This year, holiday festivals in local recreation departments will be a little different. With temporary guidelines in place to keep everyone safe from the COVID-19 pandemic, recreation departments and residents have also been rethinking how best to approach their holiday plans and activities. The Hamlin Recreation Department will not be able to host its annual Scream Fest event this year, but instead has created a new event in order to provide fun Halloween opportunities for families and friends.
Hamlin’s Horrid Halloween Drive-Thru will take place on Saturday, October 31, from 7 to 9 p.m., in Hamlin Town Park, 1658 Lake Road, Hamlin. This free event for families and kids will encompass a drive through Hamlin Town Park amongst scary, creepy, fun, and horrid Halloween displays.
The Friends of Hamlin Recreation have been working hard with the Recreation Department to coordinate this new event and invite other small groups of families, friends, and co-workers to help build more displays to fill the park. Sponsors are helping fill the goodie bags which will be presented to children at the end of the drive-thru.
The concept is that each display building group will be a “safe” group, autonomously building and/or performing their own display. All display builders will be provided with pizza and each display, after having been voted on by the public during the drive-thru, will be eligible for the coveted Golden Pumpkin Award and a $100 cash prize.
If any other local groups would like to participate in this event by building a scary, creepy, fun, or horrid Halloween display, contact the Hamlin Recreation Department at 964-7222.
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