2011 Schedule of Events and Activities


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Meals


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 GreatLakesFrightFest@gmail.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!

FRIDAY:
 ♦ Dinner: The KK's Keeper's Chili


SATURDAY:
 ♦ Breakfast: Cereal, coffee cake, coffee, tea OJ
 ♦ Lunch: Chili, Hotdogs and Chips
 ♦ Dinner: Potluck (bring a dish to pass)


SUNDAY:
 ♦ Breakfast: Pancakes, sausage links, coffee, tea, milk, OJ
 ♦ Lunch: Left Overs from Potluck

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Great Lakes FrightFest At A Glance


THURSDAY:
 ♦ Set up camp, start on your Haunted House room
 ♦ 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 periodically throughout the day
 ♦ Pot Luck Dinner
 ♦ Raffle & Door Prizes
 ♦ Children's hayride
 ♦ Renaissance / Werewolf Wedding
 ♦ Haunters Against Hunger Haunted House
 ♦ Breakfast, lunch & dinner


SUNDAY:
 ♦ Haunt Related Demos
 ♦ Children's activities periodically throughout the day
 ♦ Tear Down
 ♦ Breakfast & lunch


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2010 Demos, Workshops and Events

2011

Speakers, Classes, Demos and Times

This is just a list of tentative Speakers and Demos

Classes, speakers and times subject to change.

Classes and Demo's are listed with yellow titles, Work Shops and Make & Takes are listed with orange titles.

SATURDAY

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 whom all attends.
Please !
Drop off your "haunted house can goods" at the "drop off tent" and you will receive a second wristband for entering the haunted house. This way you will not have to carry all those heavy items while standing in line.
 
 
8:00 - 9:30
- BREAKFAST -
Continental Style - Cereal, fruit, coffee cakes, coffee, tea, milk, OJ etc.
 
 
8:00 - 9:30
Haunter's Show and Tell - Bring your pictures and videos( and a laptop to play them on) o your haunt, home haunt or party to share with others.
 
 
9:15 - 9:30
- Welcoming Announcements -
Kkrazy
Kkaren
 
 
 
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Photographing Your Haunt (One on One with Your Camera) - Work Shop - So you tried taking those pictures of your haunt and they didn't come out the way you wanted. You put it into auto mode and the flash fired or you got a blurry shot. Well now you can learn those "scary" settings know as manual mode. Bring your camera and maunual (if you still have it) and Brandon will help you figure out how to get great shots of your haunt with YOUR camera. Catch Brandon and make set up a time to really learn how use your camera Dr.Ravenscroft@gmail.com
Brandon Tucker
(aka Ravenscroft)
9:30 - 10:00
Lit-From-Within Tombstones - A detailed demonstration of how to make one of those really cool tombstones with in which the individual letters of the "dead person's" name and / or epitaph are internally lit.
Sean Overton
Haunt Club Chicago
10:00 - 10:30
Ground Breaker / Toe Pincher Coffin - The basic construction and faux wood demo of Bill's latest foam creation.
A full Make & Take will be offered later in the day. - See description and costs below (1:30 - 3:15).
Bill Steinke
Motor City Haunt Club
10:30 - 11:00
Motor City Haunt Club Introduction - A brief but precise introduction of our own MCHC, their mission and benefits.
 
Motor City Haunt Club
11:00 - 11:30
Blood Demo - An in depth discussion of the different uses and receipts of three popular theatrical "bloods". Presented by Bryan Larson, Matt Mio, and Paul Jameson.
 
Motor City Haunt Club
11:00 - 12:00
Corpse Spitter - Make & Take - When triggered this unit will shoot a mist of water onto your unsuspecting patrons. You will get a complete kit, instructions and assistance to put together your very own "spitter" mechanism for you to place inside one of your buckys. This is only for the "spitter mechanism.
Similar to this . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrI4eIoTpMA
For more information and to sign up, please contact Jim directly: jaws01@gmail.com

Hurry! Class is limited to 1st 12 to sign up.
Prices for kit $30.00.
Jim Wieme
Motor City Haunt Club
11:30 - 12:00
Hip Surgery for your Bucky - A highly detailed "How To" to fix your bucky's hip joint so that they can be posed to sit properly. Not in a crude and suggestive manner.
Bob Vailliencourt
12:00 - 1:00
- LUNCH -
12:30 - 1:00
Cockroaches in Motion - An in depth look into how Chuck was able to make his roaches move about, even on his walls in the wonderful infested kitchen scene in last years GLFF haunted house.
Chuck Hainy
1:00 - 2:00
Your Air Brush & Airbrush Make Up - An overview of what basic air brush equipment you will need (and how to use it properly) to start using it to apply makeup for you haunters.
Jacquelyn Darke
1:30 - 3:15
Ground Breaker / Toe Pincher Coffin - Make & Take - This make & take will provide you with all the material and instructions on how to make your very own awesome prop. During this time you will be able to practice your faux wood techniques as well as some painting details. Assembly instructions will also be provided, but more than likely final assembly will need to be completed at home. Besides the complete prop is large and could easily be damaged on the trip home.
For more information and to sign up, please contact Bill directly: steinke2@juno.com

