General News
5 October, 2023
Got that creepy feeling?
MANIFOLD Street in Camperdown is set to take on a bit of a spooky feel next week.
MANIFOLD Street in Camperdown is set to take on a bit of a spooky feel next week.
Select businesses will participate in Friday the 13th celebrations next week, with shoppers expected to be able to get a bargain or two.
The annual event will take on an extra spooky feel, since the day falls in the same month as Halloween this year.
Shop owners will get into the spooky spirit by dressing up, and Benallack’s Sports owner Michelle Elijah said there will be some activities planned for the day.
Twenty-six businesses will take part in the frightening festivities, with a letter hunt encouraging kids to wander the town.
Ms Elijah said everyone has been “pretty keen” to see who has dressed up, and to have a bit of fun for the occasion.
“There’s a photo booth out the front of our shop, and there’s a letter hunt,” she said.
“You have to go along to the participating stores and get the letter off their window and then create a spooky phrase, and then drop it off to the shop to go in for prizes.
“Prizes are a footy pack and a lolly hamper.
“Businesses will be dressed up; people will be floating around that are dressed up spooky. Come down after school and do what they do every Friday 13th and have a bit of fun.”
Ms Elijah said the event has been building momentum, now in its fifth year.
“Hopefully everyone’s looking forward to it like us,” she said.
“Be spooky down the street.”