![]() ![]() The Jack O’Lantern Spectacular at Iroquois Park features thousands of pumpkins and over 100 expertly designed, hand painted and carved pumpkins. We have quite a variety of mediums and talents,” Day said.Ī Toy Story-themed pumpkin design stored at Iroquois Park before its eventual carving. We have a lot of tattoo artists that do pumpkins. The longtime seamstress is also the studio director for this annual gallery of gourds. I think people are really going to appreciate this one,” Day said.įor many years, Day worked in client relations for Louisville-based entertainment company Production Simple. “I worked with the Foo Fighters several times, so when that happened, it was really sad. ![]() It’s a band Day has a personal connection with. Spectrum News 1 met Day just under two weeks before opening night while she was finishing artwork on a tribute to the late Taylor Hawkins, famed Foo Fighters drummer. “You carve the lightest around the darkest and that makes it really pop.”īut the carving doesn’t happen until her design is finished. It’s just so special and unique,” Day said as she designed a jack-o’-lantern. “I’m just going to pump up the contrast on his drums and his shirt. The event raises tens-of-thousands of dollars to improve other area parksĮvery year around the beginning of autumn, Alene Day is basically buried in pumpkins. And the only way Day will survive is by carving her way out.Local artists create hundreds of expertly carved jack-o'-lanterns for the occasion.The spooky tradition has been going on for 10 years. ![]()
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