On Oct. 17 the Associated Students of Delta College (ASDC) hosted Gaylloween, a spooky Pride event in the quad, which ended in a costume contest.
The quad was decked with pumpkin garland and spiderwebs, and event booths handed out Halloween treats and snacks. There was a haunted photo booth and pie eating contest in the early afternoon.
Annum Khan, a member of ASDC who coordinated the event described the success of Gaylloween.
“We ordered 200 sandwiches,” said Khan, who said the pie eating contest had at least 100 students watching.
ASDC aims to collaborate with programs across campus for the monthly College Hour events.
“ASDC’s number one goal this year is to have a collab with every program,” said Khan. “We wanted to include Pride center.”
Khan said the collaboration is ASDC’s way of getting the word out about Delta’s many clubs this year. College Hour occurs every third Thursday from 12 p.m. to 1: 30 p.m. featuring a different club and a new event on the quad.
The largest event of the day was the last: The Costume Contest.
On an outdoor stage a line of costumes were introduced set to music relevant to each character. Shrek’s Fiona, Coraline and several anime characters including crowd favorite Gojo from Jujitsu Kaisen participated. The contest winner was a duet act from Monster High.
Million Villanueva and Estella Carmona won first place in the contest. The couple, dating for almost three years, said the costume choice had both simple and complex messages.
“We really like Monster High,” said Carmona. “We think the dolls are pretty.”
The winners said their costumes represent the importance of introducing empowering shows for the next generation.
“There’s more than just one kind of pretty,” said Villanueva, referencing the message she finds in Monster High.
Villanueva and Carmona are costume performers, who use costumery as a way to connect to others.
“We found a lot of cool friends,” said Carmona.
First place prize was a voice activated Bluetooth speaker with a digital clock display which the winners said would replace their Hello Kitty alarm clock for its functionality.
Correction: The last sentence was inadvertently removed from the original version of this story.
