LIVE Blogging from Midwest Haunters Convention

Saturday, July 14, 2007 10:45 PM

Greetings, Fellow Haunters:
The Saturday class schedule at Midwest Haunters Convention was divided into three groups: the first set of classes ran from 9:30 until 11 AM, the second from 1 PM until 2:30 and the third from 2:45 until 4:15 PM.

I think what the producers had in mind when they devised this schedule were:

1. Give attendees plenty of time (2 hours) to go out for lunch and or visit the tradeshow floor, and
2. Allow the instructors enough time (90 minutes) for thoroughly discussing a particular topic.

I learned that more than one of the morning classes went way over its nominal stop time. In fact one class did not conclude until 12:45 PM – that’s a 3 hour, 15 minute class! This was not a problem, since the next class was not scheduled to begin until 1 PM.

Bravo to the MHC instructors who accommodated their students’ wishes for lots of haunt information!
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I took photographs of some of today’s late afternoon classes:

Above is Roger “Ichabod” Miller of Cleveland, Ohio during his class on Original Character Development.
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MHC’s 2007 Monster Make-up War is now in the books. Crazy Bob Turner was the contest’s Master of Ceremonies, ably assisted by show producer Kellie Collins.

The runner-up was artist Katie Johnston and model Laura Kessler, both of Evilusions in Eastlake, Ohio. Here’s what they looked like at the end of the contest:

The Monster Make-up War’s winning team was comprised of artists Jamie Perkins of Chicago, IL and Jeff Glatzer of Cleveland, OH. The model was Jamie’s mother, Kerri Perkins (center). Take a look at the winners:

Have a safe evening and I’ll talk to you tomorrow.
Thanks,
Rex