Tots and their adults mask up for daytime outdoor Halloween party

October 31, 2020  |  By Lisa Scagliotti

Listening to Halloween tales and tunes in the library's Word Garden. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Two masks are better than one. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Photo by Gordon Miller.

Steve Lotspeich’s folksy tunes capture the crowd’s attention. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Steve Lotspeich doesn’t get to play the banjo most days as Waterbury’s Community Planning Director. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Photo by Gordon Miller.

Superheroes come in all sizes. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Children’s Room Coordinator Naomi Alfini does a step-by-step witches brew demo. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Photo by Gordon Miller.

Photo by Gordon Miller.

Photo by Gordon Miller.

Children's Librarian Michelle Willey reads aloud with a large fuzzy spider in her hair. Photo by Gordon Miller.

Library volunteer Patty Haverstick demonstrates that there’s more than one way to hand out goodie bags. Photo by Gordon Miller.

The Children’s Room didn’t let COVID-19 put a damper on their Halloween fun this year. 

On Friday photographer Gordon Miller captured the scene as tiny ghosts, goblins, unicorns and superheroes and their grownups gathered in the Word Garden at the Waterbury Public Library for what was billed as a Little Outdoor Halloween Party. 

It featured a parade with everyone wearing masks. Tots and adults spread out on the grass for a witches brew demo by Children’s Room coordinator Naomi Alfini and stories from Children’s Librarian Michelle Willey. Steve Lotspeich took a break from the town Planning and Zoning office to warm up his banjo for a few tunes as well. 

The event was organized by the Waterbury Public Library and The Children’s Room which hopes to resume its Halloween parade at Thatcher Brook Primary School in 2021.