[Reader-list] Fw: Fwd: Ghost rides

[kabi cubby sherman]

all,

am forwarding an email from a friend of mine in NYC who is the director of the coney island museum (check out the website below in his email.... it may surprise those who dont know it).  He has some questions that i can't answer so am putting it out to this esteemed collection of some very creative and knowledgeable people..... 

best
kabi



 
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----- Forwarded Message ----
From: kabi cubby <cubbykabi at gmail.com>
To: cubby sherman singh <cubbykabi at yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, 26 January, 2009 9:45:33 AM
Subject: Fwd: Ghost rides




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Aaron Beebe <aaron at coneyisland.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Subject: Ghost rides
To: cubbykabi at gmail.com



Hey Kabi,
 
I'm trying to put together a grant proposal to come
back to India.  Can you give me some advice?
 
Here's what I'm looking for:
I'm very interested in free-standing pavillions or "dark
rides" at amusement parks and local fairs.  In the US, at county fairs, there are haunted house rides where a car takes you through a scary building. 
And around Halloween, there are a million of these weird haunted houses that
people make, right?  They're scary tours of buildings or terrifying
tableaus.  They're related to the French Grand Guignol shows. 
Is there anything like that in India?  When I went to Esselworld, there was
a haunted house there.  It was amazing.  I'd like to see more
of that.  Do people make free-standing structures in local fairs?  Is
there a tradition of horror shows or gory morality plays?  Or any kind of
free-standing pavilions that have actors inside them doing things?  
 
Can you point me in some direction?  I'm at a
loss.
 
a
 
Aaron Beebe
Director
The Coney Island Museum
www.coneyisland.com


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