OCCC set for annual Halloween Carnival
WHAT: Halloween Carnival
WHERE: College Union
WHEN: From 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30
PRICE: $1 per child
DETAILS: OCCC welcomes children to dress up and enjoy a night of candy, games and live music. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
1Ultimate Terrors
1741 Bell Isle Blvd
(11.8 miles from OCCC)
Cost: $10 per house, $20 for all three houses, $37 VIP package
Opens at 6 p.m.
Not recommended for children under 11
2 Dungeon Haunted Ride in 3D
101. E. Calfifornia
(9.6 miles from OCCC)
Cost: $10.50
Opens at 7 p.m.
3Bricktown Haunted Warehouse
101 E. California
(9.6 miles from OCCC)
Cost: $12.50
Opens at 7 p.m.
4Crossroad’s Asylum
1211 E I-240
(5 miles from OCCC)
Cost: $10
Open from 8 p.m. to midnight
5 Yukon’s Annual Spooksville
Yukon, Okla.
(15.9 miles from OCCC)
Cost: $3 per child
Open from 3 to 6 p.m. Oct. 31
Ethan Hendricks
Staff Writer
The Halloween Carnival promises to be a night filled with costumes, candy and spooks at OCCC from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30.
The event is sponsored by Student Life and is aimed at elementary age children from the surrounding community, said Katie Treadwell, Service Learning and Student Life programs coordinator.
Treadwell said admission is $1 per child for the entire event. An adult must accompany the children.
“We pass out fliers to the seven elementary schools in the local community to advertise the event,” she said.
The two-hour-long event is comprised of 30 booths all run by members of student organizations.
Treadwell said the booths set up simple, Halloween-orientated games for the visiting children with small toys and trinkets as rewards and prizes.
Along with the prizes, each booth has a supply of candy, courtesy of the Student Life, which they will hand out to the children, she said.
Treadwell said games being offered include Halloween putt-putt, Halloween limbo, ring toss and similar games. Student Life also will bring in a DJ to play music.
Some of the booths include a MASH unit run by the Health Professions Club where kids can get wrapped up in bandages and fake blood.
The Environmental Club booth will be handing out pumpkin seeds to the children in small cups. The children can then take the seeds and plant them on campus or at home.
Art Student Association will have pumpkins at their booths for children to paint.
“We have a DJ named Brian Smith who’s been with us for several years and owns Chameleon Entertainment,” Treadwell said. “He comes in and plays kid-friendly, popular music for the kids like Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers.”
She said student clubs will set up their booths at 4 p.m. and Student Life will provide free pizza and drinks to the volunteers at 5 p.m.
Treadwell emphasized that the Halloween Carnival serves the community by providing a safe, controlled environment where parents can bring their children.
“We want to serve the community,” she said. “We are a community college.”
For more information, contact Treadwell at 405-682-1611, ext. 7683.
