Halloween Dance

By Julia Woodlief, Stentorian Staff Writer

Even at school, the Halloween spirit rises from the dead once October hits. Activities around campus capture students’ hearts and attention, and the SAB Halloween Dance was one of them. Taking place on October 25th and in the PEC, the dance was a huge success. There was candy, dancing, caricatures, blow up Halloween decor, and lots of costumes. The gym was stuffed with students in costume having a great time, and a separate room had dancing skeletons projected on the wall. In addition to all of this was the costume contest.

All of the contestants did an amazing job putting together costumes, and performances for some. The contest could have never happened, however, without judges Kori, Natalie, Anna, Mikayla, Cathlyn, and guest judges Rosa & Justin. There were eight categories for the costume contest: Best Individual, Best Duo/Trio, Best Group (4+), Scariest, Funniest, Most Original, Most NCSSM Spirit, and Best Overall. There were many competitive contestants who participated, including Pilot Snoopy (Sadie Albright) and Chainsaw Man (Lucas Liu), but not everyone could win. In the end, each winner was selected with care and the results were posted the day following the contest. The winner of the Best Individual costume was Jane Cockburn, who dressed as T-Bo from iCarly. The Best Trio were the three Jujutsu Kaisen costumes worn by Andrew Cai, Grace Ko, and Kae Saotome. Next, the winners of the Best Group were My Little Pony. This group included Hilary Chen, Helen Chen, Lydia Le, Samantha Boomenshire, Zoey Zhang, and Manasi Prasad. There was no question on who was going to win the Scariest costume award. This was won by Ethan George, Ben Boyer, Luke Bakelaar, and Mishka Goggi, who were The Four Horsemen of Despair: Death, Taxes, Job Application, and Amstud Readings. The person with the Funniest costume was Mehr Kapoor as Sid the Science Kid. The Most Original costume was the Performative Zombie, Billy Dyer. The costume with the Most NCSSM Spirit went to Jarett Price, the Cowboy Unicorn. The Best Overall winner went to Micah Wascher, Cade Hartsell, Eduardo Flores, Patrick Leonard, Perry Kim, and Sam Lewis, who did a fantastic job as characters from Alice in Wonderland. 

Although the costume contest was a fun challenge for everyone involved, it was not the only activity that occurred.  When asked what he thought of the dance, Hudson Rhoton, a current Junior, expressed that it “was interesting. The sketching was really cool, the costumes were good, and the music was pretty good.”  It was later added that, although he would have enjoyed games, there was free candy that made up for it. The caricatures were a big hit, and many were invested in going because of candy and the ability to wear costumes. Despite not every aspect of the event being adored by each person, there was at least one thing for everyone to enjoy doing, whether that was dancing, dressing up, entering in a costume contest, or eating candy.

The opportunity to have fun, take pictures, get free candy, and enjoy dressing up for halloween created an exciting way to socialize and celebrate holiday together as a school while forgetting, at least for a moment, some of the stress of academics. For this, we extend a great thank you to any and all of the people who made the Halloween Dance possible.