The Best Halloween Party in Town!

On Saturday, October 27, 2001 from Noon until 4:00 PM, Chelsea Piers will present the Sixth Annual Chelsea Piers Halloween Carnival, a free, fun-filled event for kids of all ages. The carnival will take place on Pier 62, Chelsea Piers, 23rd Street and the Hudson River, New York City. It will be held rain or shine!

Last year this event attracted over 15,000 people. Especially geared to kids ages 5 to 14 and their families, the event features over four dozen carnival games, a preschool gymnastics area, miniature golf, face-painting, entertainment and many life-size costumed characters to delight the kids! Some of the carnival games will require tickets at 25 cents each, with proceeds to benefit the Twin Towers Fund.

We are still putting together the pieces for this year's big show. As of this date, some of the over four dozen games of skill and chance will be run by the Golf Club, Sports Center, Sky Rink, Field House, Roller Rinks and PIER SIXTY as part of a very extensive carnival midway, with some additional games and activities sponsored by the Big Apple Circus, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Old Navy, Parmalat, Radio Disney, AT&T, CCM The Hockey Company, Coca-Cola, AMF Chelsea Piers Bowl, Spirit Cruises, Loew's Theaters, NY Pet-I-Care, the Puppetry Arts Theatre, and the Broadway musicals The Music Man, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and Aida.

The day will include our fabulous Costume Parade (last year over 700 kids participated), sponsored by New York Presbyterian Hospital and Old Navy. Medals will be awarded by clowns from the Big Apple Circus. Other activities will include "The Pumpkin Patch," where kids can decorate their own jack o'lanterns, "Dana's Famous Fruit Loop Necklaces," and exciting appearances by the Big Apple Circus, and the internationally-acclaimed singer, Gemma. Also featured will be a special performance by the cast of the hit Off-Broadway zany comedy, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). The day's activities will be hosted by the Glam Queen of Halloween, Deborah Jean Templin.

Everybody receives an Old Navy Halloween 'Trick or Treat' bag on arrival, and fabulous major door prizes (including tickets to NY Rangers and other sporting events, Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, restaurants, etc.) will given away throughout the event. Lots of great American food will be available for purchase.

Presenting Sponsor of the Halloween Carnival is The Dime Savings Bank of New York. Event Sponsors are the Big Apple Circus, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Old Navy, Parmalat, Radio Disney, and the Village Voice. The Sixth Annual Chelsea Piers Halloween Carnival is one of a series of FREE events produced each year by Chelsea Piers. For more information please call 212.336.6881.