Festive Beehive invites costumed characters to dance
Waynesburg University’s Student Activities Board (SAB) added to its long list of Halloween celebrations with a Halloween Dance and Costume Contest last Friday, Oct. 29.
Students congregated in the dark Beehive, outside, lights from the DJ flashed through the windows. Music blared from the speakers, and students, in a wide array of wild costumes, crowded onto the dance floor. A buffet line offered different refreshments and candy. A variety of characters were seen in costume, such as Aladdin and Jasmine, a few farm animals, some fairies and a Pittsburgh Penguins player, to name a few.
According to Assistant Dean of Student Services, Pat Bristor, and Graduate Assistant of Student Services Julie Wise, the Halloween Dance is one of the most well-attended and popular events that the SAB hosts during the academic year. The organization can normally expect a full crowd to be present every time.
“I think students like dressing up and being goofy,” said Wise.
Wise was one of the main leaders in charge of planning the event. She said that little changes were made to the night’s activities since last year, except for a candy corn guessing game–where students tried to guess the amount of candy corn in a jar.
As such, not a lot of effort had to be put into recreating the dance this time around.
Her main job, Wise said, was simply deciding on the DJ that they wanted and determining the costume categories for the students. This would help Wise determine the costume contest winners later in the evening. The costumes were divided into the following sets: couples, groups and best overall.
Kayla Couglin and Ryan Lemmon won the couples category, dressed as the Joker and Harley Quinn, while the group category was taken by Sierra Stevens, Lauren Wadsworth, Carson Rutledge and Rebecca Heilman, who went as a child and a group of beanie babies.
Finally, the best overall winner was Jenna Bartley, who was dressed as Darla from the movie, “Finding Nemo.”
“I thought it was fun,” said Stevens, who was dressed as the child in the group category. “My friends and I didn’t expect to win the group contest, but we were pretty content with our prizes. I would say dancing with my friends was my favorite part, but overall it was great.”
Students, such as sophomore early childhood special education major Liz Sible, enjoyed the dance, saying that the atmosphere was as exciting and entertaining as ever.
“The food is really good and I’m hoping to win the candy corn contest,” said Sible. “There are some great costumes [too].”
Sible said that she, too, enjoyed watching people get into the spirit of Halloween, and getting creative with their costume choices.
“I think it’s fun and silly to see kids our age dressing up just like my elementary kids do, and getting just as excited,” Sible said.