MOUNTAIN BROOK, Alabama -- Emmet O'Neal Library hosted another round of its ever-popular "A Night Dark & Grim" on Friday, Oct. 17.



This year's event added to the fairy tale fun by incorporating a journey along the yellow brick road, complete with enchanted fairy tale vignettes and a floor-to-ceiling tornado. The journey led attendees all the way to the Emerald City where kids from the Mountain Brook community had the chance to meet the Mayor of Oz and Glenda the Good Witch.



Dorothy and her companions helped kids run an Oz-stacle Course outdoors, which took them through a field of poppies and a swarm of flying monkeys. The course concluded with the splashing of the Wicked Witch of the West and the dedication of a courage badge from the Cowardly Lion.

Another new addition to this year's program was a wintry garden where costumed attendees had the opportunity to meet the life-sized characters from Disney's Frozen. The characters then made their way to the outdoor movie screen, where they conducted a sing-along showing of the movie on the lawn.



"Students from area high schools volunteered their time, talent, and incredible enthusiasm to carry the popular tale off the screen and onto the crowded lawn," said Rachel Hebert with the library's Children's Department.



Along with the brand new elements, "A Night Dark & Grim" brought back face painting and photo booth stations, as well as games and crafts from classic children's stories and fairy tales, including Peter Pan, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, and the Twelve Dancing Princesses just in time to get the Halloween spirit rolling.