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A ‘Madison County Halloween’ Planned at Madison Hall
September 18, 2011 By margo Leave a Comment

Spirit House Society News
(Morrisville, NY – Sept. 2011) Madison Hall will be the place to be Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., for the Spirit House Society’s first-ever Halloween Spirit Fair.
The event will feature readers, healers, ghost walks, story tellers and more to benefit the Spirit House Society’s work in trying to purchase and restore the historic building in Georgetown.
Admission is $5, kids under 14 and dogs will be free; each child and dog must be accompanied by at least one adult. You do not need to bring your pet to get a reading.
Madison Hall provides a perfect location for this Halloween gala, given its grandeur, rich history and mystery.
This will be a unique event, which looks to bring together diverse interests and activities in one event all in the spirit of Halloween. Attendees will be able to browse for metaphysical items, get a healing or a reading, get a reading for their pets and learn about Madison County’s history, albeit with a mysterious Halloween twist.
A children’s storyteller is preliminarily planned for during the day.
Some of the things planned include readers (psychic, astrological, tarot and stone), healers (energy medicine, Reiki, homeopaths), metaphysical vendors, spirit and face painting, pet readers, ghost walks in and around Madison Hall, which is rumored to be haunted; Madison County Tales, in the spirit of Halloween hear about mysterious Louis Muller and the Loomis gang from historians; history/local flavor – local groups and historical societies will be invited to table so that you can learn more about Madison County and more.
We are still planning this event and hope to have some fun things to do in the evening.
Bob Canino, organizer and steering committee member, came up with the idea for a Madison County Halloween.
“I thought it would be good to have an event that is focused on and honors Madison County,” Canino said. “We were looking to create a signature event that people can come to year after year and benefit Spirit House Society.”
Canino was the lead organizer of the highly successful Spirit Fair at the Cazenovia American Legion Aug. 13 that drew more than 200 people.
Spirit House Society founder Madis Senner said the Society looks to have a fun-filled event that educates people about Madison County and particularly about Spirit House.
Senner felt it important to bring in history.
“The Spirit House Society is made up of people with diverse interests – preservationist and historically minded, as well as spiritually motivated people,” Senner said. “An event like this is an attempt to bring them all together and tell people what we are about.”
Senner felt it was also important to begin working with other local groups.
“We are in this together,” Senner said. “While we still have a long way to go in our effort to purchase Spirit House, it is never too early to begin working with similar groups.”
Madison Hall is located on Route 20 in Morrisville, adjacent to SUNY-Morrisville campus.