Halloween
offers many celebration possibilities
Jennifer
Camacho/ On-line Forty-Niner
By
Alex Carbajal
On-line Forty-Niner
Every
year around this time, almost all college
students ask themselves the same question.
What is going on for Halloween? If
this question has come up during a conversation
you have had recently this article may possibly
point you in the right direction.
A
traditional Halloween fan celebrating the
holiday can go out and buy or make his or
her own costume, depending on the person's
ability and creativity, and go trick-or-treating.
The benefits of this are all the free candy
that one person can carry.
Most
public parks offer carnivals that feature
games and rides. Another age-old Halloween
tradition that gets lost as people get older
is carving pumpkins. People can let their
imaginations run wild and carve whatever
the hell they want into it, and then smash
it.
For
people who are interested in watching their
girlfriend or boyfriend get scared, there
is Knott's Scary Farm, Six Flags Fright
Fest, and Shipwreck at the Queen Mary. All
these offer mazes and rides consumed with
ghouls and monsters that are there to make
visitor's night a living hell. Not to mention
the world class rides that Knotts and Six
Flags have to offer that continue to run
during their special Halloween themed evenings.
At Six Flags, the ride Colosus runs backwards
to give its patrons a different feel to
a beloved ride.
Considering
Halloween happens to fall on Friday this
year, this means that there is no school
to wake up for the next day. Not to mention
people continue to celebrate on Saturday
night as well. People who are over the 21,
can venture out to the local bars and enter
their costume contests which offer a wide
array of cash prizes anywhere from $50 to
$1000.
If
seeing a live band would really make Halloween
spectacular, Queens of the Stone Age is
playing Halloween night at the Greek Theatre.
Friday night is also the night for KROQ's
seventh annual Halloween costume ball. For
those fortunate enough to win tickets for
this show (tickets are not being sold for
this), they will be more than treated to
an amazing show with AFI and Pennywise at
the House of Blues in Hollywood. Pennywise
is a great live band, and AFI will be in
their element when they play on Halloween.
The
possibilities of what can be done on Halloween
are endless, it all depends on taste and
mood. Halloween is the greatest time to
dress up and pretend to be something different
than normal. People should be careful not
to make it something illegal which could
make someone wind up spending the rest of
the evening in the drunk tank at the local
police station.
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