Photo Essay: Halloween 2010 on Main Street
Editor’s note: This is the third year that Myra Klarman, a professional photographer based in Ann Arbor, has graced The Chronicle with her charming photographs of the annual Main Street Halloween Treat Parade, when merchants pass out goodies to pint-sized princesses and puppies, ghouls and goblins. [Take a look at her images from 2009 and 2008 Halloween parades as well.] After seeing Myra’s photographs last year, one of our readers commented: “This makes me like our town.” We agree. Happy Halloween!
Blue Ghoul Princess with face painted white, out along Main Street causing a fright.
Cute little charmer, a beflowered young lass, gathers up candy in her skirt of grass.
Purple Butterfly, her bag made of green, beflutters, beflitters the Halloween scene.
Scary Striped Pirate, a bucket of loot, terrifies merchants if "terror" is cute.
In Wonderland Alices wander downtown, looking for rabbit holes they can fall down.
Darling Dalmatian, you're quite a cute pup, does everyone ask you: Hey, Dawg, what's up?
Two Cutie Pies, always better than one, hang on to your hat now, Halloween has begun.
Both Beat Cop and Bunny, have crime-fighting merits, keep citizens safe from bad guys and carrots.
Little Blue Princess, grasps her wand tight, charms all the merchants, with her pearly whites.
Green Sleeping Beauty, with a small button nose, dreams of frogs and sweet peas, in a Halloween doze.
Moosejaw Princess hands out Halloween treats, confused trick-or-treaters ask what's on her feets.
One foot on the pavement, and one on the wall, this Halloween Spider-Man, ready to crawl.
Poem: Sometimes a label makes it so.
The Little Green Monster, a real scary sight, giving all passers-by a furry big fright.
Little Miss Ladybug, says goodbye to the day, takes a ride in her buggy, there'll be treats on the way.
Okay, here’s the thing:
You guys are amazing.
The poems totally make these sing!!!
(Um… I think I’d better stick to photography. Thanks so much for the posting again this year!)
Happy Halloween!
-Myra
Thank you to both The Chronicle and Myra Klarman for capturing the Treat Parade on film and in words. The Main Street Area Association, a nonprofit merchant organization, sponsors this event every year. Member businesses pay annual dues to help make events like this possible. In addition these generous business owners purchase a ridiculous amount of candy to make this event a success. If events like this make you like our town please make every effort to support the businesses that them possible. Check out the MSAA website for a complete list of member businesses.
I am a huge fan of Myra Klarman. She is the BEST! Thanks for posting her beautiful photos. I am uplifted by looking at them. Ellen
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again–if I had 1/1000 of the talent of Myra, maybe my sad little pictures wouldn’t look like they were being taken by the back of my head.
Beautiful work, as always :)
Thanks to both Myra and The Chronicle; these are sweet.
I got way more out of the dozen, or so, candid shots here and the fun captions than I did from the more than 150 posed shots published elsewhere.
As always – wonderful images that capture the spirit of a fun community event!!