Raiders celebrate Halloween
By Vianney Casas
This year Raiders celebrated Halloween the Friday 29th of October, and scary is the last word you would use to describe that day. No scary costumes for the most part, no people scaring. "Why was it called Halloween then?" is my and I’m sure many other people’s question. Well, the spirit for sure was still there. Not many people dressed up, I must admit, but the ones that did no matter which grade they were in, or how old they were, showed proudly the Halloween spirit and dressed up in their own unique ways. Some guys even dressed up as girls! It was hilarious, although you needed to be there to laugh as much as Raiders laugh as soon as they saw them. And when I say dressed up as girls I mean completely as girls! Make up, dresses, sandals, wigs, and even purses. Speaking of guys dressing as the opposite sex, there were a couple of girls dressed as guys too, wearing baggy pants, a cap and a mustache even painted on their face. Other types of costumes included a hot dog, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, Angels, Little Red Ridding Hood, puppets, Obama, ladybugs, bumblebees, and others, each person showing spirit and their personality in their own way.
Of course a costume contest was held. Unfortunately(and I regret this) I wasn’t there long enough to see who exactly the winners were, but here’s what I saw while I was there:
The brave Raiders here at SOH came out of their shells and competed against each other for “The best costume”. Of course the first to stand in line were the guys dressed as girls. They, along with other brave contestants walked across like models showing off their costume as people screamed, laughed and clapped and at the end, as I was informed the guys dressed as girls won.
This was what Halloween was like at Southwest High School, which now after your read it doesn’t seem scary at all, but now lets take a quick look at the real deal:
October 31. Halloween night.
I went around and asked people that had gone trick or treating what their Halloween night had been like and I myself went trick or treating. From what I was told, people this year had not a lot of Halloween spirit this year. Many houses' lights weren't even turned on, not many people were on the streets, and the worst and saddest for most of us is that depressingly, not much candy was given out.
“I only got six candies!” “What happened to Halloween spirit?!” “A woman just gave me a piece of gum”, were among many others, some angry Raider exclamations, and I myself must admit my bag wasn’t even half filled by the end of the night and I went to three different places. It was sad I must confess, but that however didn’t ruin our night. Halloween isn’t just about getting candy, it’s about having fun and showing your spirit, and Raiders definitely had that accomplished.
