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PICTURE IN.
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE
PICTURES AS EVERYBODY GETS
READY, KIND OF A FUN HALLOWEEN
ON A SATURDAY AS YOU KIND OF GET
A BONUS, LIKE, A TWO-DAY DEAL.
FOR ADULTS WHO LIKE TO CELEBRATE
HALLOWEEN, YOU CAN PARTY TONIGHT
AND TOMORROW.
YEAH.
FOR KIDS, YOU CAN DRESS UP TODAY
AT SCHOOL AND GO TRICK OR
TREATING TOMORROW.
ALI LUCIA IS IN ANOKA, THE
HALLOWEEN CAPITOL OF THE WORLD.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, JASON.
IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE
WILL BE ALONG MAIN STREET
STARTING TOMORROW TO CELEBRATE
THE PARADE, GO TRICK OR
TREATING, AND WE ARE LIVE INSIDE
A VERY SPECIAL COSTUME SHOP, AND
WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO THE
OWNER IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE DO
WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THESE
BEAUTIFUL HALLOWEEN-DEFK RATED
HOUSES THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE
AREA.
WE START WITH THE FIRST-PLACE
HOUSE.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT.
WE TAKE YOU TO RAMSEY.
THIS IS 15780 POTASSIUM STREET
IN NORTHWEST RAMSEY.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST PLACE
HOUSE, AND THEN WE WANT TO TAKE
YOU TO THE SECOND PLACE HOUSE
THIS MORNING.
THIS IS AT 142814 ZILLA STREET
NORTHWEST IN ANDOVER, AS WELL.
THE THIRD PLACE HOUSE IS
ACTUALLY IN ANOKA.
THE HONORABLE MENTION IS 734
JEFFERSON STREET IN ANOKA, AND
THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE HONORABLE
MENTION.
THIS IS 421 VAN BUREN STREET.
THAT'S IN ANOKA, AS WELL.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY 13 HOUSES ON
THE TOUR THAT YOU CAN CHECK OUT
STARTING TONIGHT FROM 7:00 UNTIL
9 P.M.
YOU CAN ALSO CHECK THESE
OUT TOMORROW.
NOW, THE CONTEST WAS OPEN TO
HOMEOWNERS IN THE ANOKA, RAMSEY
AND ANDOVER AREAS.
SO TOMORROW, THOUGH, IS THE BIG
DAY.
IT IS THE GRAND DAY PARADE RIGHT
ALONG MAIN STREET, AND YOU CAN
WATCH THE LARGEST PARADE OF
FLOATS AND MARCHING BANDS RIGHT
HERE IN MINNESOTA.
KICKOFF, OF COURSE, WITH AN
EYE-OPENING AIRPLANE SHOW HIGH
ABOVE THE SKY AND, OF COURSE,
JASON, I KNOW YOU GOT YOUR WAVE
DOWN BECAUSE YOU PRACTICED IT SO
MANY TIMES LAST YEAR ALONG MAIN
STREET BECAUSE YOU WERE THE
GRAND MARSHALL LAST YEAR.
SO ANY ADVICE TO ANYONE WHO IS
HEADED OUT HERE TODAY, JASON --
EXCUSE ME -- TOMORROW.
SHOW UP EARLY BECAUSE I HAVE
NEVER SEEN SUCH A LARGE CROWD AT
A PARADE IN MY LIFE.
IT WAS SPECTACULAR.
IT REALLY WAS A LOT OF FUN.
YEAH.
I WATCHED THAT VIDEO OF YOU IN
THE PARADE YESTERDAY JUST TO
KIND OF GET A -- GET A SNEAK
PEEK OF WHAT IT'S LIKE OUT HERE.
IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE HOW
MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME
OUT HERE TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN
E.
I THINK THEY SAY THERE'S
SOMETHING LIKE 70,000 PEOPLE OUT
THERE.
WOW!
YOU SAW I DIDN'T HAVE A COAT
ON.
IT WAS GORGEOUS LAST YEAR.
IT'S AN AWESOME PARADE.
THANKS.
DO YOU WORRY THAT THEIR
NUMBERS WILL BE DOWN THIS YEAR
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING CCO.
I APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
THE HALLOWEEN CAPITOL OF THE
WORLD IS RIGHT HERE IN
MINNESOTA.
