Freakshow

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival here in Ashland employs more than 500 people and all of them like to dress up. Combine that with the students at Southern Oregon University, the drama-loving freaks that move to Ashland for the theater, and the local school kids and you have one hell of a Halloween.

The police block off Main Street and anyone and everyone is encouraged to walk in the parade through downtown. It’s a madhouse, but the kids love it. Juliet went as the Goddess Demeter and Hank went as the Grim Reaper (though the mask only lasted minutes as he found it really slowed down his candy consumption).