FRIGHT NIGHT ANTELOPE VALLEY SCARE DELIVERS.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer PALMDALE - Halloween is starting early in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . Two elaborate haunted houses are open this weekend in Lancaster, a Halloween-costume music recital is scheduled for Saturday, local libraries next week will host craft sessions for youngsters and the Palmdale Playhouse will present a stage version of classic scary radio shows. The valley's two biggest haunted houses are the Mira Loma Haunted Jail, hosted by sheriff's deputies and Factory of Fears at Mira Loma Detention Center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
The Haunted Jail begins tours at sunset tonight, Saturday and on Halloween at Mira Loma, on 60th Street West at Avenue I. Tours begin under the jail water tower and end at 10 p.m. Admission is free. Visitors should be prepared for long lines In communications, circuits that are capable of handling transmissions over long distances. , deputies warned. The haunted jail's attractions have been expanded into new buildings, making this the largest in its four years, deputies said. Call (661) 949-3831 for a recording of general information and specific information for accommodations for disabled persons. The Antelope Valley Scare operates this year at a new location, south of the JetHawk's Lancaster Municipal Stadium on Valley Central Way off Avenue I. The ``haunted mortuary'' has been expanded from 4,000 square feet last year to 10,000 square feet this year with two outdoor graveyards and a small ``Camp Crystal Lake,'' the setting of the ``Friday the 13th'' horror movies. ``The theme is an abandoned mortuary. Someone had delivered some embalming embalming (ĕmbä`mĭng, ĭm–), practice of preserving the body after death by artificial means. The custom was prevalent among many ancient peoples and still survives in many cultures. fluid to the mortuary that cracked open and everybody either died or went insane,'' explained Doug Barrett, who with partner Gary Scott Gary Michael Scott (b. 21 July, 1984) in Sunderland is an English cricketer who plays for Durham County Cricket Club. A right-handed upper-order batsman, Scott is the youngest ever first class player for Durham, debuting in 2001 aged 17 years and 19 days. has operated A.V. Scare for six years. ``We've added some more props, some more scares, more hidden doorways.'' New this year is help from John Carl Buechler John Carl Buechler Born in Belleville, Illinois, USA[1] is an American director, actor, and special effects and makeup artist. He is probably most famous for directing . , director of ``Friday the 13th Friday the 13th regarded as unlucky day. [Western Folklore: Misc.] See : Luck, Bad Part VII,'' ``Goulies,'' ``Watchers Reborn re·born adj. Emotionally or spiritually revived or regenerated. reborn Adjective active again after a period of inactivity Adj. 1. ,'' ``Troll,'' and ``Dungeon Masters.'' Buechler supplied props and his decorating expertise. Michael Valenzuela, who has worked with Beuchler on films, has been helping with the monster makeup for A.V. Scare for the last two years. A.V. Scare is open tonight, Saturday, Sunday, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. General admission from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. is $7. The tours are not recommended for children under age 10. Admission to the ``extreme show'' from 10 p.m. to midnight is $10. Admission for groups of 20 or more is $6 per person. A special free children's trick-or-treat haunted house will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Halloween night for children age 10 and younger. One parent or guardian may accompany each child through the maze for free. This is a toned down version of the regular show and children will receive candy from not-so-scary monsters, organizers said. For a less scary event, the Antelope Valley Branch of the Music Teachers Association of California will present a Halloween costumed recital at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Lancaster United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). , 918 W. Ave. J. Next week the Palmdale City Players will recreate radio versions of three classic stories: Edgar Allan Poe's ``The Cask of Amontillado amontillado (əmŏn'tĭlä`dō), dry sherry noted for its delicate bouquet, resembling the wine of Montilla, Spain, from which it derives its name. A blend of pale, dry sherries of the palma type, it assumes in aging a darker color. ,'' Rudyard Kipling's ``The Mark of the Beach,'' and Oscar Wilde's ``The Canterville Ghost Canterville ghost after haunting an English house for three centuries, disappeared forever when new American owners refused to take him seriously. [Br. Lit.: Oscar Wilde “The Canterville Ghost”] See : Ghost .'' The Halloween Radio Trilogy will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Oct. 31 at the Palmdale Playhouse, 38334 10th St. E. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors, students, military and youth. Call (661) 267-5685. Halloween craft programs for children will be held at 2 and 3 p.m. Wednesday and a Halloween video program with crafts from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Quartz Hill Library, 42018 50th St. W. For more information call (661) 943-2454. A drop-in Halloween/Fall craft event for children age 2 and over runs from 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Lake Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Library, 16921 E. Ave. O. Preschoolers must be assisted by a parent. Children will have a choice of making a fall leaf pin or a Halloween bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. . For more information call (661) 264-0593 On Oct. 31 the Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. hosts its ``Spooktacular Halloween Bash,'' mall stores will hand out candy to trick-or-treaters from 5 to 7 p.m. From 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the mall center court, costumed teens will tell Halloween stories for younger children. From 6 to 7 p.m. entertainer Ken Frawley will sing songs and play games with children. The mall event is free and open to the public. For more information visit or call the Customer Service Center at (661) 266-9150. Local residents also are opening haunted houses at their homes to the public on Halloween evening. Dr. Ray Bracamontes will decorate his garage and front yard, as he has for the past 20 years, as a haunted house for neighborhood kids. ``It's not Knott's Scary Farm or anything like that, but for somebody's house it's pretty elaborate,'' said Bracamontes. The house is located at 43008 Guyman Ave., off of 40th Street West and Avenue L. Last year approximately 150 people visited. Bracamontes said neighborhood kids are already stopping him while he's working in his yard and asking him when it's going to be ready. In Littlerock, Ryan Danfield has a haunted laboratory installed in his front yard at 7203 Peachtree Lane. The laboratory features an outdoor graveyard, walkthrough spider hallway, and walk through maze. The haunted laboratory will be open 6 p.m. until the last visitor shows up on Oct. 30, 31 and Nov. 1. Admission is a $1 donation. ``I just want people to show up and enjoy it,'' said Danfield. The house is located off 75th Street East north of Highway 138. Peggy Hager, (661) 267-5741 peggy.grimm-hager(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Kids hold on to their dad as one of the living dead rises from the grave at A.V.'s Haunted House on Valley Central Way. (2 -- color) The dreaded Leather Face, right, gets a taste of his own medicine from a ghoul with a chain saw at A.V. Haunted House. (3 -- color) no caption (pumpkin) (4) The nightmare continues at this mock funeral service funeral service n → misa de cuerpo presente funeral service n → service m funèbre funeral service funeral n where you might lose your head. The Antelope Valley Scare runs through Oct. 31 in Lancaster. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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