I-ScareLA ingumhlangano wokuqala weSouthern California obekelwe ukugubha i-Halloween. Indlela efaneleke kunazo zonke yokuchaza le ndawo eyingqayizivele yile, “indawo evulekile yayo yonke i-Halloween.” Amathalente aphezulu endawo yaseLos Angeles azohlangana ndawonye ukuletha okuhehayo okukhethekile, ama-workshops, amaphaneli, ukuhlolwa, kanye nezindawo zokuhlala bukhoma ngaphambili naphakathi kwezinkulungwane ze-Halloween nokwethusa abalandeli. I-ScareLA iqale ukubuyela emuva e-2013, kanti umcimbi othathe impelasonto ukhule kusukela lapho waba ngumsizi oshisayo kaHalloween wesizini yokuhlasela iSouthern California.

I-ScareLA izobeka izimpande zayo okokuqala ePasadena, eCalifornia ePasadena Convention Center. Umcimbi uzoqala namuhla ngo-Agasti 8 uphothulwe ngeSonto, Agasti 9. Ngokwanda kwesizini ye-Halloween, kuyafaneleka kuphela ukubamba iqhaza emcimbini ophawuleka kangaka. I-Halloween ngumcimbi ongenakuqhathaniswa wezingane nowabantu abadala ukuwujabulela ngasikhathi sinye! Isizukulwane, ngesizukulwane, sithole ukuthi i-Halloween inenjongo ezingeni elihlukile futhi ifuna ukuthi inkathi ye-Halloween izikhulise. I-ScareLA ibekelwe isizukulwane sabantu abafuna ukuthi i-Halloween ifike kusenesikhathi, futhi abathandi kakhulu lapho kuphela isizini. Umkhiqizi Ophethe kanye noMsunguli We-ScareLA uLora Ivanova uyakwazi lokho! ULora unerekhodi elihle futhi ungumholi onobuhlakani ezinhlelweni zokumaketha nezebhizinisi. U-Lora uhambise izinkanuko zakhe futhi wenza le ndawo yokugubha i-Halloween nokwethula abantu emhlabeni sonke esiye sabathanda futhi asifuni ukuphela.

ULora ngomusa unikele ngesinye isikhathi sakhe ukuchaza ukuthi imayelana nani iScareLA namandla okushayela amgqugquzele futhi amgqugquzela ukuthi akhe le nganekwane yendawo.

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iHorror: I-ScareLA iqale ukubuyela emuva ngonyaka we-2013. Waba khona kanjani wonke umqondo? Ingabe ubuyingxenye enkulu yalowo mbono?

ULora Ivanova: Yebo, lokhu bekuyinto ebengiyiphonsa kumdidiyeli engisebenza naye uDavid Markland emuva ngo-2012 ngemuva kokuphela kwesizini ye-Halloween. Sobabili sishayekile futhi sadumala ngokuthi kufanele silinde ezinye izinyanga eziyishumi nambili ukuthi iphinde yenzeke. Siqale ukucubungula imibono embalwa ngokuthi yini esingayenza nezinye izinto esifisa ukuthi ngabe sineCalifornia, eLos Angeles. Ngokushesha lapho liphuma emlonyeni wami, kungani singenakuzenzela okwethu? Sobabili sibukeke ngalesi sikhathi, hhe? Umbono onentshisekelo! Sobabili sabuzana ukuthi ngabe sizimisele ngakho yini bese siqala ukufinyelela isandla futhi sacabanga ukuthi ngobani kwinethiwekhi yethu okungaba uhlelo oluhle lwale ngqikithi, futhi sahambisa umbono wethu kubangani bethu ngaphesheya kweTimu Park Adventure kuqala. Sasifana nokuthi sifuna ukwenza lokhu, lapha imibono nemicabango yethu mayelana nokuthi izobukeka kanjani, ingabe nina nicabanga ukusisiza ukuyihlanganisa? Ngokwengxenye simangele, bathi yebo! (Agigitheke). Bahlala futhi empeleni baba yingxenye ebalulekile yeqembu lethu. Yaqala kanjalo-ke; empeleni bekuwuhlobo lomqondo ophume, futhi besifuna ukubona ukuthi singakwenza yini lokhu kwenzeke, futhi silapha.
iH: Yebo, futhi lona kuzoba unyaka wesithathu. Empeleni ngilangazelele ukuhamba, ngazama ukuya ngonyaka odlule kodwa angikwazanga. Ngingomunye walabo bantu abalinde futhi babheke phambili ku-Okthoba, noma ngabe kungumhlangano noma ipaki yengqikimba, efana ne-Halloween Horror Nights e-Universal Studios Hollywood. Ngithatha umndeni wami, futhi sekuwumkhuba. Manje ukuba nokuthile ngaphambi kuka-Okthoba ngo-Agasti kuyamangaza nje, futhi ngikubheke ngabomvu.

LI: Kuyamangalisa lokho, empeleni usesikebheni esifanayo nathi, futhi yilokho kanye okuqale lokhu. Siyiqala kusenesikhathi, siyayiqala, sijabule, kuyithuba elihle impela lokuqala ukuthenga kwakho. Noma ngabe ufuna ukwenza okuthile okusile ngemvunulo yakho, thatha amakilasi ambalwa, ufunde ukuthi ungayicindezela kanjani imingcele yakho.

iH: Wena uyisitolo esisodwa sokuma konke. Hlobo luni lwamakilasi owanikezayo?

