's haunt as well as share ideas about what to add, take out, and redo for the garage portion of this year's haunt. It should be a great time for everyone to meet up again, as well as introduce the new members for this year.
We also have a parade coming up on the 4th of July that we are EXTREMELY excited about! We will be joining up with Domino's Pizza and we will be handing out candy, cups, and fliers about this year's haunt. We are very very excited to actually take part in our first parade this year. It should be a great time!
In other news, we are working on getting a website up and going. The day after Halloween last year our site went down and I wasn't able to get it back up for a long time. And then our domain name expired and was bought by some ad company. So, our website is no longer www.frontyardfright.com. It is now going to be www.fourthyearoffear.com. This is obviously going to be a temporary change because I have back ordered our previous domain name (www.frontyarfright.com) for the 2009 season. So for this year, our website will be www.fourthyearoffear.com.
That's all for now. Please keep you eyes open for updates about the haunt this year. As October gets closer we will be updating more often so watch out for more info!
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