Who are you going to call? NOT Ghostbusters!

I will admit that I was not that interested in history when I was in school. Then, as an adult when I began to travel and see some of the places I had learned about, I wished I'd paid more attention in history classes.

Last night Bill and I witnessed history come to life, in a graveyard. Steve Zell of Valhalla Cemetery on St. Charles Rock Road near the innerbelt, collaborated with the St. Louis Genealogical Society, The Hawthorne Players (actors), and St. Louis Writer's Guild to produce one of the best October events in our town, HAYRIDE THROUGH TIME, a hayride through the cemetery to meet prominent and interesting "residents". On a mid-October night, with a slight chill in the air, under a cloudless sky, with a half moon and starlight illuminating the tombstones, the hay wagon halted several times. A Valhalla "resident" left his or her state of repose. Some meandered slowly towards us, others bounded out from behind a tombstone to jubilantly greet us wearing period clothing; some had props. Each told us all about their (short or long) interesting lives. Not all were saints. I must tell you, this was so realisitic, and non-scary, we hated to see them return to the "grave". The cost is $10.00 for the tour. You can still make reservations for next Friday and Saturday night from 7-9 p.m. Who're you gonna call? NOT GHOSTBUSTERS! Call Valhalla Cemetery 314-863-3011.

I promise you a non-frightening good time.