The Great Pumpkin House can be found at 748 Beech Street in Kenova, West Virginia. Ric Griffith, the owner, and many volunteers carve over 3,000 pumpkins for display at his home every halloween. With 3,000 designs they have incorporated themes throughout the yard, including Christmas, the alphabet, patriotic and of course Halloween. The main attraction is the wall of pumpkins that have instruments carved into them, making up a “pumpkin orchestra”. The pumpkins are synced with a computer program that lights up the instruments that are heard in the song played.
Griffith said to The Parthenon, “It is funny to see people clap after the songs are over, they are pumpkins, not actual people playing.”
A video of the “pumpkin orchestra” taken last year:
More photos by Dave Fatella can be found here.
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“Not mentioned in the report is that the Kenova Fire Department was Standing-by.” …tehe. Great post Cathryn. Love your blog.
@Barbies4Sale - I sure hope they were, that would be one heck of a fire. Thanks for stopping by!