LIVE Blogging from Midwest Haunters Convention

Saturday, July 14, 2007 2:35pm

Greetings, Fellow Haunters:

Today is a glorious day in Columbus. There is lots of blue sky, brilliant sunshine and a pleasant breeze outside. The weatherman promises a high of 86 degrees.

Inside the hotel it’s a bustling scene. When I left the tradeshow floor about 10 minutes ago, the aisles were clogged with haunters and gawkers. I popped in some of the early classes and took a few photos.

There is a nice piece called “Haunters share their best scares” on page B1 of today’s Columbus Dispatch. The piece was penned by reporter Brittany Kress and features two photographs (one color, one b&w) by Tom Dodge. The Web site is www.dispatch.com.

Actor and make-up artist Jeff Glatzer, publisher of Scared Stiff magazine, demonstrates applying gelatin during a Saturday morning workshop.

Brian Warner, above, talks about the care, feeding and programming of animatronics. Brian is a partner in Evilusions in Painesville, OH.

Long-time Cleveland haunt performers Elizabeth Biasella, left, Glen Gilmore and Katie Lane lead a class on Character Devlopment. You’re looking at about 40 years’ of combined haunt acting experience in these three wackos.

Rob “Bodybagging” Johnson mugs for the camera while standing in a prop designed and built by his firm. In an effort to show the haunting public that he is not just a good make-up artist, Rob has brought this item and several others to the show and placed them in the Sunday morning auction. I’ll check back with you in mid-afternoon.

Thanks,
Rex