Just Last week I had a brief e-mail conversation about Transylvania County with a gentleman who resides in London - His question after getting a brief description about Transylvania County being similar in terrain to Transylvania in Romania - “Are There Vampires?”
I don’t know. Do you? You might want to come to Halloween Fest this year on October 25, 2008 and see what you can find out -
Saturday – October 25, 2008

9:00am-11:00am Proper Pot Apple/Pumpkin Bake-Off

Proper Pot – Judging at 11:00am

10:00am-6:00pm Street Festival: Food and Crafts

(Downtown Brevard)

10:00am-6:00pm Family Activities: Tiny Tot Pumpkin

Bowl, Eurobungee, Ghoulish Golf,

Hay Maze, Cookie Decorating, Little Blue Choo

10:00am-4:00pm Pay-to-Play Inflatables

10:30am Junior Fiddle Music Competition

(Courthouse Gazebo)

11:00am-6:00pm Old Time Music Competition

(Courthouse Gazebo)

1:15pm Costume Parade Judging – TYC

2:00pm Costume Parade (Downtown)

2:30pm-3:30pm Trick or Treat

(Downtown Merchants/Vendors)

3:00pm-3:30pm Pumpkin Carving Contest

(Transylvania Times – Judging 3:30pm)

8:00pm-10:00pm Old Time String Band Competition

(TBD) $3 admission

Other Halloween Activities:

7:30am-12:00pm American Red Cross Blood Drive

10:00am-4:30pm Juried Craft Show

(Sacred Heart Catholic Church)

1:30pm-4:30pm Fall Festival (First Baptist Church)

6:30,7:45,9:00pm “The Legend of Tommy Hodges” (Cradle of Forestry)

5:30pm Flight of the Vampire 5K Race & Fun Walk

(Brevard Rotary) S. Gaston near TC Library

Dusk – 11:00pm “Shock in the Corn” Brevard Jaycees Haunted Maze

(Blue Ridge Corn Maze)

7:00pm-8:30pm Slightly Spooky & Frightfully Funny

Storytelling (TC Library Amphitheater)

Check out some of the other posts on the Scenic 276 blog for more info on where to stay, for instance I have been told that there is still some availability at: The Sassy Goose