Fifty-five contestants entered 2024’s CWE Halloween Costume Contest on Saturday, October 26. When asked by emcees Trish Bush and KSDK meterologist Jim Castillo if the contestants made their own costumes, almost all said yes, including the top 3 prize winners.
The top prize of $2500 went to a towering Grimm.
Strolling with Cruella won 2nd place and a $1000 prize.
The 3rd place winner was The Aztec Warrior who won $500.
Winners 4 through 10, including Draco the Dragon won $200 in CWE Bucks, which can be used in businesses throughout the neighborhood.
Other finalists include Psycho Circus, whom Trish Bush called “your worst nightmare,”
Furby
Shipwrecked
Here’s an amazing General Grievous from Star Wars, who received lots of cheers and applause from the audience for his DIY costume. Other winners (not photographed) were Princes of Darkness and Becky, Queen of Carpets.
The Costume Contest judges were CWEnder Kate Walter, Jim Espy, Johnnie Brock’s Will Mullins, and Brake Landscaping’s Marjorie Johnson.
At the conclusion of the contest, DJ Agile One took the main stage and kept the party going until midnight.
The generous sponsors of the evening’s event can be found on this CWEScene link.
Thanks once again to organizers of the day’s events led by Kate Haher and Nina Emerson of the CWE North Neighborhood Community Improvement District, co-producers Frances Thompson and Dennis Gorg, The City’s Finest (TCF), and Sean Anthony and Stanley Johnson who kept the streets and sidewalks clean throughout the day and evening.
And to all the neighbors and visitors who supported the event throughout the day, thanks for adding your enthusiasm as spectators and creativity as participants. That is huge part of what makes this event such a success year after year.
Very creative people! Going to start working right away on my costume for Halloween 2025!