Live music couldn’t scare all of the ghosts away at the 2006 Chelsea Halloween parade in Washington Square Park. Local 802 member Henry Heller sat in on bagpipes with the NYU band. Photos by Walter Karling.

From left: Maria Derr, chair of Community Board 2; City Council member Alan Gerson; Speaker Christine Quinn; Assembly member Deborah Glick; Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer; and Local 802 member Geoffrey Countryman.