DOUG WENTZEL: Combining students and the staff at Shaver's Creek and the community has been
a winning combination since Shaver's Creek's inception in 1976. That's what we're good
at, that's what we try to do. The Children's Halloween Trail really embodies that bringing
students together with the community, and a message of conservation.
MUSIC: She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes...
SARA STREET: We don't spend a lot of time outside, but it's nice to come to an outdoor
education facility
MUSIC: She'll be ridin' six white horses when she comes
Let's see your excited face! Like you've never been this excited in your whole life!
[everyone cheers]
MUSIC: ...comin' round the mountain when she comes, hi babe!
Find those bugs! Come on, there's still a few more! Come on guys, everybody search for
it
GIRL: Got it!
[cheering]
MUSIC: We'll all have chicken and dumplings when she comes...
What are you going to wear for Halloween? What are you going to be for Halloween?
KRISTEN SHARP: I think it's fantastic, I think it's a great opportunity for the kids to come
out and learn about nature, and see sights and sounds and animals that they may not have
seen otherwise.
[cheering]
[SINGING] Dun nun nun nun [clap clap] Dun nun nun nun [clap clap] Dun nun nun nun, Dun
nun nun nun, Dun nun nun nun. The pumpkins start to rot, and then they look like snot,
dead and gone they're not, the pumpkin grows again. Dun nun nun nun! [clap clap]
DOUG WENTZEL: Halloween really takes its cue from the natural world. It's a celebration
of the season, and there's a lot to celebrate in the woods of Pennsylvania.
BAT: We have nine different bats in Pennsylvania...
[corn popping]
KIDS: Wake up Mr. Pumpkin!
MR. PUMPKIN: Whoa, there are a lot of people AND a camera in front of me...
POPCORN GUY: Hot stuff!
LITTLE GIRL: I liked when he was up there, and I liked when he flew down!
VOICEOVER: It's great to be, um, a place that does Halloween the way Halloween can be done
in a positive, blood-free, scream-free atmosphere.
[cheering]
[horn honking]
BOY: You know what food they eat? I think they eat leaves.
TAHIRA WEST: Just being with the kids, it's just, it's always a joy.
So, show me, would you give this trail a thumbs up?
GIRL: Yeah
Can you do that?
SARA STREET: I love this place.
MUSIC: She'll be comin' round the mountain, she'll be comin' round the mountain, she'll
be comin' round the mountain when she comes!
GIRL: Yay!