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I just finished listening to the audio version of The Graveyard Book, read by author Neil Gaiman, courtesy of my Audible membership.
It’s a great all-ages story for the Halloween holidays, especially as read by Gaiman. He has a real skill with storytelling, both in the written and spoken sense.
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We added a little light show to the Meister House’s Halloween display this year, and after much work, it’s nearly complete!
The show is powered by Aurora software running a D-Light ACx16 controller.
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This year’s Trick or Treat event at the Meister House was our biggest yet, with over 200 kids visiting our Halloween display. Like most years, we had a steady stream of people coming for the first time only to come back later in the evening to bring friends and family back to see all we’ve setup over the last few weeks.
The streets in the area were filled with people for much of the night, resulting in our newest neighbors running out of candy, making a quick trip to buy more, then running out again all over the three hours the city officially recognizes for the night. We had an oversized bowl of candy, as well as several others around the garage area, all of which were empty by the end.
Our two biggest additions this year, Jason and Joe, went over extremely well with both the kids and adults. We joked that next year, we’re investing in high speed photo printers and digital cameras so that we can charge people to have pictures taken, much like the amusement parks do.
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Halloween 2007 has come and gone at the Meister House, but while I cut up the video I took during the night, I thought I would post a little snippet with two of the latest additions to our animated figures: Jason from Friday the 13th and Joe, the self-decapitating zombie.
If you’re looking to add some Halloween audio atmosphere to your home this week, tune your XM radio to Igor channel 120 from now until November 1st.