|
14th Annual Collinsville Halloween Parade
Saturday October 27, 2007
Gather at 6 p.m. ~ Parade at 7p.m.
Main Street
Collinsville CT
Saturday October 27 beginning at 6 p.m., the main streets in Collinsville will close to traffic and
open to all who are brave and daring enough to join in the 14th annual Collinsville Halloween Parade.
The idea of
a Halloween Parade along the streets of Collinsville was the brainchild of Jon Squier and a few fellow C-villens fourteen
years ago. The parade has been held the Saturday before Halloween every year since and has withstood the changing of key
players, the changing of various sponsors and the unpredictable and ever changing October weather. What has been the only
unchanging feature for fourteen years of Halloween amusement is Jon Squier or Boo-sillini, and the fantastical transformation
that takes place this very scary night!
At 6 p.m., as the dusk takes over the village of Collinsville, all ghosts,
ghouls and goblins and anyone else who venture in meet at the foot of the balcony at the Canton Historical Museum. Boo-sillini
greets the crowd, the candy flows and the Halloween magic takes over. Each year, the pre-parade antics of Boo-sillini on
the balcony along with various forms of ghoulish and ghastly entertainment are featured such as an annual screaming procession.
This year too you will witness a cannon shooting off flying ghosts and treats.
At 7 p.m. the parade ritual begins
on Main Street. Haunting pipe organ sounds can be heard and all those who are Halloween-donned and those who choose to remain
un-donned follow the fog and music down Main Street. As you walk the parade path, you will find amongst the many horrifying
visuals, the “Collinsville Judges” searching for the scariest, most original and funniest costumes of the night. After the
parade of fright and fun; ghosts, goblins and goons congregate again at the balcony for the judging of the costumes, led by
C-ville’s Boo-sillini.
So, dear fellow Halloween friend or fiend, if you find yourself in the vicinity of Collinsville
on Saturday night October 27 and can muster up the courage to partake of the madness and mischievousness that is the Collinsville
Halloween Parade…dare to stop and gather at the balcony ~ Boo-sillini will be watching for you…
 |
Organization News
14th Annual Collinsville Halloween Parade
Saturday October 27, 2007
Gather at 6 p.m. ~ Parade at 7p.m.
Main Street
Collinsville CT
|