SHOUT! Arts

 

 

SHOUT! Arts 2007

HALLOWEEN PARTY

ONLINE PHOTO ALBUM!

Courtesy of

Cynthia Marquez

MONDAY, OCT. 29th

Special thanks go out to...

Craig Tilman who provided the perfect spooky atmosphere with professional quality ghoulish decorations - replete with rabid rats, a zombie, a wicked clown, a crazed cat and more!

Cynthia Marquez who helped to decorate the building - inside and out - along with Shaynell Ross, GB Blackmon, Imani Smith, Stacy Fertig, Shelby Torres and Nkosi Smith in 1 hour! All the while Cynthia worked with two toddlers attached to her - I might add!  She also captured the wonderful photos that you see displayed here!

Shaynell Ross and GB Blackmon who crisscrossed all of Los Banos to search for and acquire the food, favors, balloons and decorations.

Tanya Periera who easily wins hands down for the best parent costume (a beautiful pirate!) provided the perfect Halloween atmosphere music (including hits like Thriller) and a great Disney Halloween dvd.  She also showed us how to boogie whilst playing Rabid Rat (our SHOUT! Halloween version of Hot Potato)!  Her high seas, open air attitude along with her joyful Halloween spirit made the children feel like they were at Disneyland enjoying the Pirates of the Caribbean!

Martha & Bill Mahan who expertly manned the tame "haunted" room (along with Ms. Tanya) with sensitivity, love and the right amount of scary suspense to keep even the older children wanting to enter!  Also, they both brought their superior parenting skills to the fore when they served as patient Pumpkin Pageant Organizers! 

Elvira Grimes who provided the Pumpkin pages for the overwhelmingly popular and successful Pumpkin Pageant!  Even though she received the request just hours before the party - Ms. Elvira came through like an angel.

Ms Gonzalez (our talented Summer Season 2007 Salsa Teacher) who helped to keep the Halloween party atmosphere enjoyable by encouraging folks to clean up after themselves and by lovingly noting ways to maintain organization!

Youth Members who kindly volunteered to fill the goody bags to the brim with sweets & treats and then later... scared the living daylights out of those who dared to enter the terrifying "Haunted Autopsy Room"! 

Teen Members who came in and immediately began to help out with serving food and drinks, judging the Pumpkin Pageant and cleaning up!  THANK YOU!

Jr. members whose Halloween spirits were high, whose costumes were adorable and whose joy was infectious!  Thank you for allowing us to relive some of the best Halloween moments of our own childhoods through yours!

Mothers, Fathers, Grandmothers and Grandfathers who came out to support your children and partake of the party!

And of course, the Los Banos Fire Department who came out to party with us... albeit completely unplanned!