Kentucky Haunters? - Page 2

Rikki · #11 (**permalink**) 08-17-2008, 08:05 AM

I'm in Lexington, which is where the Make & Take would be. That's just under 3 hours away from Owensboro I believe.

Kygirl30 · #12 (**permalink**) 08-17-2008, 08:10 AM

yeah thats correct. We make that trip a few times usually during basketball season to Rupp. Keep me posted if you get something together though.

Muffy · #13 (**permalink**) 08-17-2008, 08:27 AM

Rikki I wish you the best of luck with pulling this together. I tried to get a group together to meet just before Xmas....problem was it was to close to xmas & people were just busy & had plans. So I'm gonna start working on it again right after this Halloween.

Also we been waiting for Spookineer to get moved out here. I told my group lets meet & see what everyone can bring to the table building wise. For sure some are a lot more advanced than others. For those that do not have skills, encourage them to come cause this is how you develop skills by watching people do what they are good at.

Something else I learned in this process is, with everybody so busy all the time....the people you pull together Have To Want To Make Time To Do This! Any of us can build this stuff at home in our spare time but the group feature is about the fun of getting together with our halloween interest & spending time with a group of peers.

A lot goes into planning these get togethers & good organization & making it fun will make people want to attend. BUT if people don't show up you are spinning your wheels. Ghostess & her building group is what motivates me to keep trying. Thats why after Halloween I'm gonna hit it hard trying to pull this North Carolina group together.

I wish you the very best of luck with this & am willing to compare notes anytime. I figure if Ghostess can make it work so can we!!

Good Luck

the Merry Muffster

Rikki · #14 (**permalink**) 08-17-2008, 09:58 AM

Thanks Muffy! I'd really like to do one in September but I'm not getting a big response as of yet. I've got a list of nearly 20 people who could be to Lexington in a reasonable amount of time and have contacted the ones who have been active on the forum in the last six months. I'm hoping to hear back from them soon and am really hoping that they all want to join in!

I'm certainly no prop building expert but am sure that I can come up with a simple group project if no one else volunteers. But like you said, it's really more about getting together with like-minded people than it is about making stuff. I just want it to be worth the drive!

Muffy · #15 (**permalink**) 08-17-2008, 11:13 AM

Let me share something with you...thats what I did, contacted the members which seemed close and I did get a response from everyone plus now there are some new board members I have to contact.

In talking to the members & just throwing some comments around between ourselves in private messages I did find one thing out for sure........these people that have bigger haunts, they do not seem interested in getting together after August only because they are so busy. Quite a few of them only have weekends to work on stuff because of being so busy during the week. I tried to plan a Halloween party in October so that the local forum members could all come over & we could enjoy each others company during the halloween season but some mentioned they were just to busy to break away.

So what it boils down to is ya have to WANT to do this or it won't come together & ya have to be able to kind of rely on peoples word.......for instance......you get a head count how many are coming......and then 1/2 don't show.... not very respectuful to the people that drove a ways to get there. Believe me I was always a person that said we will have just as much fun with a few as with many when I had doings at the diner & invited people. But with this , if someone brings a critical part of the idea of what your group is building & they don't show......where does that leave everyone else.

In Ghostess' group it appears to me ( as I follow what those guys do) it seems like they all really look forward to getting together, that makes a huge difference.

I use to be in a dinner club & if you have the right mix of people its great, you all look forward to that time together to visit & catch up. SO we have to work it, I plan to also keep an eye for for people I run into at Lowes buying materials for Halloween projects & also houses that decorate out of the ordinary, they are a good invite. You can make it a strong & good group but only if you are patient till you get the right mix!

Muf

kallie · #16 (**permalink**) 08-18-2008, 05:40 PM

i think a make and take would be great! rikki, just let me know when you are available, and i'm there!

Gothikren · #17 (**permalink**) 08-18-2008, 11:23 PM

I'm in Clarksville Tn and I would love to get togeather with some people who like the same things I do. This sounds like a great idea feel free to message me or whatever

Rikki · #18 (**permalink**) 08-19-2008, 07:43 AM

Awesome! I'd like to hear from at least a few more people (right now there are 5 of us) and then we can start planning out a date and project. Just keep an eye on this thread!

Rikki · #19 (**permalink**) 08-19-2008, 02:58 PM

In looking at HH's map I realized that there are several people in Knoxville. That's only 2 1/2 hours away from the gym! We'd be glad to have you guys too!

Guess I should have named this thread "Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee Haunters?"

EvilMel · #20 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 05:20 AM

Is a make and take something like...we bring materials and then we all sit down and each make a prop to take home?

If so, I'd be interested!