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You asked for it, you got it! This will be bigger than the “Crown Plaza Party”

Introducing The First Annual IAHA/Trans World Haunted Attraction Industry Awards Banquet.

The International Association of Haunted Attractions (I.A.H.A), together with Trans World Exhibits is proud to present the haunted attraction industry’s first and only Industry Banquet and Awards Ceremony.

SAVE THE DATE! The event will be held in conjunction with the Haunt & Attractions Show in Las Vegas, NV on the evening of Monday, March 17, 2008. The festivities begin at 5:00 at the closing of the show floor.

WHERE: The Sands Expo Center, Rooms 206 & 207.

PRICING: Admission is free for all. IAHA members will receive one free buffet meal and additional meals can be purchased online at www.IAHAweb.com. Pricing for additional meals for members is $25.00 and $35.00 for non-members. The event will feature a cash bar.

REGISTRATION: To RSVP go to www.IAHAweb.com. by March 7th.

You will hear about the year in review as well as the exciting programs we are working on for our industry. Learn how you can become nominated and be honored at next year’s banquet. So come out and party with old friends and make new ones while honoring some of our industry leaders!

C.H.A.O.S.
Room 105/106
Sands Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday, March 15, 2008, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm

Schedule:

9:30 Introduction: Timothy Gavinski, IAHA President

9:35 C.H.A.O.S. Overview: Brett Bertolino, IAHA Director

9:45 Training of Actors and Support Staff: Kelly Collins, Terror Park

10:45 Haunted Attractions - Installation, Maintenance and Operation: John
Hawkins & Joe Whitcher, Oak Island Productions

12:25 Break, Lunch will be provided in room

12:45 Loss Control issues for Haunted House: Mike Beckman, Beckman Insurance

1:30 Fire & Panic In Haunted Houses: Phil Slaggert, M.M.S.I.

2:30 Pneumatic Prop Maintenance and Safety, Mark McDonough, Creative
Visions

3:25 Break

3:35 Code Compliance - Life Safety 101: Randy Bates, Bates Motel


5:40 pm Certification Test (optional)


Seminar Descriptions

Training of Actors and Support Staff – Presentation Length: 1 hour
Actors and support staff play a critical role in the event of an emergency. Are they prepared to deal with unruly patrons, lost children inappropriate behaviors, first aid and guest complaints? Can they perform efficiently in an emergency? This presentation will explore the in’s and out’s of actor and support training for haunted attractions.

Loss Control issues for Haunted House - Presentation Length: 1 hour
This presentation will explore the various factors underwriters use when rating haunted attractions risks. Knowledge of what the underwriters require is a vital part of an overall risk reduction strategy for your haunted attraction.

Fire & Panic In Haunted Houses - Presentation Length: 1 hour
A historical look at the origins of NFPA 101 “The Lifesaving Code.” This presentation uses actual case studies to underscore the importance of NFPA 1010 in an overall risk reduction strategy for haunted houses, mazes and other attractions that can be classified as “Special Amusement Buildings.”

Haunted Attractions - Installation, Maintenance and Operation - Presentation Length: 2 hours
This presentation will discuss proper installation, theming, creative design, maintenance and operation of seasonal, temporary and permanent haunted houses, mazes and other walk-through attractions. The seminar will discuss how to make elements of your attraction safe yet very impactful. It will cover many basic "must have" attraction elements that will keep your attraction safe and within code. Emphasis will be placed on the unique creative and logistical challenges operators face in the day-to-day operation of these types of attractions... and how these challenges can be minimized through design principles and use of proper materials. NFPA 101 Lifesaving Code will be discussed.

Pneumatic Prop Maintenance and Safety - Presentation Length: 1 hour
A common sense approach to safely maintaining, operating and inspecting pneumatic effects used in haunted attractions, outdoor walkthroughs and hay rides.

Code Compliance - Life Safety 101 - Presentation Length: 2 hours
How do the codes and standards impact your overall risk reduction strategy for your haunted attraction. This presentation will focus on all aspects of NFPA 101 Lifesaving code, NFPA 701, NFPA 10, and other codes that impact the overall safety of your attraction.


Seminars and speakers subject to change without notice.

