Updated to reflect current status (9/3/2011):
Keeping up with customers and getting insights to the industry has been key to our business this year. As I'm writing this, I'm planning our upcoming cross-country haunt tour for the Halloween season. Besides the tremendous amount of fun we'll have visiting some of the best haunts in the country (I'm sure many of you are jealous), we'll be able to get insight on how customers are lighting their displays and get new ideas on how to make Darklight's products even better. If any of you on this forum are along the way and willing to host us while we're in town, we would greatly appreciate it =)
This turns out to be a lot more travelling than we've ever done, but we're young and super excited!
I'm posting our upcoming itinerary and hoping people on this forum can offer suggestions on places to go to help fill the gaps in between. We'll be flying and driving to many of these places. To add to the madness, we have 3 trade shows to attend along the way in October and November!
Ok here's our schedule:
9/30 - Pirates of Emerson, Pleasanton, CA
10/3-5 - Erebus and local haunts, Detroit, MI
10/6-7 - Statesville Prison, hang out with Zombie Army, Chicago, IL
10/8 - Nightmare New England, Litchfield, NH
10/9 - The Haunted Graveyard, Lake Compounce, CT
10/10 - Six Flags New Jersey and Bayville Scream Park, NJ and NY
10/11-13 tour a few days in New York --- any haunts there open Tues 11th and Wed 12th?
10/14-17 exhibiting at American Science and Technology Center conference, Baltimore, MD
10/18-19 -- need suggestions for this Tues and Wed, will still be in the Baltimore area.
10/20 - House of Shock, The Mortuary, New Orleans, LA
10/21 - 13th Gate, Baton Rouge, LA
10/22 - Nightmare on the Bayou, Houston, TX
10/23 - Phobia, Houston, TX
10/24 - House of Torment, Austin, TX
10/25 - 13th Floor, San Antonio, TX
10/26-27 - friend's new haunt (dunno the name yet), Laredo, TX
10/28-30 LDI conference and Busch Gardens, Orlando, FL
10/31 - Halloween Horror Night, Orlando, FL
11/1-3 - hanging out in Orlando
11/4 - Netherworld, Atlanta, GA
11/5 - Disturbia, Huntsville, TN
11/6-10 hanging out somewhere, suggestions?
11/11-12 Legendary Haunt Tour
11/14-18 IAAPA - exhibiting
Please offer some feedback and we hope to meet many of you along the way on our tour of the country!
- Quan
Original message below:
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Ever since founding Darklight with my wife, Charlie, we've never been busier and happier! The support of our customers have been tremendous and we want to make it a point to visit as many places and people in 2011 as possible so we can hear feedback, answer questions, and learn how to make even better products for our customers.
On our schedule is to exhibit at 8 shows this year and tour as many haunts in Oct. as humanly possible. We want to see where and how our customers are using our products and take feedback for improving our product line.
Here's our lineup:
If anyone is going to any of the following events, please stop by and say hi! We'd love to meet you =)
Also, if you guys can suggest anything we've left out but is a MUST SEE --- we'll try to fit it onto our plate.
The next month and a half is gonna be crazy for us, we have 5 shows back to back --- louisville, king of prussia, salem, houston, and columbus. It's gonna be the most travelling we've ever done in a single year and we're so excited to be exposed to new places, new people, and new opportunities! Since we're based in California, we have no time to come home between the shows --- we'll just be roadsters for a month and a half, we'll see how that goes =P
I'll attempt to use this thread as kind of a blog to keep track of all the awesome people we've met and places we've been. Hopefully y'all can give us some pointers on where we can go during our off time in these cities, thanks!
Keeping up with customers and getting insights to the industry has been key to our business this year. As I'm writing this, I'm planning our upcoming cross-country haunt tour for the Halloween season. Besides the tremendous amount of fun we'll have visiting some of the best haunts in the country (I'm sure many of you are jealous), we'll be able to get insight on how customers are lighting their displays and get new ideas on how to make Darklight's products even better. If any of you on this forum are along the way and willing to host us while we're in town, we would greatly appreciate it =)
This turns out to be a lot more travelling than we've ever done, but we're young and super excited!
I'm posting our upcoming itinerary and hoping people on this forum can offer suggestions on places to go to help fill the gaps in between. We'll be flying and driving to many of these places. To add to the madness, we have 3 trade shows to attend along the way in October and November!
Ok here's our schedule:
9/30 - Pirates of Emerson, Pleasanton, CA
10/3-5 - Erebus and local haunts, Detroit, MI
10/6-7 - Statesville Prison, hang out with Zombie Army, Chicago, IL
10/8 - Nightmare New England, Litchfield, NH
10/9 - The Haunted Graveyard, Lake Compounce, CT
10/10 - Six Flags New Jersey and Bayville Scream Park, NJ and NY
10/11-13 tour a few days in New York --- any haunts there open Tues 11th and Wed 12th?
10/14-17 exhibiting at American Science and Technology Center conference, Baltimore, MD
10/18-19 -- need suggestions for this Tues and Wed, will still be in the Baltimore area.
10/20 - House of Shock, The Mortuary, New Orleans, LA
10/21 - 13th Gate, Baton Rouge, LA
10/22 - Nightmare on the Bayou, Houston, TX
10/23 - Phobia, Houston, TX
10/24 - House of Torment, Austin, TX
10/25 - 13th Floor, San Antonio, TX
10/26-27 - friend's new haunt (dunno the name yet), Laredo, TX
10/28-30 LDI conference and Busch Gardens, Orlando, FL
10/31 - Halloween Horror Night, Orlando, FL
11/1-3 - hanging out in Orlando
11/4 - Netherworld, Atlanta, GA
11/5 - Disturbia, Huntsville, TN
11/6-10 hanging out somewhere, suggestions?
11/11-12 Legendary Haunt Tour
11/14-18 IAAPA - exhibiting
Please offer some feedback and we hope to meet many of you along the way on our tour of the country!
- Quan
Original message below:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ever since founding Darklight with my wife, Charlie, we've never been busier and happier! The support of our customers have been tremendous and we want to make it a point to visit as many places and people in 2011 as possible so we can hear feedback, answer questions, and learn how to make even better products for our customers.
On our schedule is to exhibit at 8 shows this year and tour as many haunts in Oct. as humanly possible. We want to see where and how our customers are using our products and take feedback for improving our product line.
Here's our lineup:
- 3/10-13 Transworld (done), Lemp Brewery, City Museum
- 4/29-5/1 HauntCon, preshow tour + all other tours
- 5/5-8 National Haunters Conv.
- 5/13-15 West Coast Haunters Conv.
- 5/22-25 MuseumExpo
- 6/3-5 Midwest Haunters Conv., preshow tour
- Sept-Oct Haunt tour across the US
- 10/15-18Assoc. of Sci/Tech Center Conference
- 11/11-12 Legendary Haunt Tour
- 11/15-18 IAAPA
If anyone is going to any of the following events, please stop by and say hi! We'd love to meet you =)
Also, if you guys can suggest anything we've left out but is a MUST SEE --- we'll try to fit it onto our plate.
The next month and a half is gonna be crazy for us, we have 5 shows back to back --- louisville, king of prussia, salem, houston, and columbus. It's gonna be the most travelling we've ever done in a single year and we're so excited to be exposed to new places, new people, and new opportunities! Since we're based in California, we have no time to come home between the shows --- we'll just be roadsters for a month and a half, we'll see how that goes =P
I'll attempt to use this thread as kind of a blog to keep track of all the awesome people we've met and places we've been. Hopefully y'all can give us some pointers on where we can go during our off time in these cities, thanks!
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