2009 Season Closes

Thanks to all our loyal fans that allow us to have the best job in the world, to have over 50,000 fans Lost Laughing and Loving it in the corn maze to screaming their heads off at Spookywoods to watching our animated Christmas lights awe the kids at Kersey Valley Christmas.

The longest season in our history finally comes to an end with the closing of Kersey Valley Christmas on Dec 23rd 2009. Another year of many great memories for the staff and Donna and myself. What an amazing year with our second time on the Travel Channel and this time as part of America Haunts. The best season ever in our 24 year hisory with record attendance for all three of our events was the most rewarding as well. 2010 marks our 25th year anniversary, it's hard to believe I have been doing this for so many years.

We have big plans to expand our Maize Adventure with another great family activity with a mini golf course themed to match our Mining/Ghost town look in the planning phases already. There are many ideas to improve our events on the drawing board and we are excited to see the events grow even more next year.

Now Donna and I take a break with a couple of months vacation before we start working on our events again, I wish all our loyal fans a Happy New Year and we look forward to seeing you on the farm in 2010 for even bigger and better events!

Kersey Valley Christmas - Opens!

Before we even finished packing away Spookywoods we opened Kersey Valley Christmas! The hard work and dertermination looks to have paid off, we opened to a record breaking first night!

What a difference from a year ago we were bored on opening night in 2008, but not this year. We were so busy none of the staff had time to even use the bathroom or eat dinner!

I owe a huge thanks to all that helped turn our Farm from Scary to Merry in such a short time frame. I have an amazing crew of dedicaded people that make our company successfull. Thanks to my wife Donna, Thom Rover, Tony Forest, Kevin Burger, Steve Lee, Irene Wohlgemuth, Kathy Justice, Darrel Justice, Donnie Willard, David Hughes, Nathan Boyd, Alan and Seth. The light show is amazing due to Kale Hamel that has been flying in from Kansas each year to program the lights to music for hours on end! Occassions Floral with the fastest ever decorating team that turned Santa's workshop into an amazing place to hang out and build a wreath and see Santa!

Spookywoods Featured in The Business Journal

Check out this weeks issue of The Bussiness Journal to read about the bussiness haunting Spookywoods style. The issue comes out Friday Oct 16th.

http://triad.bizjournals.com/triad/

America Haunts Series on Travel Channel

Spookywoods will be featured on The Travel Channel this fall in a new series call America Haunts.

If you attend Spookywoods the first Saturday we are open you might just show up on national TV!

Spookywoods voted Top 6 Best Scream Park

Spookywoods voted Top 6 Best Scream Parks / Haunted Hayrides in America 2009 by Hauntworld.com

Best Scream Parks / Haunted Hayrides in America 2009 by Hauntworld.com
A Scream Park style haunted attraction is kind of like an outdoor shopping mall of haunts. They typically include several haunts at one large outdoor location with a possible combination of haunted hayrides, haunted midways, sideshows, trails, corn mazes and more. Most offer their entire package of horror for one low price.

1. Headless Horseman, Ulster Park, New York www.headlesshorseman.com
2. Bates Motel, Glen Mills, Pennsylvania www.thebatesmotel.com
3. Shocktoberfest, Reading, Pennsylvania www.shocktoberfest.com
4. Field of Screams, Mountville, Pennsylvania, near Lancaster, PA www.fieldofscreams.com
5. Creepyworld, St. Louis, MO www.scarefest.com
6. Spookywoods, High Point, North Carolina www.spookywoods.com
7. Bayville Screampark, Long Island, New York www.bayvillescreampark.com
8. Jason’s Woods, Lancaster, Pennsylvania www.jasonswoods.com
9. Halloween Park, Strinestown, Pennsylvania, www.halloweenpark.com
10. 7 Floors of Hell, Cleveland, Ohio www.7floorsofhell.com

Get lost for a good cause

HIGH POINT – Kersey Valley Inc. wants you to get lost – for the benefit of helping stray animals in the community, that is.

Maize Adventure, a 10-acre corn maze at Kersey Valley with more than four miles of twisting paths, will hold its grand opening 1 to 6 p.m. today. General admission is $10 per ticket, and a portion of the season’s ticket sales will go to the Guilford County Animal Shelter.

The annual fall attraction is redesigned each year with a different theme, this year’s theme being, “Noah Saves the Animals.”

Tony Wohlgemuth, president of Kersey Valley Inc., said the theme was chosen to bring awareness to stray pets in the community and to provide funding for the shelter.

“The theme ‘Noah Saves the Animals’ conveys the message pretty well,” Wohlgemuth said.

The maze takes about an hour to complete, he said, and pets on a leash are invited as well. Other attractions include a pumpkin patch, gem dig and fossil dig.

Marsha Williams, executive director of the Guilford County Animal Shelter, said the proceeds from Kersey Valley would be used to improve the shelter’s trauma center, where badly injured animals are sent to recuperate.

“We are an open door shelter, and we have more animals than any organization in Guilford County,” Williams said. “There are so many animals that come in that, if they only had a little bit of medical attention, they would make the perfect pet.”

Wohlgemuth said supporting stray animals became important to him after he visited the shelter in search of a pet that had gone missing.

“I was just in awe of how many animals were up for adoption,” he said. “The first thing I asked them was, ‘What can I do to bring more awareness to your cause?’ I was just touched by what they do.”

Wohlgemuth didn’t find his previous pet, but he adopted a puppy in its place.

The maze also will sponsor an Amazing Pet Adventure on Sept. 26 where various animal rescue groups from the Triad will display pets available for adoption.

Maize Adventure is cut out!

The corn maze was cut out this past Saturday by www.mazeplay.com. The corn is tall and lush green! We have not had to irrigate the corn this year yet. However, we have our irrigation pump and pipes installed and ready to go if we need to make it rain.

An aerial photo is setup for Monday from an airplane. I'm excited to see how the new "Save the Animals" design looks! The design is of Noah, his ark and 5 animals.

The photo will be posted as soon on www.maizeadventure.com