"I've wanted to get it done every year," said Jones, who paid $20 for the creation. "I just sat down and [the stylist] did it. The whole theme is the higher the hair, the closer to God."
Jackie Gong, 21, of Towson also got a beehive style.
"It's kind of heavy," she said with a laugh. "I'm going to make sure a lot of people see it before I take it out tonight."
Longtime Hampden resident Joan Sheckells said she loves Honfest.
"I think it's wonderful," said the Hickory Street resident. Her family has lived in their Hampden home for five generations. "Before it was just the local community. Now we're attracting people from all over. It's good for the local shops."
Sheckells used the festival to help promote her lawn sale. She posted a several signs along The Avenue advertising it.
As for Waters' assessments?
"That is the way we speak," she said. "This is no more exploiting the people of this neighborhood than him making movies. He used this community to make his money."
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