Wanda & Matilda's Halloween Bash: 2010

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Starting Place -- Bridge on the Canal

Are you handy with a map?

Then finding this should be a snap:

This bridge marks our quest's beginning
Be there at 6 for your best chance of winning

There you'll receive a cauldron and clue
Then off you'll go gathering stuff for our brew

Remember you'll need a few dollars that night
Maybe a smart phone and bring a flashlight

We've added a few extra stops for your cruising
And the mystery challenge will prove amusing

We hope you're ready to puzzle and sweat
This is going to be Wanda's best year yet!

GO!

Erie Elementary School

Little witches must know how to cackle and yell,

But making potions and such requires they spell.

Where do they go to learn with delight?

Go to a street that looks Eerie by night.

To the West of this Holy School Road,

Lies their spooky, scholarly abode.

Surrounding this place is a cast-iron fence,

Look for the sign where their meetings commence.

Airplane -- Downtown Chandler

Forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
Head to where Petula Clark declares:

"The lights are much brighter there,"
But at night, you must beware!
For somewhere along the deserted rails
Idle Ghouls take flight with their wails
Modern days have made them lazy
Especially when the night is hazy
So to scare the children with their cries
They look for help to hit the skies

Casablanca Motel

Humphrey Bogart meets Norman Bates
"Play it again, Sam" meets daily rates

But now Wanda's dying of thirst
Find it quickly or forever be cursed

Lareg Field in Canyon Oaks

Off the Cooper Canyon lies a field un-plowed

Just south of a road that makes UT Austin proud

Where the field ends, a sidewalk lies

Look for a clue here to claim your prize

Search the trees slow and steady

Hope you have your flashlight ready!

on the chest:

Not far away, where the Mustangs roam
The Ghosts of Edgehill make their home

An address marks the year of their death
From a watery grave, rises their breath
Spiders wreak havoc amongst rotting remains

Count them up, to unlock these chains

Then on to find one more number hidden

Search the rows for the Pumpkin Patch of Glidden

Armed with these numbers, return to this chest

And unlock the next ingredient in your quest

Arbuckle Park

(put the puzzle together)

Find this park and locate the trees

Along the wall swaying in the breeze

Count ____ south and look behind

That's where the next clue you'll find

Alley Way

In the Commonwealth of MA, the trials were held

Over 132 witches in Salem Place were celled
Just South of Chandler these two roads collide
And a little West is where the clues hide

For behind the home where the two meet
There lies a dreary and haunted street
Wander down this dark alley for 10 paces
To find what you seek in lowly places

Chick Fil-A

Oh, no, Wandas’ good lookin’ daughter has been killed!

A drive-by left her charred and grilled.

They sliced her into pieces, filleting meat off the bone.

Fried up all her fingers and drank the blood alone.

You better drive-thru and investigate the scene,

Order precisely this, you’ll see what we mean.

A Char-Grilled Chicken Salad Sandwich with Jelly,

Then you’ll have your clue in hand, and Luanda in your belly!

Zanjero Park

Sometimes even witches exercise
And at Zanjero Park, Wanda flies
But when her broom loses its tread
She goes out for a run instead

Find your team’s color, your clue is marked,

Look for where Wanda's broom is parked.

Wal Mart on Power and Ray

If you’re looking for a hit movie show,

Off to the Wall of Sam you should go.

See if you can unscramble this mess,

It will surely help you pass this next test!

(movie scramble)

But, you wonder, which one could we mean?

Arizona? Germann? Maybe McQueen?

Head East to a Street with great might

And catch a moon beam on this Witching Night

Ending Location -- Maddy's House

Congratulations! You're practically done

Rush to the Council to see if you've won

Hopefully you'll find Wanda's bungalow

Otherwise you'll be partying solo

One more challenge, so move along quick!

Because the first ones there get first pick

As team arrives, the choices deplete

In one more challenge you must compete

Orange Team arriving first -- WINNERS!

