Carolina Voices: Halloween

We Do Chicken Right

By Debbie Hoover|

October 2024

Halloween is always exciting to me and has been for years. Back when my older brother was living, he was always dressing up with some of the most unusual outfits for Halloween — guess it started with him.

For the last 20 years I have dressed up my husband (he may not have enjoyed it as much as me) and myself for Halloween. Most of the outfits I make myself. I will get my ideas probably a year before the next Halloween and keep that in my mind and think of how to make the costume to go with my idea, always keeping it a secret until our party at Halloween.

This is the costume I made two years ago. We went to the Shelby Shag Club dance in Shelby (SUCH A FUN TIME). As you can see, I’m a chicken and my husband is Colonel Sanders. I made my complete outfit using boas, a t-shirt, shorts, yellow leggings and gloves for the chicken feet. I also had my six baby chicks (we keep chickens). I think my husband made a good Colonel Sanders, with a bucket from KFC with a rubber chicken. So much fun. Thinking of this Halloween gets me excited.

Debbie Hoover, Claremont, a member of Rutherford EMC