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The original scheme for Halloween '99 was to dress up my brother Bart's house in
downtown Herndon and scare the little kiddies from there. But several things
conspired to change our plans. Most importantly, Bart informed us that last
year he only got three trick-or-treaters and, as far as I was concerned, that
simply wouldn't do. You see, by scaring in volume, we are able to keep costs
down and pass the savings on to you...the consumer. Our second choice was my parents' house, but again, the lack-o'-kiddies issue reared its ugly head and we were on to a search for site "C." Just then, Bart's girlfriend Dana (a newly-minted lawyer) came to the rescue with an offer to use her parents' house, in a neighborhood populated almost exclusively by kiddies with nervous disorders. Ok, so I'm kidding about the last part, but as far as I know, several of them may have awakened the next morning to find they had developed one. Our cast consisted of "T", Bart, Will, Jason, Da Schwartz, and myself. The support crew consisted of Dana, her parents, and my mom, who took over the care and feeding of the cast. We hung a very large black light over the door, for atmosphere. Then put a CD of scary sound effects, turned up to "11", in the garage.
So, ya got yer candy, and you think hey, this was a breeze, now all I gotta do is walk back down the driveway, and I'm home free. Well, think again there Chester! Laaz and his "Fright Club" might just have a thing or two to say about that. Wanna see the results?
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