Beyond the grave
Campus holiday parties
offer music, dancing
By David Ryan
Freelance Reporter
This Halloween, University
students will be able to dance to
the beat of two campus parties,
both held by student social orga
nizations.
At the EMU Ballroom, the Ore
gon Ballroom Dance Club will
hold “Skellington’s Ball,” a cos
tume ball featuring live big-band
music with free food and soft
drinks. The ball is open to every
one and will run from 9 p.m. to
midnight. Admission is $7 at the
door for the general public and $5
for students and faculty.
Though the theme is a mas
querade ball, club president Eric
Folley did not want to make any
solid requirements.
“We’re selling eye masks for
people if they want them, but they
don’t have to buy one,” he said.
Folley also emphasized that
guests are free to choose their own
costumes. “If you want to come as
a hippie, come as a hippie. We’re
not requiring anything.”
The ball will feature Starlighter,
a 12-piece live band that will play
big band-style music for the
guests. Starlighter has played for
events in Eugene and along the
Oregon Coast for several years.
During the band’s breaks, the
club will play recorded music
such as the salsa, the meringue
and other Latin beats.
Skellington’s Ball will benefit
from a Coca-Cola program that
provides free food and soft drinks
for meetings and parties held by
community organizations.
The Oregon Ballroom Dance
Club was founded by Will Smith
as an alternative to partying with
alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
Keeping with this idea, the club
holds a dance every Friday in Ger
linger Lounge at 8 p.m. For infor
mation about Oregon Ballroom
Dance Club events, call 346-6025.
The International Student As
sociation will throw a Halloween
costume party from 8 p.m. to mid
night in the Riley Hall lounge.
ISA cards for free admission to
the party can be picked up at the
ISA office in room 206 of the
EMU (near the post office).
The ISA party will feature
Scandals' DJ Michelle, and night
time activities will include a cos
tume contest, a drag queen con
test and prizes.
ISA party coordinator Anita
Malakar had high hopes for the
party.
“We want to bring people to
gether from around the world.
We’re here to promote culture.”
The party will introduce for
eign students to American cul
ture. “There is about half-and-half
American and international stu
dents [at ISA functions],” Malakar
said. "Halloween is an American
holiday. Many foreign students
don’t know what [it] is like.”
Normally, the ISA functions as
the focal point of foreign student
activities. The ISA holds events
such as International Night,
where foreign students cook foods
from their home countries.
Both the Oregon Ballroom
Dance Club and the ISA are social
organizations that work for the in
terests of the community.
‘Friday Night Fever’ to infect
Eugene Hilton this weekend
The ball will feature
everything from a clisco
style band to a costume
contest and light show
By Scott Pesznecker
Freelance reporter
Traditional ghosts and goblins
will be overtaken tonight by ruf
fles and retro at the “Friday Night
Fever” Halloween Ball at the Eu
gene Hilton. Doors will open for
admission at 7 p.m., and dancing
will go until 1:30 a.m.
The ball — an annual event in
Eugene for more than 20 years —
will feature everything from a dis
co-style band to a costume contest
and light show. Door prizes will
also be given during the evening.
Some of the prizes include cash
and free dinners.
The festivities will begin at 8
p.m. with the Portland band
Heavy Brothers. Other familiar
musical performers will include
Tarshene Watkins, the former
lead singer of Body and Soul, and
Carl Smith, percussionist for The
Crazy Eights.
Local Eugene band Satin Love
Orchestra, which is currently
working on a CD due to be re
leased at the end of the year, will
start playing at 10:30 p.m. Many
people classify the group as retro,
but band leader Chris Stevens
said they simply focus on playing
“high-energy music and putting
on a stage show.”
“We’re really looking forward
to playing,” Stevens said. “It’s go
ing to be the big event in town.
We’re riding on a wave of popu
larity that we’ve been enjoying for
the last several months.
"Our performance is going to be
spectacular. We’re pulling out all
the stops on this one, and we’re
going to have a great entrance.”
Despite a minimum age re
quirement of 21 because of the
presence of alcohol, coordinator
Jim Jensen of Bootleg Productions
said attendance is expected to
reach 1,000 people.
“Anybody and everybody will
come, and that’s the beauty of a
costume ball,” Jensen said. “Peo
ple can put on costumes and be
whoever they want. They can be
wild and crazy, but nobody really
cares.”
Wearing a costume is not
mandatory for admission.
“I imagine that a lot of people
will dress disco, but you don’t
have to,” Jensen said. “Some
don’t even bother to dress up at
all, but many people get way into
it. People are as much of the show
as the show itself.”
The cover charge at the door
has risen since last year, from $8
to $15. But Jensen said the price is
well worth it.
“It’s an expensive production,”
Jensen said. “We have an eight
piece band from Portland and an
eight-piece band from Eugene. It’s
the price to pay for a special
show.”
Tickets can be purchased in ad
vance for $12.50 at the EMU Tick
et Office, CD World, Balladeer
Music, Record Garden or the
House of Records.
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