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Hi all, this is off topic a bit but I am so happy I had to share with you all.
I am almost a non-smoker!!! It's been over a week since my last cigarette. I am so stoked!!! like I said off topic but I feel like shouting from the mountian top. YEAH!!!!
Okay We are about half done with cutting out the corn maze. And we did the difficult parts first so the rest should go fast. That is if nothing else goes wrong. Our artist kind-of screwed up the grid a little, not realizing that grid squares had to be square. So after some major number crunching that problem is now more of an annoyance. But we are still racing the clock, as usual. Most of the corn is already up to our heads and is rather thick at the bottem. That makes it hard to get a clean cut even with the ground, making the path real rough. I'll have to go bak later and make sure there are no trip hazzards, thats like 3 miles of path to check.
But soon the real fun starts, props!!! We have 11 hopful scenes for this year. They are all real good and will involve some cool stuff. I cant wait till we start building. Right now I am collecting all the crud I can at sales and auctions. Last week I got 6 hardhats for $ 2.50 COOL! I must say auctions are great for getting cool stuff cheap. Got a pair of old ice tongs (from when they used river ice) for a buck.
Well here I go. About to head out for my first day of cutting corn. We will attack armed with garden hoes, and a measureing tape. I will know that field by every 30 inches by the time I am done. And it's a 4.5 plus acre field. Every year we have a different picture to cut out. This year is really cool. it is a mad Dr. with a biohazzard symbol in the background and a reactor tower off to the side. When we are done we will fly over in a little 4 seater and take photos. Then we go back in and cut out the gates. Those are areas of corn that don't need to be cut for the picture but are needed to make it an actual working maze. Then the real fun starts. We can then start setting up for the haunt. In will go the sound system, 42 speakers on posts, and this year we hope for 11 scenes in addition to our 3-d area, graveyard, and story circles where the talking buckys tell the story.
I am off to kill the corn
Thank goodness. We finaly have a cut map and can start on the maze in the field today.  We are so behind. Our designer took about 2 weeks over deadline to finish, I guess there were 'issues'. Oh well. I am just glad to finaly get started. But the funny thing is we really tried to get ahead this year. It's dissapointing to still be behind after starting early. Well I'll be busy the next week or so cutting down corn in the Iowa sun. Got to make that maze.
I want to start by thanking everyone involved in making Hauntcon possible. The experance was great. We started on the Pre-show tour. In Baton Rouge we went to The 13th Gate, a wonderful haunt, staffed by great people. The attention to details made the haunt the great attraction that it is. I am still in awe. Then we went to a place called Myrtles Plantion, A haunted plantation that gives tours. The tuor guide was great, very entertaining and very informative. Then we toured a haunt called Chamber of Horrors, a very good smaller haunt. Well done with lots of cool props. After that we made the trip to tour The House of Shock. WOW, they sure have that one named correctly. First they had a small freakshow with a straitjacket escape, and other acts. really cool, then we toured the haunt. It was great, extreme but awesome. The actor in this haunt were great, over the top, and energetic. A great haunt. Then we tourd a haunt-in-progress called Mortuary. They are going to have a great show when they are done. All of the above happend on the whirlwind Preshow tour, I should mention that all the above haunts also gave guided lights on tours so we could all ask questions and see how they acheaved their effects. It was a great time and I learned so much even before I attened a class at the show.
I will write about the show later as I just returned and have tons of unpacking to do before work tomorrow. If you went great hanging out with you all, if not make plans to attend next year as it changes locations every year and Iam sure there will be a new set of great haunts to tour.
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