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Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to the executive director and co founder of the world's largest halloween and horror convention. It's called Midsummer Scream, and we'd like to say good morning now to David Marklin.
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Speaker 2: Hi, David, Hey, how's it going.
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Speaker 1: It's going great. Thanks for getting up early to share with our wake up call listeners how we are getting ready for this scare. You know, it's so funny here in southern California. Like I've lived in several places and I've never seen Halloween start so early, but like everybody, just as soon as fourth as July is over, I've seen skeletons in front in front yards already.
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Speaker 2: I mean it's it's year round now projectally, but yeah, definitely, July fifth is the day that, it seems is now the start of the Halloween season.
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Speaker 1: And we're going to get you in the mood for the Halloween season with Midsummer Scream. I got the first, my first opportunity to go to this event last year and it's just crazy, crazy, good and huge. So please tell us about Midsummer Scream For people who haven't been.
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Speaker 2: Before, Midsummer Scream is everything you love about What was the Halloween season of October. We pack it into one summer weekend. We have all the big theme parks come out and do displays and talks about what they have planned for the season. That's Halloween, Horror Nights, not Scary Farm, Queen Mary's Dark Harbor, et cetera. And plus we've got you know, over three hundred vendors selling you know, costumes and t shirts and you know, prince decor. But one of the big things we feature is our Hall of Shadows. We have over a dozen haunted houses set up just for the weekend, made by everybody from Lionsgate Studios to a lot of the local home honors and pro honors from across southern California.
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Speaker 1: And I think one of the cool things to another, one of the things it's such a such a great experience is the scare actors that are all over the place, Like you really and again they do it upright in LA I think with having Hollywood here, like they just take it to a whole new level.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and we we are the entertainment and creative capital I think of the world, and Halloween is when a lot of these people go a little crazy, you know, and put out their dark side and we get to see that at Midsummer Screen.
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Speaker 1: Yeah okay, And what's the theme this year is Descent into Darkness.
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Speaker 2: Well, the theme of the Holl of Shadows is called Descent into Darkness, and yeah, we have you know, they go all out with these home hunters. We have Eulogy Collective making it an entry away experience to get into the Hall of Shadows itself, which is going to really embrace that theme. But our overall show theme this year is horror musicals. But I mean yeah, horror musicals. So you're going to see a lot of performances based on everything from you know, fan of of the opera to Beatlejuice the musical, a lot of You'll probably see a lot of rocky horror cosplayers running around as well, and performances throughout the weekend.
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Speaker 1: How fun. Okay. And then something else that's a real treat is the cast of Scream is going to be there.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean thirtieth anniversary of Scream this year, and we were lucky enough to get Matthew Lillard and skiek Ulrik and a lot of the other original cast members to come out and participate this year with a couple of different panels will be signing and meeting fans of the weekend and they're the nicest guys, so anybody who's wanted to meet them before will not be let down.
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Speaker 1: Okay, And then another legendary appearance is happening because you have John Carpenter, legendary Scare director John Carpenter coming back again.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I'm i He came last year and that was one of the highlights ever of my life to have, you know, the master of Halloween or the greatest directors of all time want to come to Midsummer Scream and he came and he enjoyed it. And then to get a call that he wants to come back at second year in a row, was you know, even more even cooler, Like how can you beat that?
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Speaker 1: Absolutely? Okay, So now let's talk about when it is and what tickets are still available, because this is a huge event, as we mentioned, you know, the largest Halloween horror convention, and it's already the tickets are selling out fast. So when is it and how do we get tickets?
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Speaker 2: It's August seventh to the ninth at that Long Beach Convention Center. People can purchase tickets by visiting Midsommer Scream dot com or dot org take your pick. But yeah, our week our weekend passes are sold out. Our VIP Goldbat passes are sold out, but we have the single day passes, but those will also sell out before the show, so I wouldn't count on waiting until the last minute if you want to go.
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Speaker 1: Okay, so single day tickets available at Midsummer Scream dot com. And thank you so much, David Markland. And want to say thank you too, because those VIP Goldbat passes are sold out, but you're providing us with a pair of them to give away to wake up call listeners and we're going to do that right now. So David Markland, executive director, co founder of Midsummer Scream, thank you so much for your time. Can't wait to see how you scare us this year.
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Speaker 2: I appreciate it, all right, Halloween.
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Speaker 1: Happy too soon, I know, but I love it. Okay, Midsummer Scream coming up August seventh through ninth, Long Beach Convention Center, and once again, if you want to purchase those tickets, Midsommar Scream dot com.
Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to the executive director and co founder of the world's largest halloween and horror convention. It's called Midsummer Scream, and we'd like to say good morning now to David Marklin.
