Children's Halloween Party on the Plaza!

 

 

The Town of Taos, Taos Plaza Merchants, Big Brother’s Big Sisters of Northern NM, DMC Broadcasting Inc. and The Taos News will be hosting a Children’s Halloween Party, Haunted House and Trunk-or-Treat on Friday, October 31, 2014 from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Taos Plaza. The event will provide the children of Taos with a fun, safe and supervised event. Everyone is welcome and admission is FREE!  The first 800 children will also receive a free Halloween bag filled with treats and goodies.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

There will be various carnival games such as:  Bean Bag Toss, Bowling, Tarot Cards, Tic-Tac-Toe and Face Painting just to name a few.

 Twenty-six Taos Plaza Merchants will give out candy to trick-or-treaters from their businesses as part of their annual tradition.  Those businesses are: Artwares, At Home in Taos, Charles Collins Gallery #2 McCarthy Plaza, Coyote Club, Frank Secker Gallery, Hotel La Fonda Taos, Indian Hills Jewelry, Inc., Martinez Art, Mesa’s Edge, Mosaic Fine Dining, Natural Accents Gallery, Open Space, Sage Fine Art, Smoke Signals, Sun Shades and Optics, Taos Accessories, Taos Community Center’s Coop, Taos Mercantile, Taos Mountain Candles (2 locations), Taos Mountain Outfitters, Taos Trading Company, The Chocolate Factory, The Gorge Bar & Grill, The I Love Taos Company and The Village Shop. 

 DMC Broadcasting Inc. will have a trailer transformed into a haunted house.  Twelve local businesses will provide a decorated “trunk” full of treats for trick-or-treating which are:  Albertson’s, Brown and Brown Insurance, Central Regional Transit District, Choice Wireless, Desert Sun Motors, Friday Chevrolet, Guadalajara Grill, Holy Cross Hospital, Kit Carson Energy, Lisa B. Gallegos Agency, Randall Lumber and Taos Mountain Casino.  There will be lots of games, lots of prizes, lots of candy and a whole lot of fun!   

 

There will be special performance provided by Dead Elvis from 4:00 PM to 4:25 PM. There will be a costume contest for each of four age groups.  Prizes will be awarded to the child with the Most Original Costume, Funniest Costume and Best Costume.  Children ages 2 and under will be judged at 3:30 PM, 3-5 year olds at 4:15 PM, 6-8 year olds at 5:00 PM, and 9-12 year olds at 5:45 PM. 

 

On October 7, 2014 the Taos Town Council voted to support the Children’s Halloween Party and to allow the closure of the Taos Plaza to vehicular traffic. 

 

Taos Plaza will be closed from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM; however, the Taos Plaza Merchants will be open to foot traffic.  FREE event parking will be available at our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Loretto Parking Lot, Town Hall and Taos Public Library.  AFTER 5:00 PM all metered parking lots will be free.  For handicap parking and for people requiring ADA access to the event there will be extra parking at Guadalupe Parking Lot, and a designated area next to the McCarthy Parking Lot directly behind the old County Courthouse.  After 5:00 PM the US Bank Parking Lot will also be available for handicap parking and for people requiring ADA Parking.  We are estimating an attendance of over 1,500.

 

For more information call Judy, Town of Taos, at 575-751-2037, Kim Seibert, Big Brother’s Big Sisters of Northern NM, at 575-779-0315 or Ben McGiffert, DMC Broadcasting Inc., at 575-758-4491.