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Celebrate Halloween in North Utah County October 28, 2017, 3:05 pmALPINE The Alpine Business Association is sponsoring its annual Alpine Main Street Trick or Treat Monday, October 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. Currently, 26 businesses throughout Alpine are signed up to participate. Enjoy trick or treating, costumed characters or even haunted houses (depending on the business). Participating businesses can be identified by the event's owl logo in their windows. Maps will be posted on the city website or they can be picked up that day at 40 N. Main Street. Along with trick or treating, there will be food trucks and a band at Legacy Park. Participants may park at Mountainville Academy or Link & Kings. Last year more than 2,000 people participated in the event. About 25 to 30 percent of them were grandparents with their grandchildren, Association President Judi Pickell said. AMERICAN FORK Once again, aspiring writers have been hard at work in the American Fork Library's annual Scary Story Contest. Awards will be announced at an authors' reception on Monday, October 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the library. Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra Halloween Concert Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra presents "Peter and the Wolf" and other Halloween favorites, at its annual Halloween concert, Friday, October 27, and Saturday, October 28. Favorites include "This is Halloween," from "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "Double Trouble," from "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" and "Duel of the Fates," from "The Phantom Menace." You're invited to attend in costume. There will be a costume parade and trick-or-treating. Concerts will be performed at American Fork Junior High on October 27 and 28 at 7 p.m. and October 28 at 3 p.m. Prices are $10 general admission; $8 for seniors and students and $6 for each member of the family if you buy a family pass. Tickets can be purchased at thetso.org/tickets or the door. HIGHLAND Trick or Treat at the library or City Hall all day long on Halloween. The library will close at 6 p.m. that night. Would-be pumpkin artists or just those who enjoy others' work, can visit the free pumpkin walk Monday, October 30, and Tuesday, October 31, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Town Center splash pad, 5400 West Civic Center Drive. Bring your own carved or paint pumpkins to display. LEHI The Lehi Legacy Center is holding its annual Halloween Extravaganza on Friday, October 27. Admission is $3.50 per child (parents are free) and includes candy, games, prizes, a spook alley, storytelling, glow-in-the-dark necklaces and more! There are additional fees to climb the rock wall, get pictures, or eat a Sloppy Joe dinner. Doors open at 5 pm. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Legacy Center. Thanksgiving Point At Thanksgiving Point, they're celebrating both the Scarecrow Festival and Dia de los Muertos. The Scarecrow Festival, which began October 16, will continue through October 21 in the Ashton Gardens. The festival features dozens of scarecrows along with outdoor games, crafts, music and food. Admission to Ashton Gardens is $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and children or free to Thanksgiving Point members. On Saturday, October 28, Thanksgiving Point will be celebrating Dia de los Muertos from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Show Barn will be transformed into a festival celebrating representation of the traditions of Latin American countries in art, dance, music and food. Members of the community are invited to build an altar inviting a loved one to enjoy the fragrance of marigolds and pan de Muerto (bread of the dead). A community altar will be available at the event to write notes or share mementos in celebration of souls no longer on Earth. Admission is $8 in advance ($10 day of festival) for adults; children 12 and under are free. Thanksgiving Point members receive 10 percent off. The community news source for Eagle Mountain Utah, Saratoga Springs Utah, Lehi Utah, American Fork Utah, Highland Utah, Alpine Utah, and The Cedar Valley, including Cedar Fort Utah and Fairfield Utah. Copyright 2024 The Crossroads Journal LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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