00:00:14
Speaker 2: Hi, David, Hey, how's it going.
00:00:17
Speaker 1: It's going great. Thanks for getting up early to share with our wake up call listeners how we are getting ready for this scare. You know, it's so funny here in southern California. Like I've lived in several places and I've never seen Halloween start so early, but like everybody, just as soon as fourth as July is over, I've seen skeletons in front in front yards already.
00:00:38
Speaker 2: I mean it's it's year round now projectally, but yeah, definitely, July fifth is the day that, it seems is now the start of the Halloween season.
00:00:48
Speaker 1: And we're going to get you in the mood for the Halloween season with Midsummer Scream. I got the first, my first opportunity to go to this event last year and it's just crazy, crazy, good and huge. So please tell us about Midsummer Scream For people who haven't been.
00:01:07
Speaker 2: Before, Midsummer Scream is everything you love about What was the Halloween season of October. We pack it into one summer weekend. We have all the big theme parks come out and do displays and talks about what they have planned for the season. That's Halloween, Horror Nights, not Scary Farm, Queen Mary's Dark Harbor, et cetera. And plus we've got you know, over three hundred vendors selling you know, costumes and t shirts and you know, prince decor. But one of the big things we feature is our Hall of Shadows. We have over a dozen haunted houses set up just for the weekend, made by everybody from Lionsgate Studios to a lot of the local home honors and pro honors from across southern California.
00:01:57
Speaker 1: And I think one of the cool things to another, one of the things it's such a such a great experience is the scare actors that are all over the place, Like you really and again they do it upright in LA I think with having Hollywood here, like they just take it to a whole new level.
00:02:13
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we we are the entertainment and creative capital I think of the world, and Halloween is when a lot of these people go a little crazy, you know, and put out their dark side and we get to see that at Midsummer Screen.
00:02:28
Speaker 1: Yeah okay, And what's the theme this year is Descent into Darkness.
00:02:33
Speaker 2: Well, the theme of the Holl of Shadows is called Descent into Darkness, and yeah, we have you know, they go all out with these home hunters. We have Eulogy Collective making it an entry away experience to get into the Hall of Shadows itself, which is going to really embrace that theme. But our overall show theme this year is horror musicals. But I mean yeah, horror musicals. So you're going to see a lot of performances based on everything from you know, fan of of the opera to Beatlejuice the musical, a lot of You'll probably see a lot of rocky horror cosplayers running around as well, and performances throughout the weekend.
00:03:15
Speaker 1: How fun. Okay. And then something else that's a real treat is the cast of Scream is going to be there.
00:03:22
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean thirtieth anniversary of Scream this year, and we were lucky enough to get Matthew Lillard and skiek Ulrik and a lot of the other original cast members to come out and participate this year with a couple of different panels will be signing and meeting fans of the weekend and they're the nicest guys, so anybody who's wanted to meet them before will not be let down.
00:03:44
Speaker 1: Okay, And then another legendary appearance is happening because you have John Carpenter, legendary Scare director John Carpenter coming back again.
00:03:55
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I'm i He came last year and that was one of the highlights ever of my life to have, you know, the master of Halloween or the greatest directors of all time want to come to Midsummer Scream and he came and he enjoyed it. And then to get a call that he wants to come back at second year in a row, was you know, even more even cooler, Like how can you beat that?
00:04:17
Speaker 1: Absolutely? Okay, So now let's talk about when it is and what tickets are still available, because this is a huge event, as we mentioned, you know, the largest Halloween horror convention, and it's already the tickets are selling out fast. So when is it and how do we get tickets?
00:04:34
Speaker 2: It's August seventh to the ninth at that Long Beach Convention Center. People can purchase tickets by visiting Midsommer Scream dot com or dot org take your pick. But yeah, our week our weekend passes are sold out. Our VIP Goldbat passes are sold out, but we have the single day passes, but those will also sell out before the show, so I wouldn't count on waiting until the last minute if you want to go.
00:05:00
Speaker 1: Okay, so single day tickets available at Midsummer Scream dot com. And thank you so much, David Markland. And want to say thank you too, because those VIP Goldbat passes are sold out, but you're providing us with a pair of them to give away to wake up call listeners and we're going to do that right now. So David Markland, executive director, co founder of Midsummer Scream, thank you so much for your time. Can't wait to see how you scare us this year.
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Speaker 2: I appreciate it, all right, Halloween.
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Speaker 1: Happy too soon, I know, but I love it. Okay, Midsummer Scream coming up August seventh through ninth, Long Beach Convention Center, and once again, if you want to purchase those tickets, Midsommar Scream dot com.
