FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications, 304-696-7153
 

Children invited to trick-or-treat Wednesday
at the Marshall Recreation Center

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Recreation Center will celebrate Halloween Wednesday, Oct. 28 by inviting children in the community to trick-or-treat and turning the new facility on MU’s Huntington campus into “The Haunted Rec.”

Trick-or-treat for the little ghosts, goblins and ghouls is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the recreation center. The Halloween celebration continues until 11 p.m.

Featured throughout the first floor of the recreation center will be various stations with different levels of fright. Visitors are invited to traipse through the graveyard in the lobby, visit the Great Pumpkin at Equipment Issue, load up on candy at the Candyland Candywalk, and test their mettle by navigating the Outdoor Pursuits Bat Cave and Haunted Wall. 

Rocktober Café, featuring local bands and Marshall students performing in the lobby of the reaction center, will follow trick-or-treat.  Rocktober Café is from 8:30 p.m. until 11 p.m.   Prizes will be given away for best, most creative, scariest and other categories of costumes.

Light refreshments will be provided and the Freshens Juice Bar will stay open until 10 p.m.

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