Watch Your Head

I am a total wimp when it comes to scary stories. I was that girl at the slumber party that kept pushing the fun and flirty Doris Day flick over the latest Slasher film. ("I know you want to be scared but isn't the way they spackled on make-up and hairspray in the 60s scary enough?!") But there was always one story that I loved despite my cowardly leanings, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. There was just something about that gangly school teacher, the buxom Dutch mistress, and the dark, undead Hessian soldier that always made me want to read or watch again and again. And this is all leading up to why I love my job: Because they let me share the love of my favorite stories with the community (aka: let my addictions run wild so they are inflicted on others).

This weekend at the Defiance Public Library we are hosting the first annual:

Sleepy Hollow Festival

October 18, 2008
1-5 p.m.
Defiance Library Fortgrounds

Main Events:
2:00 p.m. - Live Performance of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by ArtReach: a division of the Children's Theater of Cincinnati

3:00 p.m. - Live Bluegrass Band
Lonesome Meadow

4:00 p.m. - The Legends of Defiance County
as told by Schoolmaster Dave Bennet

Other activities throughout the afternoon include:
Historic Children's Games taught by Sauder's Village Performer, 'Modern Day' children's games for candy and prizes, Meet the real (un)live Headless Horseman at the Sleepy Hollow Graveyard, Make a Head for the Horseman, Enjoy Cider and snacks at Van Tassel's Lodge

Phew! Can't believe it's almost here! Come on out and enjoy some Fall Family Fun with us. See you there!

monty

L2F: It's Real. I can tell you this from personal experience when my brother and I actually got locked in one afternoon. Long story...thankfully I've lived to tell it...