Kerry Diotte at the Edmonton Sun wrote a column about dEdmonton for the morning of the parade:
There’s a real spirit to this grassroots fest If you’re at the Capital EX parade today, look for zombies and hearses in with the clowns and cowboys. The creepy characters will be trying to create a lively buzz about the city’s spanking new fall festival, celebrating the Halloween season. “We’re planning to have two hearses, a bunch of costumed characters and dozens of zombies,” said Darryl Plunkie, co-chair of dEdmonton: Canada’s Halloween Festival, which kicks off in mid-October…
There’s a real spirit to this grassroots fest
If you’re at the Capital EX parade today, look for zombies and hearses in with the clowns and cowboys.
The creepy characters will be trying to create a lively buzz about the city’s spanking new fall festival, celebrating the Halloween season.
“We’re planning to have two hearses, a bunch of costumed characters and dozens of zombies,” said Darryl Plunkie, co-chair of dEdmonton: Canada’s Halloween Festival, which kicks off in mid-October…
The full column is here.
The Sun also created a highlight reel of the parade here, and the dEdmonton entry prominently featured starting about 0:58 in.
And here is what iNews 880 had to say:
Zombies join Capital Ex Parade Landon Kelly 7/15/2009 If you’re headed to the Capital Ex parade Thursday morning, don’t be surprised to see a little something different. The organizers of dEdmonton, an annual local Halloween horror festival, are entering the parade for the first time this year. Darryl Plunkie is the co-chair of the group and says dEdmonton’s entry won’t include a float or a marching band. “You’re going to see a cast of zany characters and dozens of zombies as well.” He adds, “We’re going to be book ended by a pair of hearses but, these aren’t your everyday hearses - one of them is pretty souped up.” Plunkie knows his group’s entry will catch the attention of many people, and he hopes it goes a long way in exposing dEdmonton to Edmonton.
Zombies join Capital Ex Parade Landon Kelly 7/15/2009
If you’re headed to the Capital Ex parade Thursday morning, don’t be surprised to see a little something different.
The organizers of dEdmonton, an annual local Halloween horror festival, are entering the parade for the first time this year.
Darryl Plunkie is the co-chair of the group and says dEdmonton’s entry won’t include a float or a marching band. “You’re going to see a cast of zany characters and dozens of zombies as well.”
He adds, “We’re going to be book ended by a pair of hearses but, these aren’t your everyday hearses - one of them is pretty souped up.”
Plunkie knows his group’s entry will catch the attention of many people, and he hopes it goes a long way in exposing dEdmonton to Edmonton.