Morning Update: What Events are in Store Today? 10/27/2011

What’s Happening Today
• is from 7 to 9 p.m.  Registration starts at 6 p.m. at Heidelberg Church. The parade route is along 2nd Avenue, concluding in the post office parking lot. Free food and entertainment.

Mark Your Calendars
• on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 12:30 p.m. at the 4-H Center
• , Saturday, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. at Perk Valley Pet Eatery.
• The Perkiomen Township Fire Co. is holding its third annual comedy show Saturday, Nov. 5. Tickets are $25 each; doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8:30. Music and dancing after the show. For more tickets or more information, call 610-489-7707 or e-mail comedy66@live.com.
• You can help support Father Chuck’s Challenge at on Nov. 5 (more info here)
• Trappe Beef and Beer Barn Dance on Nov. 12, benefiting Trappe Today and Tomorrow Committee and the Trappe Volunteer Fire Company.
The event is from 7 to 10 p.m. Attendees must by 21 or older; tickets are $15 each ($20 at the door).

There’s Still Time
• Enter your kids’ creative Halloween costume for a chance to by Oct. 28. (See entry form PDF)

Today in History
From History.com
• Quakers executed for religious beliefs (1659)
• The United States and the Soviet Union step back from the brink of nuclear war (1962)
• Red Sox win first championship since 1918 (2004)

Born Today
• Teddy Roosevelt (1858)
• Dylan Thomas (1914)
• Sylvia Plath (1932)

Halloween Song of the Day
“Ghostbusters” (theme song, Ray Parker Jr.)

Do you have an event, announcement or birthday you want to see featured on the morning update? E-mail ann.cornell@patch.com.