All members of the International Association of Haunted Attractions will receive free admission to the Saturday night masquerade party at this year's Midwest Haunters Convention in June.


About the Midwest Haunters Convention:

The Midwest Haunters Convention is a weekend event planned for Haunted
Attraction Producers, Actors, and Home Haunters taking place June
12-15, 2008. Our goal is to provide you with educational seminars and
workshops with experienced presenters, a 75+ vendor tradeshow with the
latest in haunt offerings, and place to network with others in the
industry during our fun social activities. If you are involved in a
haunted house in any way then MHC is the place to be! Please visit
www.midwesthauntersconvention.com for all of the details.

The Bloody Mary Monster Makeup Wars contest will be Saturday, June 14th starting at 4:30 pm during the Midwest Haunters Convention. The Grand Prize will be a Cruise for two on the Bloody Mary & Crazy Bob Haunted Moonlight Fantasy Cruise. The cruise is for 7 days, leaving out of Galveston TX Jan 25-Feb 1st on the Carnival Ship, Conquest, Cruising to the Western Caribbean stopping off at Montego Bay, Grand Cayman and Cozumel. The cruise is valued over $1,100.

Five teams of three (2 makeup artists and a model) will have 30 minutes to create a monster from the neck up, using only the items supplied by Bloody Mary and the Midwest Haunters Convention. They will include basic make-up supplies, along with various special effects and some “out of the ordinary” items.

This will be the 5th year for the Bloody Mary Monster Makeup Wars competition and we are expecting an awesome competition. Log on to www.midwesthauntersconvention.com for additional information and to register for this truly unique competition.

The International Association of Haunted Attractions (I.A.H.A), together with Mobile Midway Safety Institute (MMSI), is proud to offer the haunted attraction industry’s first and only voluntary national safety certification program. The Certified Haunted Attraction Operator Seminar program (C.H.A.O.S.) consists of eight hours of safety training provided by professional speakers with a background in amusement safety and loss control inspection. At the conclusion of the training program, attendees will have the opportunity to take a certification test. Upon successful completion of the training & test, attendees will be issued a certification certificate as a Certified Haunted Attraction Operator Seminar graduate (C.H.A.O.S.).

C.H.A.O.S. is an ongoing safety education program. Topics scheduled to be covered in this year’s seminars include*: Fire & Panic in Haunted Houses and Attractions, Code Compliance – Life Safety 101, the Operation and Inspection of Seasonal, Temporary and Permanent Haunted Houses and Outdoor Walkthroughs, Loss Control Issues for Haunted Attractions, Pneumatic Prop Maintenance and Safety, and Safety Training for Actors and Support Staff. Additional topics will be included in future installments of C.H.A.O.S.

* Topics covered may vary slightly depending upon the location of the seminars.

Schedule

The C.H.A.O.S. program will be held in conjunction with several haunted attraction industry tradeshows in 2008:

Saturday, March 15, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV (9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.)
Immediately preceding TransWorld's Haunt & Attractions Show
March 16-19, 2008

Friday, June 13, 2008 in Columbus, OH (9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.)
Immediately preceding Midwest Haunters Convention
June 13-15, 2008

Pricing

IAHA Members: $85, including lunch

Non-IAHA Members: $105, including lunch

There is also a $50 fee ($60 for non-members) if you wish to take the certification test. This fee can be paid by check at the seminar.


Registration
Register Online: http://www.iahaweb.com/event_registration.html

By Dan Faupel, IAHA Vendor Committee Chairman

All Haunted Attractions have a need for stancions and other related crowd control products.

I'd like to announce our two newest participants in the IAHA Vendor Discount Program...The Crowd Controller and StancionWorld.com.

Brouse their websites and you'll find they have some incredible prices...such as plastic stancions starting as low as $11!


The Crowd Controller, Inc.

327 80th Ave NE
St Petersburg, FL 33702
Phone: 800-998-8598
Email: sales@thecrowdcontroller.com
Website: www.thecrowdcontroller.com

Write in the comments section when ordering that you are an IAHA member and receive a 3% discount on all orders. TheCrowdController.com is a leading distributor of crowd control equipment including retractable belt Stanchions – Tensabarrier and classic Post & Rope Stanchions.


