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ΜμΡΔΙηΗψΉΩΝψ to host all-ages β€œHaunting on the Hill 3” event

costumed attendees dance
ΜμΡΔΙηΗψΉΩΝψ Dance student Rylee Ayon leads attendees in a group dance at last year’s β€œHaunting on the Hill” event.

October 19, 2023
Story and photo by Joe Vinduska

ΜμΡΔΙηΗψΉΩΝψ Performing Arts Department and students invite the community to celebrate the creative side of the Halloween season with the family-friendly β€œHaunting on the Hill 3: The Season of Fun” event from 4-7 p.m. Oct. 28 in the Fine Arts Building.

Activities include games, therapy horses, performances, art-making, a line dance session, an escape room, cake walk, a costume contest with prizes, and much more.Μύ All activities are free except for the cakewalk, which is $1 for four turns.Μύ Cash only please. Those wanting to participate in the costume contest can sign up in advance at or register in-person at the event.

Event goers can make it a full day of fun and ΜμΡΔΙηΗψΉΩΝψ Theatre’s fall play, β€œPuff’s” before or after β€œHaunting On the Hill” event with showtimes at 2 pm and 7:30 pm. General admission for the play is $10. Children are free, and adults who wear a costume for Saturday’s showtimes get a 50 percent discount off admission. To view photos from last year's event, visit our page.

Haunting On the Hill’s Activity Schedule:

Pre-Event
2 p.m.
β€œPuffs” Fall Play (children’s tickets are free. Adults $10 or $5 if they wear a costume
3 p.m. ***ALL 3 P.M. OUTDOOR EVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER***
Fall Fun Yard Games
Therapy Horses
Coffee & Spooky Treat Fundraiser
4 p.m. (doors open)
Creepy Line Dance
Costume Contest Registration Opens
Indoor Carnival Games
Art Project & Face Painting with the Shafer Gallery Art Cart, Glen and Elaine Mull Classroom Outreach
Zombie Apocalypse Escape Room
Fortune Teller
β€œScience or Magic?” Booths
4:30 p.m.
Story Time with a Mostly Good Witch
4:45 p.m.
β€œDance of the Undead” by ΜμΡΔΙηΗψΉΩΝψ Dance Theatre
5 p.m.
Haunting Music by ΜμΡΔΙηΗψΉΩΝψ Pep Band
Costume Contest - child, teen, adult, group, and best zombie categories
5:45 p.m.
Cake Walk ($1 for four turns)
6 p.m.
Zombie Apocalypse Escape Room
6:15 p.m.
β€œDance of the Undead” by ΜμΡΔΙηΗψΉΩΝψ Dance Theatre
Post-Event 7:30 p.m.
β€œPuffs” Fall Play (children’s tickets are free. Adults $10 or $5 if they wear a costume)

For more information, contact Jamie Fager at (620) 792-9391 or fagerj@bartonccc.edu.