Mt. Upton stages annual ghost walk next weekend
MOUNT UPTON – In the daylight, set along Route 18 this cottage-style home may look like the heartwarming abode seen in story books. However, as Halloween nears, witches and other spooky characters can be spotted roaming throughout the open meadow while torch lamps are lit and a cemetery is seen under the old crooked tree out back.
For over a dozen years this pink cottage with an open field transforms into a Halloween wonderland for audiences young and old. The show “On the Moors,” not recommended for children under six, consists of up to 15 actors and actresses telling hair-raising tales and scary spine-chilling stories while walking guests a quarter of a mile along the meadow lines.
The mood will be set as torch and fire lights guide audiences along the way while a total of 10 stories will be read. The performers will be in costume to make the tails come alive. “There’s nothing scarier than ghost stories, at night,” says program director Judy Spychalski.
The classical array of tales have been told for 12 years and Spychalski says it gets bigger each year. Spychalski says she originally got the idea when she and her family lived in Minnesota – the same type of concept can be seen in Salem, Mass. as well. Actors range anywhere from age 7 to 60. Spychalski says when bringing children to the meadow, parents should know the child’s tolerance level for Halloween tales.
The walk draws in on average 65 people per show. In recent years following the walk in the meadow, another tour of the cottage itself was conducted accompanying further stories to be told. However, currently Spychalski says the shows have gotten too big to conduct the second part of the show in the house. Refreshments will be served following the shows. Show times are scheduled to take place at 6:30 and again at 8:30 p.m., Oct. 20. “People really seem to like this,” said Spychalski. “It is something different and unique.”
Coming from the center of Mt. Upton, take the first left onto Rt. 18 and the pink cottage house can be seen roughly 2.5 miles on the left. For more information or further directions to the cottage call Judy Spychalski at 764-8481.
For over a dozen years this pink cottage with an open field transforms into a Halloween wonderland for audiences young and old. The show “On the Moors,” not recommended for children under six, consists of up to 15 actors and actresses telling hair-raising tales and scary spine-chilling stories while walking guests a quarter of a mile along the meadow lines.
The mood will be set as torch and fire lights guide audiences along the way while a total of 10 stories will be read. The performers will be in costume to make the tails come alive. “There’s nothing scarier than ghost stories, at night,” says program director Judy Spychalski.
The classical array of tales have been told for 12 years and Spychalski says it gets bigger each year. Spychalski says she originally got the idea when she and her family lived in Minnesota – the same type of concept can be seen in Salem, Mass. as well. Actors range anywhere from age 7 to 60. Spychalski says when bringing children to the meadow, parents should know the child’s tolerance level for Halloween tales.
The walk draws in on average 65 people per show. In recent years following the walk in the meadow, another tour of the cottage itself was conducted accompanying further stories to be told. However, currently Spychalski says the shows have gotten too big to conduct the second part of the show in the house. Refreshments will be served following the shows. Show times are scheduled to take place at 6:30 and again at 8:30 p.m., Oct. 20. “People really seem to like this,” said Spychalski. “It is something different and unique.”
Coming from the center of Mt. Upton, take the first left onto Rt. 18 and the pink cottage house can be seen roughly 2.5 miles on the left. For more information or further directions to the cottage call Judy Spychalski at 764-8481.
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