2nd Annual Eastern \ National Haunters Convention, April 10-11, 2009

[TheMonsterMaze]

2nd Annual Eastern \ National Haunters Convention, April 10-11, 2009

A convention for people that love, work or own haunted houses.

2nd Annual National (formally Eastern) Haunters Convention: Open to the Public.

Do you love haunted houses? Do you crave to go behind the scenes? Then, how would you like to be one of the privileged few to go behind the scenes tours of some of the best haunted attractions on the East Coast? How would you like to purchase props, animatronics, and special effects normally available only to haunted attractions? You do not need to be a registered business and no business ID is required.

This incredible convention is open to the public.

Friday April 10 and Saturday April 11, 2009 Valley Forge Convention Center, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Michael Bruner of The Monster Maze and Robert Kocher of The Village of Darkness, will be hosting the 2nd annual National Haunters Convention. This is a networking opportunity for individuals within the haunted house industry. People, like you, who own, work, act in, or patronize haunted attractions, will come to shop, be educated, and socialize with their fellows haunters. A three day convention with skeletal corpses, ghostly mirrors, glowing tombstones and spiders the size of king size beds and more will be displayed as haunt vendors show their props and scares.

The event will be held on the grounds of the Valley Forge Convention Center, 1160 2nd Ave King of Prussia, PA 19406. For hotel reservations, call: (888) 201-1718, and be sure to mention the National Haunters Convention for a special rate.

The convention is open to all haunt enthusiasts, individuals within the haunt industry (haunt owners, haunt actors, home/yard haunters, haunt vendors) and their families.

The 2nd Annual National (formally Eastern) Haunters Convention will have seminars useful to those in the haunted house industry, a bus tour visiting major Philadelphia-area haunts, vendors selling unique haunted house props that are not available to the general public, and people within the haunted house industry sharing various tips and tricks to improve your haunts and scares.

There will be a FRIDAY NIGHT bus tour, which is slated to include a tour all of the famous haunts located at "THE BATES MOTEL" http://www.thebatesmotel.com/

All attendees on the tour can also participate in an authentic ghost tour hosted by S.P.R.I. (Society for Paranormal Research and Investigation) who would like to announce its investigation of the original Bates family farmhouse and barn, which are on the grounds of Arasapha Farms, and are almost 200 years old and steeped in family history. The house has been almost constantly occupied by members of the Bates family. Recent investigations by other groups have yielded reasons to think that SPRI can look forward to some interesting results!

The National Haunters Convention costume ball ("The Cadaver's Cotillion") will have a PIRATES ON THE HIGH SEAS! theme for 2009, and will be available for an additional fee, which will include food and drink.

For many years, the haunted house industry has been very similar to the world of stage magic, in that haunt elements, tricks, and effects have been kept secret.

Michael Bruner and Robert Kocher, both former members of the Board of Directors for the International Association of Haunted Attractions have been working hard to smash this notion of isolationism. This event has grown year after year, has outgrown THREE locations and has evolved into the National Haunters Convention.

For more information, visit http://www.nationalhauntersconvention.com

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Contact:
Michael Bruner
The Monster Maze
(717)645-8804
info@nationalhauntersconvention.com
http://www.nationalhauntersconvention.com

[sharpobject]

Any idea when a list of the seminars will be on the website? and what the cost for those will be?

[Spooky1]

I hope to make it up for this one.

[TheMonsterMaze]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT:
Michael Bruner
(717) 645-8804
MikE@nationalhauntersconvention.com
http://www.nationalhalloweenconvention.com

2nd ANNUAL NATIONAL HALLOWEEN\HAUNTERS CONVENTION: Open to the Public !

April 10-11, 2009 Valley Forge Convention Center, Pennsylvania

Michael Bruner of The Monster Maze and Robert Kocher of The Village of Darkness will be hosting the 2nd Annual National Halloween \ Haunters Convention, a networking opportunity for individuals within the haunted house industry. Individuals who own, work, act in, or patronize haunted attractions will come to be educated, shop, and socialize with their fellow haunters. A three-day convention with skeletal corpses, ghostly mirrors, glowing tombstones and spiders the size of king size beds, are displayed as haunt vendors show their unique props, effects, and scares.

The event will be held on the grounds of the Valley Forge Convention Center, 1160 2nd Ave King of Prussia, PA 19406. For hotel reservations, call: (888) 201-1718, and be sure to mention the National Haunters Convention for a special rate.

The convention is open to all fans of halloween, fans of the paranormal, haunt enthusiasts, individuals within the haunt industry (haunt owners, haunt actors, home/yard haunters, haunt vendors) and their families.

The 2nd Annual National Halloween \ Haunters Convention will have seminars useful to those in the haunt industry, vendors selling unique haunted house props that are not typically available to the general public, people within the industry who will share various tips and tricks to improve your haunted house business, and a bus tour to several Philadelphia-area haunted attractions.

The bus tour is currently slated to include a tour (AND A BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR!) of one of Pennsylvania's largest haunted attractions: THE BATES MOTEL! http://www.thebatesmotel.com/ This is the scariest hayride on the east coast. In fact it was rated one of the top 13 haunted attractions in The United States by Rou Morgue Magazine in 2005 and ranked in the top 5 haunted attractions in America by Hauntworld Magazine and USA Today!

All attendees on the tour can also participate in an authentic ghost tour hosted by S.P.R.I. (Society for Paranormal Research and Investigation) who would like to announce its investigation of the original Bates family farmhouse and barn, which are on the grounds of Arasapha Farms, and are almost 200 years old and steeped in family history. The house has been almost constantly occupied by members of the Bates family. Recent investigations by other groups have yielded reasons to think that SPRI can look forward to some interesting results!

A costume ball ("The Cadaver's Cotillion"), with a PIRATES! theme, will be available for an additional fee, which will include food, drinks, and entertainment.

For more information, visit
http://www.NationalHauntersConvention.com
and
http://www.NationalHalloweenConvention.com

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[sharpobject]

What's the cost for the seminars? They aren't broken down with prices on the website.

[Jonathan]

I know I will be there. It should be a fun time. I love convention season as I like to call it.

[slightlymad]

I will give it a second chance and hopefully they have ac thats not overwelmed by a max capacity crowd

[sharpobject]

I'm planning on going, but most likely only for the day.

[slightlymad]

Last year the seminars were free but it was $25 to get in There are plenty of restaunts in the area last year there wasnt an official lunch break so you had to pick which seminar to skip

[Lady Nyxie]

So does this mean that this will be the NJ/PA MNT for that month to give poor Pattie a break?

I hope to make at least one day this year.