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FlyBy gives the Lev HoCo some major props for its creative and varied use of house space. Matted stills from the classic 1942 film lined the walls connecting the formal’s three main areas, each of which had a decidedly different feel. Those looking for the typical Harvard dance experience—i.e., sweaty writhing in a dark room with DJ Straus—found what they wanted in the Lev Old Library. Across the hall in the JCR, formal-goers enjoyed a tasty chocolate fountain while random revelers, presumably aided by the free-flowing open bar (FlyBy...
...dining tables, and a light jazz band that made up for not being good by…well, just being there. (The swing-dancing couples didn’t seem to care who was playing, anyway.) And while some cost-cutting measures were evident—note to Lev HoCo: FlyBy could recognize that second-rate HUDS hummus and tabouli anywhere—the 510 students who purchased tickets got to experience something entirely new: for one night, at least, Leverett was cool...
Dunster’s HoCo was apparently attempting to give the House a trademark event of its own in naming this year’s formal—Beltane...
However, as FlyBy conducted a more thorough investigation of this pagan festival, HoCo’s reasoning began to unravel. Beltane involved Druids and otherworldly spirits back in the day. Today, Wiccans celebrate this ritualistic jamboree. What the eff? Message to Dunster HoCo: just because a holiday occurs in May, it is not necessarily an appropriate formal theme. As delightful as wearing maternity dresses to a Mother’s Day-inspired formal would be, something just doesn’t sit right with Beltane...
...food were pretty standard. Given the formal’s name, FlyBy expected to eat Celtic dishes, light bonfires for druidic sacrifices, and practice witchcraft with cauldrons. Beyond one Dunsterite spotted in a kilt, most stuck to the usual formal garb. But maybe HoCo should find this a blessing in disguise. Rather than reflecting its batshit theme, Dunster’s Beltane was a solid night likely to remembered (or not) by many...