This year’s Halloween Hoot: a success

PHOTOGRAPH BY GAGE TABAG

 

The 5^th Avenue Show Choir performs “Smooth Criminal” at the annual 2012 Halloween Hoot.  Pictured here, left to right, are:  Conner Mausser (10), Stacey Sigwarth (12), Chance Ingles (12), Isaac Ehlers (11), Brianna Burds (11), Lailani Llave (12), Kody Vorwald (10), Brianna Kennedy (12), Trevor Then (12), and Bailey Benn (12). 

 

PHOTOGRAPH BY ABBY HOFFMANN

 

Forefront, left to right:  Jayde Gartner (10), Julia Wickham (9), Sam Anglin (11), Kasindra Berg (9), and Keri Knipper (11) perform with the Aristocats Show Choir to the song “Bump in the Night”—an annual, and favorite, number performed at the Hoot. 

 

BY SYDNEY LUNDGREN

This year, the Halloween Hoot went off without a hitch. It was full of candy, costumes, and, most importantly, the haunted house!  For those of you who have never attended the event, the Hoot is hosted by the Western Dubuque Vocal Music Department. Every Halloween, they create a haunted house and carnival for the surrounding public. It was estimated that a thousand people went through the haunted house on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2012. There was also a Halloween-themed show put on by the Western Dubuque 5^th Avenue and Aristocats. The 5^th Avenue Show Choir performed with a Michael-Jackson-themed set including “Smooth Criminal” and “Thriller.” They also performed “Time Warp” and “Addams Family.” The Aristocats Show Choir joined in on “Thriller” and “Time Warp.” They also performed two songs separately, “Calling All the Monsters” and “Bump in the Night.” “Thriller” was truly the crowd favorite as the members of both show choirs were sprawled ‘dead’ upon the floor, pretending to be zombies.  5^th Avenue Choir Director Cristine Tipple said, “The Hoot this year was definitely a success. We would like to thank all the parents and students for all of the hard work they put in to make this all possible.”