Despite a rapid change in weather Friday late afternoon, the Lock City's Home Center's Halloween Spooktacular, and other events, went on as planned.
A cold front pushed through around 4:30 p.m. dropping the temperature several degrees in just minutes. Strong winds and rain also dampened the evening conditions... but not the spirit of the participants.
Stephanie Sprecker, director of the Downtown Development Authority, was pleased with the public turnout and business participation at all the events.
"Despite the weather Friday night, we had a great turnout for Lock City Home Center’s Halloween Spooktacular. The community came together to make this a great night! This year, we had double the number of registrants for the trunk-or-treat event at Farmer’s Market and close to double the amount of parade participants compared to last year. We also added new activities such as food trucks and several haunted houses," Sprecker said.
Even with the scary, damp, chilly weather, the Parade of Frights proceeded.
"Sault High and LSSU marching bands even joined us, leading the Parade of Frights and the LSSU Art Club performed the judging. The event would not have been possible without support from our sponsors, Lock City Home Center, Soo Co-Op Credit Union, and Soo Motors as well as local businesses," continued Sprecker.
Outside of the downtown events, the Michigan State Police Post held a Halloween Open House with several displays, bouncy houses and treats.
E-free Church gave away over 150 dinners on the go with their Inaugural Halloween drive-through dinner. Parents and children were treated to free hot dogs, chips, chilli and bottled water before they hit the other events in town.
Sprecker stressed that without the help from local businesses, events like this would be hard to have.
"Please remember to give back to these local businesses who make such great events happen in our community this holiday season and shop local," she added.
