Pictures of the 2008 Halloween block party courtesy of Kimberly ShookmanAccording to The Post, the crown uptown at the block party this year was relatively mellow and smaller than past years. There was an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people that attended. Court Street was crowded and the partygoers were provided with music from local bands at each end of Court Street. Vendors of all sorts came out and served much-needed food to the costume-wearing students. The beer garden located on Union gave students the opportunity to sip on a cold beverage while listening to the bands uptown. Many students came dressed to impress. The Athens NEWS has a great slideshow on its Web site featuring a variety of creative costumes. Even though the three groups I followed did not make it on the slideshow, they had a lot of fun and were very pleased with their finished costumes.
Girl Scouts
Logar, Kristen, Price and Julie posing in front of their house on Halloween
Well, they did it! They officially outdid their costumes from last year. Julie, Price, and Logar all agreed that this year's costume was way better than they expected. "We destroyed our last year's costumes," Price said.
Their costumes were so original and creative that they were interviewed by The Athens Messenger. However, they did not make it into the article. "They picked stupid costumes like the Joker; I mean how original," Price said.
They had a lot of fun paying the part of electrocuted girl scouts. "We would just pretend we got electrocuted all night," Julie said. "We kept telling everyone to watch out for the storm."
Julie and Price's favorite part of their costumes was their hair. However, Logar had trouble keeping her hair big all night, which caused the marshmallow stick to keep falling out.
Overall, everyone who saw them couldn't stop laughing and were left speechless. "I really believe our costume was up there for the best costume," Price said.
Grey's Anatomy
The whole female cast of Grey's Anatomy
Cristina and Izzie
"I loved them," Kellie said after the Halloween celebration. "I think we looked like the cast and people recognized us. It was also the first Halloween that I was comfortable and warm."
It is true. We hardly walked a couple steps before someone would call out, "Hey ladies of Grey's Anatomy!" For the most part, we received compliments and praise. However, we also got some shout outs from some pretty passionate Grey's haters. This was pretty hurtful; however, by the end of the night we learned to just turn our heads and pretend we didn't hear anything.
"I liked being part of a group," Kellie added. "It was more fun because we could act out scenes together and I was with all my best friends."
Kellie's favorite part of the costume was the names tags because they were legit and made the costume. Sara liked the sparkly pager and her fake blood. She also had a lot of fun filling out her fake forms.
They both agreed that it was their best Halloween yet. "It was really fun and there was no drama," Sara said. "It was everything Halloween should be!"
Jamaican Bobsled Team
Eric, Tony, Bryon and Jeff posing as if they were in a bobsled
The compliments just kept coming for the bobsled team all night. One of the bands playing on Court Street even gave them a shout out. "We had a lot of people react to our costumes," Bryon said. "Everyone was singing the song or saying quotes from the movie."
They also managed to stay in character the whole night. They all talked with Jamaican accents and did not split up from each other. It was apparent that Cool Runnings has a pretty big fan base from the responses they received. "A lot of people knew more about the movie than we did, which surprised me," Bryon said.
They did run into one minor problem; the tape lost its stickiness. However, they fixed it with safety pins.
According to Bryon, it was the best costume he has ever worn. "Overall, it was a very good experience and a lot of fun, and I think part of it was because of the costume."
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