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Show A HOWL,oween Tradition Dixie State College is proud to present another HOWL Dance by Gina Minear Dixie Sun Staff Writer With the Halloween season approaching, students at DSC are producing ideas that will win the prize for Best Costume at the HOWL Dance. love this dance and am excited to see all the creativity of the students." "I I Rachel Shakespeare The HOWL has been a part of the DSC entertainment schedule for the past eight years. It will be held on October 31 in the ballroom of the Gardner Center from 9 t. chairmen, Brittney Freed and Abbie Steed, and the activities committee, Shakespeare has been able to pull together ideas for a haunted Halloween encounter at DSC. Im really excited to put my own twist on the haunted theme, said Shakespeare. The activity will include a haunted ally that will frighten students all the way into the ballroom. For all of the ghouls that are easily scared, there will be plenty of eligible guys waiting the atmosphere. With all of the festivities impending, students may wonder where this holiday tradition derived from It is said that the word, Halloween, originated in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption called All Hallows Eve. This was taken from the day of November that is referred to as All Hollows Day (or All Saints Day), that is a Catholic day created to honor the saints. creative, most original, and well put together costume. DSC Student Life Rachael Shakespeare is the director for this years Halloween activity. Along with her two Vice-Presiden- t, J ,c- mer officially ended on October 31. Some stories say that on that day the disembodied spirits of all the people who died throughout the previous year, would c v j - I , tr-V f ,7 I A i '' . V- come back in search of liv- ing bodies to possess for the next year. f- - A f t ' did Naturally, the not want to be possessed. On the night of October 31, people would extinguish the fire in their homes, to make them cold and undesirable. They would then dress up in all manner of ghoulish costumes and nosily parade g J 1 4 .2 i around the neighborhood, being as destructive as possible in order to frighten away the spirits that were looking for bodies to possess. From this Irish tradition, students at DSC and millions of other people around the world all dress up on Halloween every year with the intent to scare everyone f 'A''- - f. a Joshua Hunt, Rebecca Cooper, Todd Langsen, and Jodi Cooper were four of the three hundred turnouts the Halloween festivities. still-livin- However, in the fifth century BC, in Celtic Ireland, sum- . J around to walk in. The music will be done by a DJ and will be mixed with some Halloween tunes to keep up 1 Admission prices are $4.00, with costume and $5.00, without. First, second, and third place prizes will be given to those students with the most X? they see. In this case, for hope- fully win some great prizes at the same time. This is the best stomp that we have at Dixie, said Josh Ellis, student government. We are always so entertained by all of the different costumes, I said Shakespeare. excited to see all of the ativity of the students. am cre- Horror classics shine on the Big Screen Zion Canyon Big Screen Theater proved to be an giant screen put you right into the movie, which made these old movie classics come alive. Alfred film classic Hitchcocks Psycho was played first, and the crowd seemed especially pleased to see one of the most famous cinematic scenes of the shower scene, on the big screen. the Following the film, the bands Canyon of Terror 2 provides great adult Halloween entertainment by Wendi Epps Dixie Sun Staff Writer excellent spot for Canyon of Terror 2. The all-tim- Sam Payne, with special guest Zboneman, The Urie Circle, Debi Graham, and Tyler Sevy played in the square outside the theater. After a short break, Stanley Kubricks classic thriller The Shining began. The opening scene shows Jack Torrence (Jack Nicholson) driving through the Colorado Mountains on his way to the Overlook Hotel for an interview. He would like to become the hotel caretaker, staying with his wife and child for five iso- lated months during the harsh winter. Seeing his small car winding through the mountains on the highway from above was awesome on the gigantic screen. The movie was uncut, so although I have watched it before, there were a few scenes I had never short break followed the movie, and we were all ushered inside again for a coscontest. tume A Unfortunately, many moviegoers were not dressed up, so the contest only had about eight entries. The winners were two small children dressed as soldiers, complete with fake blood and chunks of missing skin see TERROR page 19 |