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2008 Links Click here for photos from the Window painting contest
Click
here for photos from
the Sierra Madre School costume parade
Click here for photos from the Merchant Trick or Treating downtown
Click here for photos and video from the
City/Kiwanis sponsored Costume Contest - Page B
Click here for photos of
pumpkins and decorated homes on Alegria - Page A
Click here for photos of pumpkins and decorated
homes on Alegria - Page B
Click here for photos of pumpkins at the Switzer home
on Alegria
Bud Switzer is the man largely credited with helping get the Alegria tradition started. When they found that kids didn't want to come up his long winding driveway on Halloween because as he says "Halloween's supposed to be spooky, but it was too spooky" he and wife Donna Mae didn't know what to do. But one of the local supermarkets had a penny a pound sale, and he carved up a bunch of pumpkins to light the way up the driveway. Over the years, he added more and more pumpkins, some years numbering well over one hundred. Neighbors on Alegria started decorating their homes and putting out pumpkins. Now, Alegria has reached a whole new level, with thousands appearing each year and the street blocked off to through traffic. Ironically, there are so many people that now the Switzers sit at the end of the driveway to dispense candy to the trick or treaters, as there are way too many people to allow them onto the property. Bud has backed off quite a bit on the pumpkin carving, this year carving three large pumpkins, and he says the new generation of carvers, particularly neighbor Doug Parker, has taken things to a whole new level. You can see Doug's amazing pumpkin art on the other Alegria pages, follow the links above.
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