About 3,000 people were said to have attended the 11th Annual Halloween Horribles Parade at the Center Place Fine Arts & Civic Association in Brandon, Fla. Event organizers hoped to attract 800 kids to the popular event, (originally conceived by Nancy Kelley) by distributing 1,200 free tickets. Kids needed a ticket to enter, but not their parents or caregivers. (A $2 fee was printed on the ticket, but organizers decided to forego the charge to what has traditionally been a free event. The fee was to help defray costs and help support children's programming.) The parade route officially started at the entrance to the Sandy Rodriguez Center, which houses both Center Place and the Brandon Regional Library, at 619 Vonderburg Drive. Attendees were lined up outside the building and around the lake and it took 90 minutes or more for every attendee to enter, said Center Place Programming Director Dawn Galia. Area businesses and organizations were not charged to participate; they set up booths and distributed candy and other goodies of their choosing.