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Ghouls and princesses intermingled on Friday night for Louisburg’s annual Halloween on Broadway. Around 30 local businesses participated in the event this year and according to Dr. Damon Dennis of the Louisburg Chiropractic Office, 11 N. Broadway, the number of businesses has grown considerabl y.
Dennis said originally, only businesses on Broadway Street participated, but a few years ago other businesses within the community were invited to join in on the fun by passing out candy to kids and dressing up themselves.
“It seems like it’s grown by about four or five businesses over the last five or six years,” Dennis added.
Dennis has organized the event with members of his staff for the last four years and said one of his favorite aspects of the annual event was seeing what business owners will be dressed up as.
“I just get a kick out of that,” Dennis said with a laugh. “The women over at the Twist were all dressed up and seeing that is what really makes it a lot of fun.” Dennis himself was decked out in 70s disco attire, complete with an afro and wide-legged polyester pants.
Despite the bitter cold, he said he thought the event had a nice crowd this year and was very happy to see other businesses come out to join.
Stephanie Harper, an assistant at the Louisburg Animal Clinic located at 704 W. Amity St., said this was the first year the clinic was actually able to participate, although they have donated candy in the past. For their first year, the assistants decided to dress up as black cats with the veterinarian dressed up as a dog.
Harper said it was beneficial that the event was held the day before Halloween this year so people could attend and then take their children to other houses on Halloween night. Among the array of costumes children had, Harper said her favorite was two children dressed as Max and The Beast from the children’s novel, “Where The Wild Things Are,” which has recently been made into a film.
Craig Holtzen, financial adviser for Edward Jones, 106 S. Broadway St., said he ran out of candy after passing out 600 pieces before the end of the night.
“There was a throng of children and monsters and all kinds of different costumes,” Holtzen said. “It was a great time and it was great to see several of the business owners getting involved as well.”
Holtzen added he had the best time entertaining children that came by the office by impersonating the characters some kids were dressed up as, citing Transformers as an example.
He said his favorite costume was of a child dressed up as a hobo.
“He had to have only been about 3-years-old,” Holtzen said. “He was cute as pumpkin pie.”
Holtzen said he wouldn’t change anything about the time and day of Halloween on Broadway and that this year really lived up to his expectations.
“It’s really nice to have a community that’s so involved like Louisburg is,” he said.
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