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It takes roughly three hours to light all the candles every night giving the whole space that perfect spooky yet charming atmosphere. Specially for this year, they had designed a couple extra exhibits including their Pumpkin Zee Bridge and a moving, functional Planetarium where you can see the the constellations move across the sky.Īll works of art are entirely made of pumpkins and thousands of man hours goes into the creation of the interactive exhibit, which is enhanced with the added effects of synchronized lights and an all-original soundtrack by artist Richard Christy. Separated into different areas, from the Pumpkin Promenade to the Jurassic Park (complete with dinosaurs of all sizes), to the Sleepy Hollow with all it's residents and more, this massive piece of art is unlike anything you'll ever see. With more than 7,000 hand carved and illuminated pumpkins laid out in intricate patterns across the park, it's something you have to see to believe. THE GREAT JACK O’LANTERN BLAZE - 916 Photos & 233 Reviews - Art Galleries - 525 S Riverside Ave, Croton On Hudson, NY - Phone Number - Yelp The Great Jack OLantern Blaze Write a Review Add Photo Review Highlights Zodiak Calendars, Giant snakes, walls and Ceilings, 15 Feet Statues made entirely of hand-carved pumpkins. You can also try to catch it Thursday through Sunday, November 3 to the 6, but it is highly advised that you reserve tickets in advance.If Halloween is your favorite holiday of the year, you have to visit the Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze taking place at Van Cortlandt Manor all month.

Due to storm damage, it is yet to be announced if the Blaze will be open tonight. Expect to spend at least 45 minutes to fully appreciate the great artistic night landscape. Special festive offerings include items such as pumpkin cookies, veggie chili, and cider. To ignite your olfactory senses, check out food at Café Blazé by Geordanes of Irvington. Spooky original scores by the likes of Kosmiche Motte, Margaret Vetare & Bill Ochs and Jim Keyes accompany the lit up scene. More than just a visual feast, the Blaze is also a treat to the ears. Here you’ll find the likes of a huge T-rex and stegosaurus depicting their exact skeletal structure. Jurassic Park was created in homage to the Great Paleozoic Museum, a venue originally planned for Central Park but never brought to fruition.

Visitors will be spooked by mummies, pyramids and ancient tombs in Egypt or they can swim through fish and other ocean creatures in the Undersea Aquarium.
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Each of the 21 nights of the event requires that 15 to 20 volunteers arrive about three hours before it is open to the public to light the votive candles that bring each pumpkin to life.Ī series of themes dominate the display. Stroll through a 19-century village and discover a breathtaking display of more than 7,000 illuminated jack o’ lanternsall designed and hand-carved on site by our team of artisans. The real pumpkins weigh between five and fifty pounds and are scooped and cleaned by a team of volunteers who then pass them on for carving. Great Jack OLantern Blaze: Long Island Trailer 2022. These pumpkins are not real and are reserved for especially intricate carving jobs or for placement in historic buildings which could be damaged by residue from live ones.
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As not all of the pumpkins survive the full five-week period, 4,000 are ordered so some can be replaced throughout the course of the event. It takes a huge amount of human power to make the event possible.
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The pumpkins are arranged in such a way that accentuates the site’s architecture, history, and landscape, and the professional lighting designed by Jay Woods brings an eerie dimension of movement to the scene. According to Natiello, the Manor’s landscape is very important as it provided the original inspiration for the Blaze, along with the work of artists such as Michael Heizer, Robert Smithson, Donald Judd and Andy Goldsworthy. The land art installation takes place at the historic Van Cortlandt Manor.
