Farragut Elementary School’s anticipated 6th annual Halloween Festival and Haunted House is set for Saturday, from 11 to 4, on the playground of the campus, just off the main parking lot behind the school.
Parking is free in the lot.
Families may take advantage of discounted pre-sales ticket pricing – 25 tickets for $20 and an all-day pass for inflatables is $10. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $1 each. All day inflatable pass at door is $12.
The Festival includes huge climb and slide inflatables, 20 game booths, a jail house, two Haunted Houses, food, a Harvest Boo-tique and entertainment by the Culver City High School Marching band. There also will be a home-baked pie contest and chili cookoff with a celebrity chef judging panel, including Ben Ford from Ford’s Filling Station, Alan Schulman and Akasha Richmond from Akasha, Dave Licht from Kay n’ Dave’s, and Rick Hodges from Tub’s Fine Chili.
Two Haunted Houses are being put together by parents who moonlight in the movie business. Studio props are being used to create two levels of entertainment. Last year, walking monsters made several kids run out screaming.
A jailhouse is center stage for attendees to jail a teacher or friend.
Three large inflatables, a caterpillar crawler, a rock climber, and 5-in-1 Twister Combo.
More than 20 booths sponsored by each individual classroom are featured where children can participate in carnival-like games and craft booths.
The Harvest Craft Boo-tique will include hand-crafted jewelry, ceramics, art prints, knit items, paper art and a variety of home decorative and seasonal gift items.
Fall Festival organizers Lisa Kneebone and Juliet Conroy said that Saturday’s program is “a real feel good event that gets people excited and in the mood for the holidays to come.”
Practically speaking, PTA President Michael Engel said that the Fall Festival is when “we raise a good chunk of the money we need for the year to support assemblies, field trips and the classroom materials our teachers really need.”
