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Yes, there’s the parade, but Sea Witch offers much more
Kids’ games, horse rides, spooky music, dog parade and lots of costumed fun
Brothers Roman and Leo Veet, middle, show different styles of doing the broom toss. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
October 30, 2022
The 32nd annual Sea Witch Festival wrapped up its weekend-long takeover of Rehoboth Beach with the costumed dog parade Oct. 30 on the Boardwalk.
The humans’ costume parade Saturday draws the real crowds, but the Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber makes sure there’s stuff to do all weekend long.
Camaya Batson, in front on the right, takes an early lead in the shark-under-the-chin game. She held on for the win.
Some of the fun Saturday afternoon included kids’ games on the beach. Dylan Lancaster concentrates as he carries an egg on a spoon.
Harbeson’s Karly Larsen is all smiles riding a pony.
The parade is over and the adrenaline has worn off, so dad Robert Wagner needs to carry daughter Scarlett back to the car.
The pony rides had to move to Lake Gerar Park because northeast winds were blowing in high tides.
A group of Mummers take a break after entertaining the crowd at the parade.
A happy Pennywise takes a stroll on the Boardwalk.
The Sussex Family YMCA hosted its Fall Fun on Friday with a trunk or treat. Here, Cieli Bertschy checks to make sure grabbing some candy is OK.
Ania Baginska gets her vehicle looking just right at the YMCA.
Dressed as Elvis, Frank Raines keeps the Bandstand crowd ready while they wait for the next band.
Rose Mary Vanoordt takes a picture of her brother Percy Vanoordt at the beach, because fabulous unicorns by the beach need their picture taken.
Dressed as Beetlejuice characters at the Sussex Family YMCA event are Edward Pace, left, and Julius Pace, with Jaelynn Martin in front.
Madison Mincey, 3, isn’t sure she wants to take a ride, but she made it in the end.
Amazingly, none of these kids ran into each other despite running down the beach while not looking.
Let the brooms fly.
A full house listens to Steve Shoop play the organ at All Saints’ annual Spooktacular.
Olivia Terian made the trip from New York City and had hours of fun dropping the spider onto people as they walked by.
The YMCA opened the gates and people flooded in.
Dressed in their Sea Witch costumes, Lisa Vontor and Tony Thornton do not look like the typical brunch crowd at Victoria’s Restaurant.
Vocalist Joseph Turi is joined by Jennifer Carapuccini on the piano.
The parade is over, so the line is getting long at Thrasher’s by the Bandstand. Owner Dean Shuttleworth gets the line to move from in front of Kohr Brothers.
Ellen Turi lets it go during the Spooktacular.
Among the most impressive thing to watch every year is these guys loading the fencing up as soon as the parade is over.
Barn Hill Preserve’s Jackson Alexander shows off armadillo Pickles.
Spectacled owl Twyla looks around to see all the kids in the Outdoor Kid’s Zone.
Mom Jaclyn Sandler looks on as her daughter Sydney Sandler, 4, gets her face painted by Penny Carroll of Canvas on the Move.
New this year, people could get photos taken with Hilda on Sunday at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center. Tom and Stephanie Steenkamer get their photo taken by festival volunteer Zoe Stayman.
Dressed as Minions, Mrs. Jones leads her humans Anne Smith, Lisa Taylor and Roberta Jakubowski down the Boardwalk during the costumed dog parade.
Andrew, April and Aiden Gold strike a pose in front of Hilda the Sea Witch.
Human Jan Mateo isn’t dressed up as much as the others, but when there’s a dog – Stella – in a costume that says Fart Factory, there’s going to be a picture.
Francis Christie holds big sharks Chino and Ziva, while Dayna Santora pushes baby shark Pumpkin.
Homestead Bluegrass Band leads the dog parade down the Boardwalk. Shown are (l-r) Shawn Rinehult, Dawn Thompson, Earl Karlsen and Casey Kenton.
Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce President Carol Everhart created the event three decades ago. She leads the dog parade and has the weekend’s-been-a-success smile.
Dressed as an Ewok, Muffie takes a little nap during the parade.
Thousands of people lined the Boardwalk during the dog parade.
Taking a page from House of the Dragon are Shannon and Jeffrey Lambert with their dragon, Vivian.
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.
