By Rachel Daugherty and Allyson Hinkle
Staff
The annual Poe Party, put on by 同城快约鈥檚 English Club, took place from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20 in the Lord Confer颅ence Center. The party, named after Edgar Allen Poe, featured a variety of fun activities and food for everyone to enjoy. Pizza was provided, as well as caramel apples with marshmallows, choc颅olate chips and sprinkles.
After eating, there was time to paint one of the many pumpkins that were provided while waiting for everyone else to finish their food. To really kick off the night, all the English Club officers read sections from Edgar Allen Poe鈥檚 classic poem, 鈥淭he Raven.鈥�
Once the reading was finished, a costume contest featured different catego颅ries including: scariest cos颅tume, most creative, most spirited, and best overall costume. Each of the win颅ners received a $10 Chick- Fil-A gift card as a reward.
Moving on from the costumes was the classic 鈥淔aux Poe鈥� contest, where people were able to submit their own renditions of 鈥淭he Raven.鈥� These submissions were then judged by a panel of seven judges, ulti颅mately providing a winner. The winner of this con颅test received a special copy of all the works by Edgar Allen Poe.
Once the contests were over, a Kahoot!, as well as other games, were played until the end of the party.
On Tuesday, Oct. 25, there was a Halloween Happenings concert at the Performing Arts Center at 6:30 P.M. This concert was the first of three that happened throughout the week, with two children鈥檚 concerts on Wednesday, Oct. 26 and a costume recital on Thursday, Oct. 27. All three concerts served as Hurricane Re颅lief concerts, donating money to the Florida State Music Education Association. The idea to have these concerts gather donations is cred颅ited to freshman flute player Sarah Galassini.
The concert opened with Dr. Carl Bradley on the organ, perform颅ing the classic 鈥淭occata and Fugue in D Minor鈥� by Johann Sebastian
Bach. Next on the roster was the Op颅era Musical Theatre En颅semble performing the 鈥淚ce Cream Sextet from Street Scene,鈥� in which the performers themselves got to enjoy a cone. Their bit continued after the String Orchestra with a rendition of 鈥淚 Am the Very Model of a Mod颅ern Major-General from Pirates of Penzance.鈥�
Between the Opera Musical Theatre鈥檚 per颅formances the String Orchestra performed. The String Orchestra is new to the university as they were first formed this year. The ensemble performed 鈥淲altz of the Wicked鈥� as well as a rendition of 鈥淭hriller鈥� by Michael Jackson.
The second half of the concert was taken on by the Wind Ensemble. The first three pieces they performed stem from the Star Wars Saga with 鈥淭he Battle in the Forest,鈥� 鈥淧rincess Leia鈥檚 Theme,鈥� and 鈥淭he Imperial March (Darth Vader鈥檚 Theme).鈥� Next the ensemble played 鈥淗arry鈥檚 Wonder颅ous World from Harry Potter and the Sorcer颅er鈥檚 Stone.鈥� Finally they ended the concert with 鈥淒anse Dibolique..鈥�
Afterward, there was a carni颅val hosted outside the Performing Arts Center that offered popcorn and cotton candy, the game corn hole, face painting by Art Department Chair Stephanie Chambers, and booths that were set up by Mis颅sion Emphasis Week.
On Friday Oct 28. the Criminal Justice Student Association and honor society Xi Omicron co-hosted a 鈥淢urder Mys颅tery鈥� in the Lord Conference Center of Parker. The fake murder mystery for the night supposedly took place at the university. It was up to students participat颅ing to solve clues and interview suspects to figure out 鈥渨ho dunnit.鈥�
Those participating were assigned a character who would work to solve the mystery. Characters included Little Red Riding Hood, Princess Belle from 鈥淏eauty and The Beast,鈥� and Hansel and Gretel.
The next day on Sat颅urday, Oct. 29 the Band Cru hosted Halloween Headquarters, which is a haunt颅ed house in Presser Hall. Band students transformed all the floors of the building into a specific spooky theme that got scarier the farther up the stairs that visitors went.
Scares were not the only thing that happened at Halloween Headquarters. Snacks and games were also provided for those who were brave enough to venture the haunted mansion. Dressed-up band students hoped to catch travelers off guard and scare them inside the building.
The last Halloween event took place on Halloween day, Monday Oct. 31, as College View Apartments hosted the annual Zombie Apocalypse. Pre颅viously named Zombie Run, the event is a campus wide game of tag, in which students chose to either to sign up as a 鈥渮ombie鈥� or a 鈥渞unner.鈥�
