By John Le and Aminah Khan, Staff Writers and Photographers
On Saturday, Oct. 28th, Fountain Valley High School’s choir and theater program will be holding a Fall Festival. Similar to spring fest, clubs will be selling foods and there will also be many forms of entertainment to get into the “Halloween” spirit.
The idea of a fall festival at FVHS is not relatively new as Robert Zick, theater teacher, explained that FVHS hosted a festival like this a few years prior. Choir director, Kevin Tison, started this idea when the staff met over the summer for staff development. From there, the idea became reality, as it is being one of the largest events next to Spring Fest with around 40 clubs/associations participating.
Many are thinking this event will be similar to Spring Fest, which is hosted by March. However, the ideas of both events are different in sense of timing.
“The biggest difference [from Spring Fest] is the focus around the Halloween Holiday. I’ve been focused mainly on the Haunted House for this festival so I’ve been dealing mostly with this but looking around, you have that Halloween kind of feel for this fall festival where I think spring is more springy.”
All clubs, official and unofficial were given a chance to advertise about the fall festival in their communities to help raise funds. Posters were hung up at local Starbucks and other popular Fountain Valley locations.
This event has a lot in store for the community and for FVHS students. There will be many activities to accommodate all age groups, which includes a pumpkin patch, haunted attractions, foods/activities from various clubs, and etc.
In addition, young “trick-or-treaters” are encouraged to come around the opening time, 4-6 P.M. There will also be an electric train ride for them to go around the campus and see the events going on around them.
For clubs, the setup is a little different from that of Spring Fest. All clubs were contacted for participation in this event, they were placed in a certain area. However, the clubs will not be at certain stations but instead will have to claim a spot by “first come, first serve.” Duplication of ideas was allowed, but creativity was encouraged for every club in order to make this event unique.
Admission to the festival will cost five dollars for adults, eight dollars for couples, three dollars for children ages 6-12, and children 5 and under will receive free admission. All paid admission will come with one free ticket to use at the festival. Tickets will be sold in bundles in order to pay for the many activities and food.
There are many high hopes for this event, as Zick said, “anytime we can have an opportunity for students and clubs to do something together, it’s a great opportunity.”