LI: O, sinezinto ezahlukahlukene. Sinamahora angaba ngu-100 ngokuya ngohlelo lwekilasi ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwembukiso. Esiteji sombukiso, kuzoba nemiboniso ehlukile futhi kwenza futhi kuthathwe ama-workshops nabathengisi abahlukahlukene be-ScareLA. Siphinde sibe nohlelo olukhethekile lokufundela olukuvumela ukuthi ubambe iqhaza engxenyeni yezemfundo ikakhulukazi futhi kulo nyaka lesi yisikhungo senkomfa esizinikele esizonikeza amakilasi amancane amancane azosukela ebuchosheni nasekucabangeni kwakho ngokuzikhandla njengomsebenzi nazi izinto uyazi, uma ungumdlali we-cosplayer nali ithuba lokuthatha ukwenza imvunulo ezingeni elilandelayo nokwakhiwa kwezinhlamvu. Uma ungumuntu ongakhululekile futhi udinga okuthile komndeni, ungafunda ukuthi ungazenza kanjani izingubo ezihlanyayo usebenzisa izinto zasendlini nezinto osuvele unazo. Abantu bangafunda nokuthi bangenza kanjani umzila wokukhohlisa noma wokuphatha wokugcina lapha eLos Angeles okuzofundiswa lapha kulo nyaka nomdidiyeli engisebenza naye uDavid Markland ojabule kakhulu ngalelo kilasi, angisakwazi ukulinda ukuthola lokho asibekele kona!

iH: Hawu, asikho isikhathi sokubhoreka!

LI: Yebo, uma unesithukuthezi ku-ScareLA kunokuthile okwenzayo okungalungile kabi! Sinezinto eziningi kakhulu ezenzekayo, kuhloselwe ukwanelisa ukuthanda okuningi. Sithola wonke umuntu; sithola abantu abaletha izingane zabo ezinenyanga eyodwa ubudala ku-show floor, futhi sithola abantu abaneminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili ubudala abebengabalandeli bazo zonke izinto ezethusayo. Baqhamuka emikhakheni ebanzi kangaka kusuka kokujwayelekile, kuya kobungcweti, kuze kube ukuba nesizinda sobuchwepheshe abathanda i-Halloween nama-movie asabekayo. Sizama ngempela futhi sihlele ngokufanele ukuze wonke umuntu akwazi ukubandakanyeka futhi ekugcineni athole okuthile kwa-ScareLA.

iH: Kuyamangalisa lokho, kuzwakala sengathi kuzoba nokuthile kuwo wonke umuntu. Kukhona okuningi kakhulu, ngabe kukhona yini obungeke ukwazi ukukufaka ohlelweni ngenxa yemingcele yesikhathi?

LI: Uyazi yini? Lowo ngumbuzo omuhle. (uyagigitheka). Ziningi izinto. Minyaka yonke siluma okungaphezu kwalokho esingakuhlafuna, futhi sizama ukuthola ukuthi singakwenza kanjani lokhu. Njalo ngonyaka sihlala sinezinto ezimbalwa ebesingathanda ukuzibona. Ngicabanga ukuthi yilokhu esikufundayo, singenza okuningi ngangokunokwenzeka ngalezo zinsuku ezimbili, kepha akudingeki kugcine lapho. Sizama ukwenza okungcono kuzokwenzeka eScareLA futhi uma kukhona okungakalungi okwamanje, ukuthola ezinye izindlela ngemuva komcimbi kuyinto esiyibhekile nakanjani. Kepha kuhle ukushiya izinto ngaphandle. Asifuni ukuthi i-ScareLA ibe ngumjikelezo ophindaphindwayo wezethulo noma amaphaneli. Sifuna ukuba basha futhi sibe ngabokuqala futhi silethe okuthile okusha kokuhlangenwe nakho minyaka yonke. Empeleni akuyona into embi ukuba nezinto ezisele. Kusinikeza ithuba lokucabanga kabusha ngomcimbi weminyaka ezayo.

iH: Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi le ndawo izoqhubeka nokukhula. Ingabe kwakusePasadena Convention Centre eminyakeni emibili edlule?

LI: Empeleni bekuyidolobha laseLos Angeles endaweni ebizwa nge-LA Mart, babuye bazibiza ngokuthi yi-Reaf, okuyigama labo manje. Bayindawo enhle kakhulu, sibe nesikhathi esesabekayo lapho bebewusekela kakhulu umcimbi. Ngokwethembeka, iScareLA mhlawumbe ibingeke yenzeke ukube bekungekho ukusekelwa nokusebenzisana nathi. Sibe wuhlobo lwabo lokuqala lomcimbi wesitayela ovamile omkhulu endaweni; yayintsha sha, futhi sayivula lapho. Ngemuva kokuba lapho iminyaka emibili, yize bekuyisinqumo esinzima kithina sabona lokho kukhula okwasimangaza futhi kweqa esikulindele. Ngakho-ke kulo nyaka bekufanele siqalaze ngoba izinga esikhula ngalo ngeke sikwazi ukulingana kuleso sikhala. Kudala sibheka izindawo zokudlalela, kanti neThe Pasadena Convention Centre yabonakala isifanela kahle thina. Kuvulwa esiteji esikhulu sombukiso, ukusondela kakhulu kumahhotela, nophahla olude. Manje sesingaletha uhlu oluthe xaxa lwama-props, ama-animatronics, nemiphumela esikhaleni. Kubukeka njengesinyathelo esilandelayo esinengqondo kithina.

Lapho ninayo, bakithi. Kuyamangaza ukuthi yini umuntu angayenza lapho evumela isifiso sakhe silawule. Ngiyabonga Lora, kube yintokozo ukukhuluma nawe.

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