Read first part Knock on wood, it's Halloween
Once the parade exhausted itself, the spectators stopped moving around in anticipation...
The heavy silence filled the air...
The dancing nun quickly hopped to the finish line to cheer her friends. The wind wasn't blowing and even the birds stopped chirping and were looking to the race track...
And the race began. Two teams were running, pushing the coffins along the street. They were closer... closer... closer... it felt like a few more seconds and they crashed into the crowd.
Surely this was impossible that all 60 teams raced at the same time. So only two of them were on the street fighting each other. And two of the best would have their prize - one more race to figure out the best coffin racers of the year. And... believe it or not, the winners were the blue boys that started the first race.
And every team competed differently. Some showed the real sport characters and just ran off to the finish line, without looking back. Some showed off, making faces and giving kinda show to the viewers. Every run was special and it was real fun to see them.
In fact, that was a great show to see. The teams were working hard, the crowd was cheering and whistling. And everyone had a good time, the regular people and vampires.
But the last two teams crossed the line... The best runners run again to find the winned and... the street transformed into the street again...
The characters of the Wizard of Oz danced and smiled... The blue boys got a piece of the cemetery as a prize...
Some liked to have a picture for the family album and asked the teams to be a nice background...
The police gave the all clear and the crowd dissolved into the side streets and shops. Vampire hissed while being driven away in the white car... The evil spirits were disappearing from the streets of Manitou Springs for another year...
Bonus :-) As there were more interesting moments during the race and many funny and nice faces here and there... Let's throw a few more pictures here.
Pictures were taken October 30, 2010 года.
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