Red Team learning they came in 2nd!

Blue team -- exhausted, but in 3rd place

Brained fried in 4th, but still the awesomemest shirts ever!

Mystery Challenge

FINAL POINTS!

1. Orange Team -- 37 points

6 for pranks

4 for wearing orange

10 for arriving 1st

9 for ingredients

8 for mystery challenge

2. Blue Team -- 32 points

4 for pranks

4 for wearing blue

6 for arriving third

9 for ingredients

9 for mystery challenge

3. Red Team -- 30 points

4 for wearing red

1 bonus point for team spirit headbands

8 for arriving second

9 for ingerients

8 for mystery challenge

4. Yellow Team -- 25 points

6 for pranks

4 for wearing yellow

2 bonus points for team spirit shirts

4 for arriving 4th

9 for ingredients

I don't even know where to start for Green and White.

We love them anyway.

We'd love your feedback! Let us know you're favorite clues and locations, what was too hard, what you enjoyed. . .

Friday, October 22, 2010

Starting Place Announced!

Are you handy with a map?
Then finding this should be a snap:
(link available in e-mail)

This bridge marks our quest's beginning
Be there at 6 for your best chance of winning

There you'll receive a cauldron and clue
Then off you'll go gathering stuff for our brew

Remember you'll need a few dollars that night
Maybe a smart phone and bring a flashlight

We've added a few extra stops for your cruising
And the mystery challenge will prove amusing

We hope you're ready to puzzle and sweat
This is going to be Wanda's best year yet!

Point Totals

Have anyone's pranks started a feud?
Or gotten teams into a competitive mood?

We hope it geared you up to bewitch
Because everyone knows payback's a stitch
(what did you THINK I was going to say??)

Here are totals at the start of the race

Tomorrow we find out who wins first place

Check your mail, for tonight we reveal

The starting point for this ordeal

TOTAL Points

White Wizards --7

Blood Orange --6

Not So Mellow Yellow Fellows --6

Weird Science --5

Midnight Mystic Mayhem -- 4

Blood Sucking Scarlet Fever -- 0

Scoring Sheet

___ / 2 pts. First team to submit a team name

___ / 5 pts. One point earned per prank pulled on another team

___ / 9 pts. One point per ingredient returned and placed in the brew

___ / 4 pts. Awarded if every member is wearing the team color

___ / 10 pts. Points awarded for arrival

(10 - 1st team, 8 - 2nd team, 6 - 3rd team. . .)

___/ 10 pts. Points awarded based on Mystery Challenge

40 total points possible

*___*-----*___*-----*___*-----*___*

Point Breakdown

First team name submitted:

White Wizards - 2

Pranks:

White Wizards --5

Blood Orange --5

Not So Mellow Yellow Fellows -- 5

Weird Science --5

(pictures in progress -- even witches need to go to playgroup)

Midnight Mystic Mayhem -- 3

Blood Sucking Scarlet Fever -- 0

Bonus points (as determined by the Council):

*Blood Orange -- 1

(for creativity with the caramel onion)

*Not so Mellow Yellow Fellows -- 1

(for going the extra mile and doing everyone)

*Midnight Mystic Mayhem -- 1

(for all the extra work like filling all those balloons and the pumpkin people)

I'm embarrassed. . . but not as much as someone else

Planning Meeting

Matt and Julie Smith

Horaks

Ashtons and Jonses

Simpsons

Larsons

Maroney's

Points Totals as of Friday AM

TOTAL Points

White Wizards --7

Blood Orange --5

Not So Mellow Yellow Fellows --5

Weird Science --5

Midnight Mystic Mayhem -- 3

Blood Sucking Scarlet Fever -- 0

The Crimes of Midnight Mystic Mayhem

Haymonds

Jandas

Laneys

Simpsons and Olpins

Rogers

(where I heard they may have been a chase scene as the Bishop returned from visits -- I mean who does that to their own Bishop?? Someone who wants to be in Nursery I suspect)