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The 2024 Spooktacular is in the books! Last Saturday, 26 October 2024, approximately thirty-six-ish students, parents, friends, and family showed up to my humble little house for—I just realized—the fifth annual Spooktacular! It was a wonderful night of music and camaraderie, with lots of hot dogs!
I’m notoriously bad about taking pictures, but I managed to get a few videos of the event. Beforehand, I did get several photographs of the setup:
I didn’t go totally all-out with decorations this year, but I had fun with my classics. I particularly love the Jack O’Lantern skeleton guy; he was a great purchase, and I love how he haunts the front yard with a toothy grin.
Of course, the real fun came when everyone showed up around 6 PM. My parents and my younger brother and his wife and kids arrived about thirty minutes before that and busily helped me with the hot dogs and chili and such. Mom made her famous Rotel dip, which is a hit among the kids; I think by the time I got to eat, there was just a thin, cheesy rind left, and even that was delicious.
I had about ten performers show up—my niece and nephew, my friend Sarah, a former student (now in college!), and six current students. John, of course, was also there, so between him and me, we had twelve musicians out there jamming. I think the most we squeezed onto the stage at one point was six, during our performance of “Monster Mash.”
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This is awesome! So much fun with the band jamming on your front porch:)
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Thanks, Robin! The Spooktacular is my favorite event of the year. So much fun.
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