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Fall Fest Brings Hopkins Community Together For a Spooktacular Evening
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On the evening of Friday, October 30, the Quad in front of Thompson Hall was transformed into a vibrant community Fall Festival that celebrated Hopkins student performing artists and New England fall traditions.
The event was thoughtfully designed by Arts Department Chair and Director of Creative Programming Robert Smith, and executed with the help of parent volunteers, faculty and staff members, as well as our dedicated Maintenance team. The Quad was festively decorated with lights, bunting, hay bales, corn stalks, and a skeleton or two, creating a temporary stage in front of Thompson Hall as the focal point of the event.
The program of the evening included performances by Hopkins’ choirs, orchestra, and bands, as well as Dance Crew and student bands. Parents, students, and staff watched from blankets, hay bales, and camping chairs as several faculty were challenged to eat progressively spicy hot sauces and answer Hopkins trivia in the returning favorite, “HOP Ones” which mimicked the popular online show Hot Ones.
Spread out around the Quad, families were invited to carve pumpkins, make s’mores, visit the Parent Association and student club tables, enjoy cotton candy, enter a homemade pie and cookie contest, and to eat dinner from two local food trucks.
Further away from the Fall Fest activity, the Hopkins Drama Association lurked throughout the Academic and Performing Arts Center, offering a haunted house tour inspired by Dante’s Inferno.
For a day that began with Pumpkin Bowl at assembly, and ended with Fall Fest in the evening, it was a spooktacular way for the Hopkins community to celebrate Halloween.
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