Creeping it real at the Marion Art Center’s annual Halloween Parade
Emmy Philbrook, 5, of Marion stops to grab some candy along the Marion Art Center Halloween Parade route while dressed as a princess. Photos by Grace Ann Natanawan
Parade participants march down the street.
Preston Hermenegildo, 9, of Marion with his parents James and Gina and Latsaney A. at the MAC Halloween Parade.
Parade participants "ring" a doorbell to receive candy.
Bennett Forcier, 4, of Rochester serves Spider-Man smiles for the camera.
Trick-or-treaters flock to Coldwell Banker Realty to grab some candy.
The Cote family of Rochester wears dinosaur themed costumes and hands out candy at the parade.
The Terzi family of Mattapoisett wearing out of this world alien costumes.
Silas Angeley, 14, and Penelope Angeley, 15, dress as Dipper and Mabel from the TV show "Gravity Falls."
The Marion General Store hands out full-size candy bars to passing trick-or-treaters after the parade.
Emmy Philbrook, 5, of Marion stops to grab some candy along the Marion Art Center Halloween Parade route while dressed as a princess. Photos by Grace Ann Natanawan
Parade participants march down the street.
Preston Hermenegildo, 9, of Marion with his parents James and Gina and Latsaney A. at the MAC Halloween Parade.
Parade participants "ring" a doorbell to receive candy.
Bennett Forcier, 4, of Rochester serves Spider-Man smiles for the camera.
Trick-or-treaters flock to Coldwell Banker Realty to grab some candy.
The Cote family of Rochester wears dinosaur themed costumes and hands out candy at the parade.
The Terzi family of Mattapoisett wearing out of this world alien costumes.
Silas Angeley, 14, and Penelope Angeley, 15, dress as Dipper and Mabel from the TV show "Gravity Falls."
The Marion General Store hands out full-size candy bars to passing trick-or-treaters after the parade.
MARION — The Marion Art Center kicked off an eerie-sistible evening of Halloween hijinks with its annual parade, gathering ghouls and goblins of all ages on Friday, Oct. 31.
Dressed as M&M’s, video game characters, horror movie villains and more, participants had a terror-ific time marching through Marion. Sippican Elementary Band Director Hannah Moore led the charge with a fleet of spooky student drummers.
Businesses and residents lined up along Front Street, Main Street, Spring Street and Cottage Street to hand out candy to the parade participants.
“We always see so many fun costumes,” said Jodi Stevens, executive director of the Marion Art Center.
Stevens explained that the parade has been an annual Marion tradition for over 20 years, and their team hands out at least 500 bags of candy per year at the event.
“We never have trouble giving candy away,” she said.
Following the parade, the streets were packed with trick-or-treaters, grabbing handfuls of candy at businesses and houses while adult chaperones were offered Halloween-themed drinks.
14-year-old Silas Angeley and 15-year-old Penelope Angeley dressed as the brother-sister duo Dipper and Mabel Pines from the Disney Channel show “Gravity Falls.”
“I really, really like the show. I’ve watched it a lot,” said Silas, dressed as Dipper.
“We watch it together as a family,” said Penelope.
Leo of Mattapoisett dressed as Steve from the popular video game “Minecraft” in a full diamond armor costume. “I’ve been playing Minecraft for like a long time,” he said. This year, he hoped to grab some Kit Kats while trick-or-treating.
Alyson Alford, a Rochester 15-year-old, and Seamus Lelary, a 15-year-old Marion resident, dressed as Snoopy and Charlie Brown while trick-or-treating.
“I’ve grown up watching him,” said Lelary of Charlie Brown.
Alford took inspiration for her Snoopy costume from the movie, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” — wearing Snoopy’s pilot outfit complete with goggles and a scarf.
The two teens were on the lookout for Twix, Crunch bars and gummy candy.
“It seems like more and more people every year,” said Stevens, reflecting on the parade’s progress.
