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With the Blue Jays’ success, Dmyterko said this year’s theme was a no brainer. They decided to honour the team while also getting festive in their annual Halloween tradition.
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On the front lawn of a Regina home, one family decided to pay homage to the Jays’ success by recreating the series with two skeleton crews facing off.
The skeletons on each side are wearing Dodgers and Jays hats.
Lorna Dmyterko says she and her family use skeletons to decorate their front yard every year for Halloween.
With the Blue Jays’ success, Dmyterko said this year’s theme was a no brainer. They decided to honour the team while also getting festive in their annual Halloween tradition.
Dmyterko said her family’s annual displays have made them a popular Halloween destination. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Dmyterko said the display has gotten a lot of attention. It features a pitcher winding up to throw, a catcher squatting in front of an upright coffin, and first, second and third basemen standing near graves, with pink balloons around their mouths, mimicking bubblegum.
There is a batter with a Blue Jays cap using its own leg to bat.
“We get lots of comments from neighbours and we get people driving by all the time,” Dmyterko told 980 CJME.
“Just today, I came home and a lady drove by and was yelling out her window: ‘Oh, we love your display, especially the bubblegum,’” Dmyterko said.
“There’s always something. People always have something to say.”
Dmyterko said her family tries to come up with a new theme every year, which has made her home a popular spot for trick-or-treaters.
Dmyterko said manipulating the skeletons is the hardest part of creating the displays. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
“When they come around trick-or-treating, they say: ‘We want to know what you’re going to be doing this year so they make a point in coming down our street. It’s fun,” Dmyterko said.
The display also features a pumpkin with the Blue Jays logo carved on it.
Last year, Dmyterko said her family went with a Saskatchewan Roughrider theme and had a tailgate party. In past years, they’ve also had the skeletons posing as competitors in winter sports in honour of the Winter Olympics.
“The hardest part is coming up with an idea that we all agree on, because it’s my husband and my two kids and myself, and we always try to come up with something different every year because we don’t want to repeat it,” she said.
“This year was actually really easy picking out a theme, but it can be quite tricky trying to get the skeletons into position for how we want them to look. I think the pitcher this year was the hardest one to do, but it turned out really good. We’re very pleased with it.”
A skeleton pitcher with a dodgers hat winding up to throw. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
One of the grave stones next to the skeleton basemen. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
