This year's Boo Bash was a free form party with over 700 attendees, recommended for children ages 2-8 and their families, with varied treats and activities taking place in every room.
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Dorothy Grunes with Maddie Grunes (8) and Beatrix Grunes (8) all from Glencoe.
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The annual Boo Bash, hosted by the Glencoe Park District on Friday evening, transformed the Takiff Center into a spooktacular playground, just right for ghosts and ghouls and a witch or two. Eerie, interactive fun, both indoors and out; trick-or-treating, glow dance party, Halloween crafts, entertainment, carnival games, and hay rides, all part of this fall extravaganza, which organizers say has grown exponentially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New to Boo Bash this year, Writers Theatre created shadow puppet theatre performances and Friends of the Green Bay Trail and Glencoe Youth Services each provided seasonal crafts coordinated by in-kind volunteers.
Here children participate in craft provided by Friends of the Green Bay Trail.
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The annual Boo Bash, hosted by the Glencoe Park District on Friday evening, transformed the Takiff Center into a spooktacular playground, just right for ghosts and ghouls and a witch or two. Eerie, interactive fun, both indoors and out; trick-or-treating, glow dance party, Halloween crafts, entertainment, carnival games, and hay rides, all part of this fall extravaganza attended by Cinderella, Hope Rubenstein (2), and Prince Charming, Joseph Furto (2) both from Glencoe.
Gina Grillo / baiduhai
The annual Boo Bash, hosted by the Glencoe Park District on Friday evening, transformed the Takiff Center into a spooktacular playground, just right for ghosts and ghouls and a witch or two. Eerie, interactive fun, both indoors and out; trick-or-treating, glow dance party, Halloween crafts, entertainment, carnival games, and hay rides, all part of this fall extravaganza, which organizers say has grown exponentially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gina Grillo / baiduhai
The annual Boo Bash, hosted by the Glencoe Park District on Friday evening, transformed the Takiff Center into a spooktacular playground, just right for ghosts and ghouls and a witch or two. Eerie, interactive fun, both indoors and out; trick-or-treating, glow dance party, Halloween crafts, entertainment, carnival games, and hay rides, all part of this fall extravaganza, which organizers say has grown exponentially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gina Grillo / baiduhai
The annual Boo Bash, hosted by the Glencoe Park District on Friday evening, transformed the Takiff Center into a spooktacular playground, just right for ghosts and ghouls and a witch or two. Eerie, interactive fun, both indoors and out; trick-or-treating, glow dance party, Halloween crafts, entertainment, carnival games, and hay rides, all part of this fall extravaganza, which organizers say has grown exponentially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This year's Boo Bash was a free form party with over 700 attendees, recommended for children ages 2-8 and their families, with varied treats and activities taking place in every room.
The granddaddy of Halloween celebrations along the North Shore, took place at the Takiff Center Friday where area families joined in for an evening of memorable family fun.
New to Boo Bash this year, Writers Theatre created shadow puppet theatre performances and Friends of the Green Bay Trail and Glencoe Youth Services each provided seasonal crafts coordinated by in-kind volunteers.
Here children participate in craft provided by Friends of the Green Bay Trail.
The annual Boo Bash, hosted by the Glencoe Park District, transformed the Takiff Center into a spooktacular playground, just right for ghosts and ghouls and a witch or two. Eerie, interactive fun, both indoors and out included trick-or-treating, a glow dance party, Halloween crafts, entertainment, carnival games and hay rides. Organizers say the event has grown exponentially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Superintendent of marketing and communications for the Glencoe Park District, Erin Classen, says everyone has been missing opportunities to come together for group celebrations.
“Our goal for the event was just to create a memorable Halloween experience for families, that would bring the whole community together,” Classen said. “For over 10 years now, this event has become a safe, fun alternative to Halloween trick-or-treating.”
This year’s Boo Bash was a free form party with over 700 attendees, recommended for children ages 2-8 and their families, with varied treats and activities taking place in every room.
The annual Boo Bash, hosted by the Glencoe Park District on Friday evening, transformed the Takiff Center into a spooktacular playground, just right for ghosts and ghouls and a witch or two. Eerie, interactive fun, both indoors and out; trick-or-treating, glow dance party, Halloween crafts, entertainment, carnival games, and hay rides, all part of this fall extravaganza, which organizers say has grown exponentially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Preregistered tickets were $10 per person, $12 at the door.
This year’s free form party had over 700 attendees, recommended for children ages 2-8 and their families, with varied treats and activities taking place in every room.
New this year, Writers Theatre created shadow puppet theatre performances and Friends of the Green Bay Trail and Glencoe Youth Services each provided seasonal crafts coordinated by in-kind volunteers.
Kristi Rubenstein of Glencoe attended Boo Bash in the mood for some fall family fun.
The annual Boo Bash, hosted by the Glencoe Park District on Friday evening, transformed the Takiff Center into a spooktacular playground, just right for ghosts and ghouls and a witch or two. Eerie, interactive fun, both indoors and out; trick-or-treating, glow dance party, Halloween crafts, entertainment, carnival games, and hay rides, all part of this fall extravaganza attended by Cinderella, Hope Rubenstein (2), and Prince Charming, Joseph Furto (2) both from Glencoe.
“We’ve been cooped up for so long over the past few years, I think we are all really in the mood for a party,” Rubenstein said.
Dorothy Grunes of Glencoe also attended with family.
Dorothy Grunes with Maddie Grunes (8) and Beatrix Grunes (8) all from Glencoe.
“We like all the costumes and the hayride, and the chance to see the other parents outside the school setting,” Grunes said.
Gina Grillo is a freelance reporter with Pioneer Press.
The annual Boo Bash, hosted by the Glencoe Park District on Friday evening, transformed the Takiff Center into a spooktacular playground, just right for ghosts and ghouls and a witch or two. Eerie, interactive fun, both indoors and out; trick-or-treating, glow dance party, Halloween crafts, entertainment, carnival games, and hay rides, all part of this fall extravaganza, which organizers say has grown exponentially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
The annual Boo Bash, hosted by the Glencoe Park District on Friday evening, transformed the Takiff Center into a spooktacular playground, just right for ghosts and ghouls and a witch or two. Eerie, interactive fun, both indoors and out; trick-or-treating, glow dance party, Halloween crafts, entertainment, carnival games, and hay rides, all part of this fall extravaganza, which organizers say has grown exponentially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
The annual Boo Bash, hosted by the Glencoe Park District on Friday evening, transformed the Takiff Center into a spooktacular playground, just right for ghosts and ghouls and a witch or two. Eerie, interactive fun, both indoors and out; trick-or-treating, glow dance party, Halloween crafts, entertainment, carnival games, and hay rides, all part of this fall extravaganza, which organizers say has grown exponentially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
