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ancing witches, a child sized robot, and one Bumble Beegle. They were all out at the corner of King and First Streets for Saturday night’s Witches Crawl.

Witches dancing on the lawn during Saturday night’s first performance.

The Witches Crawl began as a true ‘crawl’ through town, visiting the restaurants and breweries and dancing for donations. Now, the ladies post up on the lawn at King and First Streets and perform four times on the last Saturday of October.

During Halloween, a beagle becomes a bee-gle.

Parents, kids, and pets – some in costume – lined the road to watch the Witches dance for a good cause. This year, their chosen charity was Hope Clinic – a Pamlico County nonprofit that helps the medically needy or underinsured.

Fay Bond, one of Oriental’s oldest residents and dancing witch, presided over the event from her witches’ chair.

Head witch and Oriental nonagenarian Fay Bond.

After several dances, the witches went through the crowd, collecting money for Hope Clinic. They also danced with the kids and a few of the adults.

Yolanda Cristiani as the Sea Witch Ursula.

The Mayor shows the crowd how to dance

A bumble bee and a movie legend.

Witches brought up members of the crowd – like this little-boy robot – to dance with them.

Demographic diversity in the witches ranks.

The coffin of Blackbeard guards the door.

Elaine Creel strutting on the lawn.

Behind Elaine, a small girl watches.

Posted Wednesday November 3, 2021 by Allison DeWeese