2009 Schedule of Events and Activities

Meals will be provided at Great Lakes FrightFest, however we ask that you help out by bringing both a dish to pass for the pot luck dinner as well as additional food supplies that will be used to help feed everyone (See the registration form or email us at KK@GreatLakesFrightFest.com for information on how to do this).

We will provide:
Coffee, tea, creamer, sugar, hot coco, OJ, plates, bowls, napkins, plastic silverware, styrofoam cups, condiments

What to bring:
Your beverages, snacks, munchies, a Dish To Pass for the pot luck dinner and canned goods for the food drive!

THURSDAY:
 ♦ Set up camp, assemble Haunted House
 ♦ Meals on your own

FRIDAY:
 ♦ Breakfast and Lunch "on your own"

 ♦ Finish assembling campsite
 ♦ Set up individual sites
 ♦ Campfire social
 ♦ Movie Night
 ♦ Dinner

SATURDAY:
 ♦ Show n Tell
 ♦ Haunt Related Demos
 ♦ Children's activities throughout the day
 ♦ Pot Luck Dinner
 ♦ Raffle & Door Prizes
 ♦ Children's hayride
 ♦ GLFF "Fog Off" (sponsored by Froggy's Fog)
 ♦ Haunters Against Hunger Haunted House
 ♦ Children's Haunted House
 ♦ Breakfast, lunch & dinner

SUNDAY:
 ♦ Haunted House / Show & Tell
 ♦ Haunt Related Demos
 ♦ Children's activities throughout the day
 ♦ Tear Down
 ♦ Breakfast & lunch

Opens at 8:30

Registration - Please register at the registration tent to receive your GLFF wrist band (one per person) and "goody bag" (one per family) this allows us to keep an accurate head count of who attend. At that time you will also receive your door prize ticket (one per adult). Please keep your ticket as we will only be awarding door prizes by ticket number and not by name.

8:00 - 9:30

Continental Style - Cereal, fruit, coffee cakes, coffee, tea, milk, OJ etc.

8:00 - 9:30

Haunter's Show and Tell - Bring your pictures and DVD's of your haunt, home haunt or party to share with others. A TV and DVD player will be available.

9:15 - 9:30

- Welcoming Announcements -

Kkrazy Kkaren

9:30 - 10:00

Simple Prop Lighting and Triggers - Rick will show us how to convert a string of LED lights into individual spots for accent lighting your haunt. As well as how to build an inexpensive but reliable pressure mat. Rick heads up D.A.F.E. (Darkride and Funhouse Enthusiasts) a group devoted to promoting and preserving this unique haunt forum at today's amusement parks.

Rick Davis

D.A.F.E.

10:00 - 10:30

Basic Electrical Safety for Your Haunt - Jeff is willing to share his knowledge, with the Do's and Don't of wiring your haunt. How to run power to all 1000 of your props and lights without causing a fire or bringing down the eastern grid.

Jeff Squire

Hazelhurst Manor

10:30 - 11:00

Basic Introduction of EFX-TEK's Prop 1 - Jeff - the guru of the Halloween electronic / robotic industry is going to demonstrate the versatility of the Prop 1 controller board for your haunt. Ever wanted to have precise control of the on - off and run times of all of your props, as well as allowing various types of triggers all in one unit? Then the Prop 1 is for you. Also EFX-TEK has donated a Prop 1 starter kit will be raffled off during the GLFF.

Jeff Londos

Monster-Tronics

11:00 - 11:30

Tips on How to Photograph Your Haunt - Brandon will give you hints on how to properly photograph your haunt so that your pictures will actually show off your hours of hard work. Everything from proper and special lighting effects, to camera settings, to the camera and prop positioning. A "must attend" for every haunter.

Brandon Tucker

(aka Ravenscroft)

11:30 - 12:00

Spook Up Your Windows - Bob is going to show us a simple way to dress up your home's windows for Halloween. With easy to make window coverings that looks like you have 100 pairs of eyes staring out at you.

Bob Vailliencourt

12:00 - 1:00

12:30 - 1:00

Culinary Artist - Jon will showing us how to conjure up three different "drinks" for the Halloween season. Also he will show us how to make an "Eye Ball" cake for everyones delight. "Here's looking at you!

Jon Elias

1:00 - 2:00

Prosthetics, from Beginning to End - Robert is going to demonstrate how to properly design, make, mold, cast and apply fabulous looking prosthetics for you and your actors. Robert is a very talented artist from southern Michigan but has done work for companies all over the United States including Disney.

Robert Beech

Unsavory Characters

1:00 - 2:30

**** - Make and Take - **** Halloween Prop Master's Poor Man's 3 axis "neck" Mechanism - Please contact Jim to reserve your kit (limited to 10 kits each) at jaws01@gmail.com. $35.00 for complete motor(s) and PVC kits or $14.00 for PVC kit only.

Jim Wieme

2:00 - 3:00

Pneumatics for Beginners - The bits and pieces of pneumatic prop building. What you need to get started for building great animated props. Paul has won the "Best Room" at GLFF 2 years running. If you forgot he did the dinning room scene in 2007 and the toilet scene in 2008. Check out the photo gallery to see his work.

Paul Jameson

Hand Out

2:30 - 3:30

**** - Make and Take - **** Skull- Paper Craft Box - Skull - paper craft box as a fun and easy make and take. The only skill required is being able to cut along a line and some folding and taping. We ask that you bring a good pair of paper cutting scissors so everyone has their own. This class is open to all; younger children might require some assistance. Be sure to cut up with all of your haunt friends and make a skull box. - No Charge for the craft.