Hurry! Class is limited to 1st 20 to sign up.
Prices for kit $20.00.
Bill Steinke
Motor City Haunt Club
2:00 - 3:00
Chillin' the Fog - Pros and Cons of different fog chiller design, which one will best suit your needs.
Randy Goddard
3:00 - 4:00
How to Trigger Your Prop - Different methods for triggering your props and why it is a good idea to use micro-controllers. Also a live demo on the EFX - TEK's new stand alone EZ3 micro controller an inexpensive way to control just about anything.
Toby Wrolson
Haunt 31
3:30 - 4:30
Zombie Caution Sign - Make & Take - Material, supplies and instructions to make your very own yellow plastic Zombie Caution Sign.
Cost: $5.00, please pay Lisa at the time of the make & take.
There will be two separate groups of 20 for this make & take. Each lasting about 1/2 hour long.
Lisa Carmer
4:00 - 4:30
Air Cannons - Get a Big Bang form your air cannon. A simple demonstration of why and how an air cannon works. As well as what is needed to build your own.
Dave Doxey
5:00 - 6:30
- Dinner -
Enjoy a feast you have never experienced before.
 
 
6:00 - 7:00
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.
 
 
6:30 - 7:30
Werewolf Prosthetics - Watch the master at work. Robert will be taking about a how he made the Bride and Groom's custom werewolf prosthetics. Followed by the actual application of them in preparation of tonight wedding.
In the Make & Take Tent
Robert Beech
Dusk - 8:30
Medieval / Werewolf Wedding - Yes this will be an actual wedding done in full costume and make-up.
 
 
9:30 - ?????
"Haunters Against Hunger" Haunted Houses. This is our 10th 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

SUNDAY

9:30-10:30
- Breakfast -
Pancakes, sausage links, cereal, fruit, coffee, tea, milk OJ etc.
10:30 - 11:00
Hot Wire Demo - Robert will demonstrate many of Hot Wire's different foam cutting tools. How to use them properly and what special effects they can be use for.
Robert Beech
Brandywind Cemetery
11:00 - 11:30
Glass Slide Pendant / Ornament - Make & Take - An easy to make but beautiful pendent.
Cost $3:00, Please pay Karen Murphy at the time of the Make & Take.
Karen Murphy
11:30 - 12:30
Monster Mud Revisited - Description of event.
Christine Comfort
Celynn
11:30 - 12:30
- LUNCH -
Also announcement of our winners of the Best Haunted House Room and Best Campsite Awards
 
 
 
 

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2011 Kids Activities

 

SATURDAY

 

 
Saturday Scavenger Hunt
Rules:
  • Children must have a team of 3 to 6 members - at least one member over the age of 12.
  • Teams will receive the clues, pencil, and map of the campground.
  • Complete the clue, find the answer which will give the campsite location, go the campsite and answer the question.
  • Please do not touch anything at the campsite. If anything is disturbed you will be disqualified and the entire scavenger hunt will be stopped.
  • Only GLFF registered guests with wrist bands can participate.
 
Clues: (distributed only twice on Saturday)
  • Meet Becky after breakfast at the pavilion
  • Meet Becky after lunch at the pavilion
Prize Pick Up (distributed only twice on Saturday)
  • Meet Becky after lunch at the pavilion
  • Meet Becky after dinner at the pavilion
 
Saturday Face Painting
Rules: Professional Face Painting by Linda
  • Only GLFF registered guests with wrist bands can participate, limited number of seats available
  • Sign up sheet at the pavilion on Saturday Morning
    Children under the age of 12 years old - one free face paint if signed up
    Tweens- $2 donation
    Adults - full face paint $5 donation
 
Saturday Morning Craft
Rules:
  • Only GLFF registered guests with wrist bands can participate, limited number of seats available
  • Sign up sheet at the pavilion on Saturday Morning
  • Children under the age of 10 years old must be accompanied by an adult
Young child craft (age 5 - 10 with adult)
  • Halloween Melty Beads (or foamy visor)

Tween craft (11 and up)
  • Shrinky dinks
 
Saturday Afternoon Craft
Rules:
  • Only GLFF registered guests with wrist bands can participate, limited number of seats available
  • Sign up sheet at the pavilion on Saturday Morning
  • Children under the age of 10 years old must be accompanied by an adult
Young child craft (age 5 - 10 with adult)
  • Wizard Wand

Tween craft (11 and up)
  • Wizard Wand
 
Saturday After Dinner Activity (between 6-8pm)
Pinata
  • All GLFF chidren welcome
Bingo
  • All GLFF chidren welcome
 
 

 


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