Giveaway: National Halloween Convention VIP Passes
December 9, 2009 by Alison
Celebrate everything dark and scary, halfway to Halloween at the National Halloween Convention in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania on April 29 – May 2, 2010.
I have 10 VIP floor passes (each pass a $25 value) to give away to you guys. That means you get free admission to the convention AND get to jump to the front of the line. Each pass gets you a wristband that is good for the duration of the convention (see below for details and learn how to win).
First, what’s this convention all about?
“Halloween in all its varied forms and sub genre’s is second only to Christmas in the American imagination, and pocketbook. So much goes into the 2-month season, that for many people it is a year round activity. For the Halloween hobbyist or amateur Haunter, this still means months of preparation on evenings and weekends devoted to making sure their latest projects are special. So early spring is when it all starts happening.
The NHC brings together professional haunters, Amateur home haunters, Halloween decorators, antique collectors, Horror film fans, and history buffs all under the one umbrella of the holiday.
While everyone knows about different conventions for different hobbies, no other convention offers this unique combination sure to appeal to a huge audience.
Convention activities will include a dealer’s room, masquerade ball, competitions, and trips to some of the best haunted attractions in the country. But what makes this event stand out for the public is the education section. Lecturers from around the country will be Professors for the weekend, so attendees can learn everything they need to get the most out of Halloween.
Classes in costumes, makeup, special effects, prop building, scenic design, and even scareology, will be taught by a staff that totals up hundreds of years of experience in their fields. These Halloween professors have experience in TV, Film, Stage, Music Videos, Ren Faires, Historical Re-enactments, and of course Haunted Houses and Attractions.”
(Oh and did I mention there will be tons of hearses on display? Let my Halloween geekery begin)
Contest Details
I have 10 VIP passes and I will be giving away 4 passes in December with more chances to win through March, so stay tuned. Winner picked on Tuesday, December 16 at 4 PM ET.
All you need to do is leave a comment to win. Bonus entries for:
1. Tweeting the following:
visit @thescreamstress to win VIP passes to the National Halloween Convention. Just leave a comment to win http://bit.ly/5IkLL9 #horror
2. Placing a NHC banner on your website or blog. Email me the link (alison [at] screamstress [dot] com). You can find the banners here.
Please use a valid email address so I can contact the winners. One comment per person, per day. Comment and Tweet every day to increase your chances of winning. U.S. residents only please.
Image © National Halloween Convention and used with permission
Sweet, I really wanted to go to this while visiting Philly last year (dinner with my girlfriend’s parents, Yikes!) I will def be attending this year. I’m winning this mofo!
Awesome!! I would love to go to this. Sounds amazing!
oh cool i never been to a convention like that and i’m not all that far away being in Baltimore. looks like i better start tweeting!
that’s pretty wild that you’re having a contest for passes to this convention, i just ran across this convention in a web search i did the other day to see if any were going to be near me now that i’m back in Baltimore and ran across this very one.
I live in Philly and would love to attend this!
this sounds fun!
i wonder if running across this contest so soon after i first found out about this convention means i’m supposed to go for some reason. some sort of synchronicity type thing. i do have plans working to open my very own haunted house after all, hmmmm….
oooh i’ve always dreamed of opening my own haunted house. fun!
hubby would love this, he is a true halloween freak
looks to be tons of seminars and classes for those serious about getting the haunted house biz a go. everything from safety to scary make-up. i bet the props they have all over the convention that weekend are gonna be awesome.
this sounds like so much fun please enter me
No better way to celebrate my birthday than going to a Halloween convention.
I hate Pennsylvania, but I like winning.
i wonder if they will have horror peeps there like regular horror conventions.
time to tweet tweet. i may start using this twitter thing after all. it’s great for following great horror pages and news like fangoria and the screamstress
thanks
check out the link to their website. i’m sure it has more info on guests, etc. but this is def a different type of convention focusing more on behind the scenes vs. in front of the camera. still cool though!