Karen Murphy

Haunted Keepsakes

3:00 - 4:00

Fog U 101a - Now that you bought that bodacious fogger - what to do with it. We'll show you some great tips on how to get the best out of your fogger. From fog chillers, to fog distribution and a demonstration of our new project "The Fogger Fall". Many of you may already know Corey from Minions Web a web site to offering many haunter "gotta haves" as well as a great place to find ideas.

Corey Minion and Brian Taylor

Minions Web

3:00 - 5:00

Fog U 101b - Here's a chance for you to check out a side by side comparison of our sponsor’s Froggy's Fog's four main fog juices so that you can see for yourself what will work best for your haunt. BTW, this year we will have some of each of their product for sale at listed prices, save tons on shipping.

Froggy's Fog

4:00 - 5:00

**** - A Work Shop - **** Fog U 102 - You learned the basics of what makes a fogger tick last year in Fog U 101. Now bring your broken, barely working foggers and we will show and help you get them up and running like new again. This is a hands on work shop so if you can, please bring some basic tools: - screw drivers, crescent wrench and pliers. Brian has a full time job keeping Kkrazy Kkaren in the realm of the real world without restricting her imagination. Check the message board under the forum"GLFF Annual Fog Off" for more details.

Brian Taylor and Corey Minion

Minions Web

4:00 - 5:00

Basic Make Up & Prosthetic Kits - Jon will show us how to properly use the makeup and prosthetics pieces supplied in your typical store bought "injury kit" for simple and realistic looking effects for your haunt or film. Jon is one of "our kids" that has grown up at GLFF. Over the years has learned alot from others and on his own and has become a very respected talented haunter in his own right.

Jon Shroyer

5:00 - 5:30

Haunt and Props Lighting - Jeff will show us different methods to light up your haunt and props to get that effect you're looking for without giving away too much detail. Also covered will be different ways to disguise your light source, so the people only see the effect and not the light. He will be using different types of lights so that you will be able to decide what will work best in your haunt.

Jeff Squire

Hazelhurst Manor

5:30 - 6:00

Barn Wood Effect Demo - Robert is willing to show us how to make realistic looking, old, aged wood from styrofoam and Hot Wire Foam Factory products. Materials: Styrofoam and HWFF foam coating products.

Robert Beech

Unsavory Characters

6:00 - 7:30

- Dinner -

Enjoy a feast you have never experienced before.

7:00 - 8:30

Raffles - During this time we will be raffling off our fantastic prizes so graciously donated by our sponsors. Do remember that proceeds from the raffles go to St. Anne's Parish food bank and the Monroe County Humane Society.

8:30 - 9:00

The Great Annual "Fog Off" - Bring you biggest and baddest fogger and/or chiller and help us celebrate the kick off of the annual "Haunters Against Hunger" Haunted Houses. This also helps eradicate the mosquitoes by fogging out the entire campground. A sight to be seen. Also Corey Minion will be showing off some of VEI's new high output 20,000 and 35, 000 cfm foggers - fog your entire neighborhood.

Froggy's Fog

Dusk - ????

"Haunters Against Hunger" Haunted Houses. This is our 8th Annual event to raise non-perishables for both the St. Anne's Parish food bank as well as the Monroe County Humane Society.

Haunters Against Hunger

9:30 - 10:30

Pancakes, sausage links, cereal, fruit, coffee, tea, milk OJ etc.

10:30 - 11:00

Cord Project Box - Bob is going to show us a quick and easy way to protect your extension cord plugs from the elements and avoid electrocution.

Bob Vailliencourt

11:00 -11:30

Shrunken Head Audio - Sean will be showing us their newest offering in audio systems and taking input into future models. We'll also help people with building kits of their own for their haunts and props. If you want to talk audio, this is the session.

Sean Overton

(aka Shadow Opal)

11:30 - 12:30

Creepy Old House - A demonstration on a simple facades and painting effects. It will cover a paint effect he calls 'Creepy Old House' , monster mud walls, and a few other aging techniques. A must class if you plan on doning anything like this.

Dustin Morton

(aka Dr. Bones)

12:30 - 1:00

**** - Make and Take - **** Spooky Votive Holder - In this quick and easy make and take we will be taking a frosted glass and adding some spooky embellishments to make a spooky votive holder. Material cost is $1.00 per votive holder. Join us for some good old fashion spooky fun.- If time permits

Karen Murphy

Haunted Keepsakes

12:30 - 1:00

3-D Shadow Effect - A demonstration on a simple an inexpensive way to make 3-D shadows happen in your haunt. This will include the basic material needed and how best to set the effect up.

Brian Taylor

(aka KK's Kkeeper)

12:30 - 1:00

- LUNCH -

Also announcement of our winners of the Best Haunted House Room and Best Campsite Awards

Kids Goodies Bags

Waterballon toss

Camp Grounds - Hayrides

Piñata

Face painting

Fishing

Basket Ball

Bike Rental

Children's Haunted House

Much, much more ................

Some Time

Little Kids Face Painting - Witchypoo will be offering simple face painting for the kid exact time TBA.

Deanna Morton

(aka Witchypoo)

11:00 -12:00

Munchable Monster Hands - Join Karen in making some "delightful" eatable hands.

Karen Murphy

Haunted Keepsakes

1:00 - 2:00

And of course GLFF's Piñata - Full of goodies and other unexpected delights.

2:30 - 3:30

**** - Make and Take - **** Skull- Paper Craft Box - Skull - paper craft box as a fun and easy make and take. The only skill required is being able to cut along a line and some folding and taping. We ask that you brig a good pair of paper cutting scissors so everyone has their own. This class is open to all, younger children might require some assistance. Be sure to cut up with all of your haunt friends and make a skull box. - No Charge for the craft.

Karen Murphy

Haunted Keepsakes

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