The KMSA and CMU-TV Halloween Dance had a costume contest, food, drinks and lively dance music.
On Friday, Oct. 21, students gathered in costumes in the University Center Meyer Ballroom for a night of spooky festivities. The music was provided by multiple KMSA DJs throughout the night and only stopped to announce costume contest winners. Projections of old-school Halloween movies were provided by CMU-TV and created an ambiance of old horror.
Dance Society also had a table at the event with the goal of earning funds to go to nationals.
Food was catered by Sodexo and included Halloween-themed cupcakes and refreshments everyone could enjoy. For those over 21, there was a cash bar available that served seltzers, beer and wine.
Senior counseling psychology major Emily Abernathy and senior mathematics major Chris Glance attended the dance together, after hearing about it from a roommate involved in KMSA. Their costume was Puff the Magic Dragon and a princess for the night.
Glance joked that Abernathy looked like Fiona from the movie Shrek and stated that it “doesn’t help her cause there is an actual Lord Farquaad here somewhere.”
Other costumes featured included fairies, Hormone Monsters from the cartoon Big Mouth, angels and Timmy Turner from Fairly OddParents. During the costume contest, each individual and couple costume went onto the stage and showed themselves off with dances and power poses.
“It really just seemed like something fun to do on a Friday night and it turned out to be a blast,” Abernathy said.
The winners of the costume contest were Audrey Hepburn in first place, Lord Farquaad in second place and a group costume of circus people in third. The prizes will be awarded from the bookstore by KMSA and CMU-TV.
KMSA will continue to run its daily shows and podcasts for the semester, and clubs are free to reach out to the radio station to request a DJ for any event. CMU-TV will also be running their usual programs and updates can be found on social media.
