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8 BRANDON SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2000 THE TAMPA TRIBUNE-TIMES http:tampatrib.com Terror-able actors wanted at Busch Gardens Classes More 'i A jf- j. i J-. I 'I I i I Xv JASON BEHNKENTribune photos Lamount Davis, left, and a group of actors show Busch Gardens staff members their scariest poses during an audition Aug. 2. The park wants at least 70 actors for Its Creature Crew.

Below, Scott Swenson, dressed as alter-ego Dr. Llvlngsdoom, shows the actors what the park's T.R.I.B.E. members wants to see from Its creatures. It's not your typical song-and-dance audition: These actors are clawing and screaming (and moaning and creeping) for jobs. By JILL M.

REVELLE of The Tampa Tribune Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Monsters, freaks and fiends have provided some of the most memorable dramatic roles in history: Dracula, Macbeth's witches, Frankenstein. That's not quite what's going on at Busch Gardens, though. Picture, if you dare, a lucky 13 actors scrabbling about on the floor, pretending to stack books on an imaginary bookshelf.

The twist is that they're to complete the task as if they were hideous beasts. Hoping to land a part with the park's first ever Creature Crew, Jessica Thomas begins snarling and drooling, stopping to chew her own foot and arm between pantomimed gestures. "Creature Crew is the ghouls, creeps and nasties," said Alan Richard Talbot, the area supervisor of entertainment "Well be in and among the crowds that flock to the Gardens." The crew of 70-plus wandering witches, mummies, monsters and zombies will be the focal point of the Howl-O-Scream celebration haunting Busch Gardens during the month of October. Built on the skeleton of last year's Spooky Safari event, Howl-O-Scream is the Rosemary's Baby of T.RI.B.E. (To Realize Innovative Busch Experiences).

This three-person think tank has been sequestered from the rest of the staff for months while conceptualizing the project "Last year was a test" said T.R.I.B.E. member Scott Swenson. This year is the big event" Howl-O-Scream is billed as a family event, and the Land of the Dragons has been dedicated to the tiniest of the trick-or-treaters. There will be a pumpkin patch and face painting "for the little boils and ghouls" said Swenson's al-ter-ego, Dr. Iivingsdoom.

"We want a safe place for families to come out to just have fun being together," said Will Daraall, a senior public relations representative. The kids area will be designated a creep-free zone, with ghost-catchers posted to trap wandering ghoulies. APOLLO BEACH KINDERMUSIK ADVENTURE CAMP: Open House from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 26 at Calvary Lutheran Church, 5309 U.S.

41, Apollo Beach; early childhood music and movement programs for children from newborns to 7 years old and their parents; for information, call Ellen Kleinschmidt at (813) 633-4286. LAIR-MEL CITY 78TH STREET LIBRARY: Toddler Time at 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays for ages 24 to 36 months and caregivers; Story Time at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays for ages 3 to bedtime stories at 6 p.m. Mondays, at 7625 Palm River Road.

For information, call (813) 612-9123. AEROBIC CLASSES: Aerobic and Body Sculpting classes 7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Winston Park, 7605 Destin Drive, Clair-Mel City; cost $3 per class; for information, call (813) 744-5539. PLANT CITY BRUT0N MEMORIAL LIBRARY: Toddler Time and Story Time to resume in October; at Bruton Memorial Library, 302 McLendon St. For information, call (813) 757-9215.

RIVERVIEW LIBRARY PROGRAMS: Toddler Time and Story Time to resume in October; Riverview Branch Library, 10509 Riverview Drive. For information, call (813) 671-7690. BINGO: 5 p.m. Thursdays at The Showmen's Club, 6915 Riverview Drive. For information, call (813) 677-3590.

RUSKIN LIBRARY PROGRAMS: Knitting group from 9 to 11 a.m. Fridays at Ruskin Branch Library, One Dickman Drive S.E., Ruskin. For information, call (813) 671-7638. BOATING SAFETY: Flotilla 75 safe boating course from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Saturday and Aug. 26 at Simmons Park, 19th Street, N.W. off U.S. 41, Ruskin. For information or to register, call Dottie Engel at (813) 6714772.

BINGO: 6 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays at Ruskin Eagles Aerie 4351, 2604 E. College Ave. For information, call (813) 645-2922 or (813) 633-0349. SEFFNER LIBRARY PROGRAMS: Story Time for ages 3 to 5 at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesdays at SeffnerMango Branch Library, 11724 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Mango; hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

For information, call (813) 276-2606. FREE ABE AND GED CLASSES: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Seffner Elementary School on Cactus Road, a block west of Kingsway Avenue. For information, call (813) 677-9595 or (813)744-8171. SUN CITY CENTER AARP DRIVING: Classes for 55 Alive from 1 to 5 p.m.

Aug. 24-25 at Kings Point Clubhouse, Sun City Center; to register, call Bank of America at (813) 642-8918; for information, call (813) 634-5233. THONOTOSASSA LIBRARY PROGRAMS: Using the Information Gateway 11 a.m. Aug. 21; at Thonotosassa Branch Library, 10715 Main St.

For information, call (813) 987-6215. Send Classes More Information to The Tampa Tribune, 505 W. Robertson Brandon FL 33511. 6 We're scary with a sense of humor. We avoid blood and gore.

But will we be startling? i 5 liinm liar T'-T ri Bhii In i iinim imfti iii it i if illi II Scott Swenson T.R.I.B.E member with a variety of improvisational games and instructions such as "give us your best scared scream and then an evil laugh." In addition to the creeping crawlies, Howl-O-Scream will feature live music, three haunted mazes with varying degrees of spookiness and special guest appearances by Dr. Paul Bearer's 1961 Cadillac hearse and by Butch "Eddie Munster" Patrick. "The moment you step into the park, you're in the environment" Talbot said. "There's no escape." Jill M. Revelle can be haunted at (813) 977-2854, Ext.

24. "We're scary with a sense of humor," explained Iivingsdoom. "We avoid blood and gore. But will we be startling? Yes." The cast of creeps will be chosen from four rounds of auditions being held at the Entertainment Rehearsal Hall on Bougainvillea Avenue. The two remaining audition dates are from 7 to 9 p.m.

Aug. 30 and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept 6. Participants need only prepare a two-minute story or clean joke.

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