Halloween Haunted House at American Embassy

On Friday the 29^th of October David Frith and I helped out with the annual Haunted House at the American Embassy. We were asked to help decorate the haunted house, with scary props and backgrounds. There were some pretty interesting props to use such as a chainsaw, a human hand, a syringe, and a bunch of other creepy stuff. After the house was set up all of us were asked to occupy a role of a scary costume, I was a werewolf. When the first groups of people started flowing into the house, the groups consisted of small children. After a few groups, the age groups started to rise and were asked to increase the “scare factor”. One of the things that I felt was particularly annoying was that when some people were within the haunted house, they were listening to their IPod’s or taking pictures of the interior. What is strange is that the groups that were scared the most were the youngest and the oldest; something just wasn’t working with the middle aged kids. IT WAS VERY HOT INSIDE THE HOUSE, under the costume, mask and within the hiding area. Needless to say, I was sweating bucket loads. In conclusion, I feel that the Haunted House at the American Embassy can be regarded as an “Action” aspect of my CAS Goals, it can also be taken “Creativity” since we had to create a horrifying environment for the house.