StanchionWorld.com
10460 Roosevelt Blvd. N. Suite 253
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
800-801-7691
Email: sales@stanchionworld.com
Website: www.stanchionworld.com

StanchionWorld.com sells Crowd Control Stanchions and Ropes to amusement parks, museums, churches, schools, hotels, banks and etc. Please write in the comments section when ordering that you are an IAHA member and receive a 3% discount on all orders.

By Dan Faupel, IAHA Vendor Committee Chair

The amount of interest in IAHA's Vendor discount Program lately has been overwhelming!

Ed Douglas of Midnight Syndicate recently became an IAHA member, and also signed up for the VDP, along with two other new participants: SpookywoodsFX and Halloween Scream.

I hope all members take advantage of our expansive line-up of discounts!

The three new participants are listed below.

Dan Faupel
Vice President
Creative Visions
www.CreativeVisionsOnline.com
IAHA Director
Chairman IAHA Vendor Committee


Midnight Syndicate Soundtracks

Sarah Mann
11510 Boxwood Circle
Chardon, Ohio 44024
www.MidnightSyndicate.com
Sarah@midnightsyndicate.com

Midnight Syndicate offers all IAHA Members exclusively a 5% discount off any order of $100 or more.


SpookywoodsFX

Tony Wohlgemuth
1615 Kersey Valley Rd.
High Point, NC 27263
Phone: 336-517-2442
Email: Tony@spookywoods.com
Website: www.spookywoodsFX.com

Trade show special year round for IAHA Members only - $300.00 off retail pricing of our new full-body movie quality costumes.


Halloween Scream

Derek Cain
818 Bristol Pike
Bensalem, PA 19020
Phone: 800-699-2246
Email: dcain@HalloweenScream.com
Website: www.HalloweenScream.com

Halloween costumes, props, and much more! Halloween Scream is proud to offer all IAHA Members 10% off any order.

By Dan Faupel, IAHA Vendor Committee Chair

I hope everyone had a Happy New Year!

I'm pleased to announce three new updates to the IAHA Vendor Discount Program. The first two are updated discounts from Midwest Haunter's Convention and Creative Visions/Haunt Visions (raised discount to 10%!), and the third is an all new discount from Gorestore Inc.

I'm currently working on updating all of the discount listings for 2008, so stay tuned for those updates. As always, the entire line-up of discounts can be viewed at http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif.

If you know someone who would like to get involved with the Vendor Discount Program, have them get in touch with me at DanFaupel@aol.com ASAP so they can get into the 2008 IAHA Member Directory/Buyer's Guide in the VDP section. The new book will be distributed at the Transworld Vegas show.

The three new VDP listings are below. Hope to see you all soon at TW!

Dan Faupel
Vice President
Creative Visions
www.CreativeVisionsOnline.com
IAHA Director
Chairman IAHA Vendor Committee



Midwest Haunters Convention
P.O. Box 21371
Columbus, OH 43221
Phone: 641-361-1466
Email: mhc@midwesthaunters.com
Website: www.MidwestHauntersConvention.com

MHC is very happy to continue to offer IAHA members a discounted price for registration. All IAHA members may receive $5.00 off admission to the seminar series and/or masquerade party by entering the coupon code “iahamember” in the registration cart checkout or by mentioning the discount when registering offline.


Creative Visions/Haunt Visions
1817 Cherokee St.
St. Louis, MO 63118
Phone: 314-776-FXFX (3939)
Fax: 314-772-8146
Email: sales@CreativeVisionsOnline.com
Websites: www.CreativeVisionsOnline.com
www.HauntVisions.com

For the last 15 years, Creative Visions has been specializing in the fabrication of animatronics and theming for amusement facilities worldwide. Just tell them you are an IAHA member, and receive a 10% discount on any animatronic, prop, or display. CV also offers all IAHA members a 25% discount off of all consulting services. This discount cannot be combined with any other discounts or promotions.


Gorestore Inc.

John Vary
1944 182 ND St.
Lansing, IL 60438
Phone: 708-895-4907
Website: www.gorestore.com
Email: info@gorestore.com

15% off on all items in stock for all IAHA Members only. Insert IAHA in coupon code on website.