ALI LUCIA IS LIVE IN ANOKA
THIS MORNING HELPING US GET INTO
THE SPOOKY SPIRIT.
ALI, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY
COSTUME IS GOING TO BE YET SO I
NEED IDEAS.
E EVE GOT PLENTY OF THEM FOR
YOU.
ANOKA HAS BEEN CELEBRATING
HALLOWEEN IN GRAND FASHION FOR
95 YEARS.
WE ARE RIGHT ALONG MAIN STREET
RIGHT WHERE THE PARADE IS GOING
TO BE.
THE PARADE WILL BE RIGHT ALONG
MAIN STREET.
WE ARE AT PARTY PAPERS AND
COSTUMES, AND WE ARE JOINED BY
MARY, WHO'S OWNED THIS SHOP FOR
31 YEARS.
MARY, FIRST OF ALL, TELL US WHAT
YOU ARE DRESSED UP AS THIS
MORNING.
TODAY I CHOSE TO BE A
VICTORIAN WIVEN.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CLASSIC LOOKS
THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE STORE
SO TAKING A GOTH COAT AND A TOP
HAT AND ADDING EMBELLISHMENTS.
A LOT OF MY CUSTOMERS DO THIS
KIND OF COSTUMING AND ALSO THE
BAGGED COSTUMING.
SO WE HAVE THIS GREAT VARIETY OF
CREATIVE PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE
PEOPLE WHO SEEK OUT THINGS ALL
YEAR.
IN FEBRUARY I SOLD MY FIRST
HALLOWEEN COSTUME THIS YEAR.
HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN, AND THEY
LONG TO HAVE OUR COSTUMES
BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT IT'S THE
ONE OF A KIND, AND SOMETIMES IT
ACTUALLY IS.
SO WHEN -- AS OCTOBER
APPROACHES, HOW MUCH BUSIER DO
YOU GET?
IMMEASURABLY.
IT'S -- IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR
WHICH CREATES ALL THE EXCITEMENT
HERE AND THEN PROLONGS IT INTO
THE NEXT YEAR.
SO SOMETIMES, AGAIN, WE HAVE
THAT SAME CUSTOMER COMING BACK,
AND SAY, WELL, I WAS HERE LAST
YEAR.
DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT, AND WE
SOMETIMES DO.
NOW, DO YOU THINK PEOPLE HERE
IN ANOKA REALLY TAKE HALLOWEEN
CELEBRATING TO A WHOLE OTHER
LEVEL?
I THINK THEY DO BECAUSE FROM
THEIR CHILDHOOD, IT HAS BEEN A
PART OF THEIR LIVES, AND WHILE
ALL CHILDREN LIKE HALLOWEEN,
I'VE NEVER MET ONE YEAR WHO
DOESN'T LIKE HALLOWEEN BECAUSE
THAT'S REALLY A CHILD'S HOLIDAY.
WELL, WHO DOESN'T LIKE CANDY?
OR BECOMING SOMEONE ELSE AND
HAVING POWER.
YOU CAN FLY.
YOU CAN WALK FASTER.
YOU CAN PUT ON MAKEUP.
YOU CAN BECOME A WOLF.
YOU CAN BECOME SOMETHING THAT
YOU'VE -- THAT YOU JUST AREN'T
EVERY DAY.
SPEAKING OF WOLVES, I NEED TO
GO FIND MY WOLF FOR MY LITTLE
RED RIDING COSTUME, BUT WE WANT
TO REMIND YOU THAT IF YOU DO
DECIDE TO COME OUT TO ANOKA
TOMORROW, YOU CAN PARTAKE IN THE
30TH ANNUAL GRAY GHOST RUN.
THIS IS A 5K RUN AND ONE-MILE
WALK HELD ON SATURDAY.
REGISTRATION IS AT 10 A.M.
AT
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON
WEST MAIN STREECHLT THE START
TIME IS 12:50.
THE REGISTRATION FEE IF YOU SIGN
UP PRIOR TO TOMORROW IS $25.
30 DOLLARS THE DAY OF.
MARY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR
SEARCH FOR OTHER HALLOWEEN KOS
TUMS THIS MORNING.
VERY GOOD.
YOU LOOK ADORABLE, ALI.
NICE WORK THERE WITH THE -- WITH
THE BONNNET AND THE WHOLE -- YOU
ARE ALL IN.