Despite previous fears about its cancellation, the annual All
Hill Formal is still scheduled to take place on May 16th.
The On Campus Housing Council, the host of the event, will
provide transportation to the California Science Center, where the
formal is being held. The theme of this year’s dance is
“Twilight to Moonlight.”
During the first weeks of formal bid sales, the council was
having problems with the low number of tickets being sold. The idea
of completely cancelling the formal was raised at an April 29th
council meeting because, at that time, a total of only 300 tickets
were sold out of 1,200 available bids.
At its Tuesday meeting, OCHC decided to go ahead with plans
because it believes sales will increase as the dance
approaches.
“People, in nature, like to buy late and not plan
ahead.” said Andrew Borders, Dykstra Hall external vice
president and OCHC vice chairman.
It was decided on Tuesday that no matter what the outcome of bid
sales, the formal will go on as planned. Members of council
aren’t worried, however.
“We are selling dozens of tickets every night and are
optimistic to meet our goal very soon,” Borders said.
Due to the closure of Covel Commons for construction, OCHC has
lost a prime location for sales to Sunset Village residents, said
Michelle Sivert, Hedrick Hall external vice president and council
chairwoman.
At this time, all designated VIP tables and tickets available
for purchase at Rieber are sold out. Students may still purchase
tickets at the other five locations.
As far as budget is concerned, the council said it is not facing
any problems and plans to make payments for items like food by the
end of this week.
To increase attendance and accommodate more students, OCHC has
taken actions such as changing its traditional guest policy.
Students are now allowed to invite an unlimited number of
non-resident guests as long as they are willing to be held
responsible for the actions of their entire party.
“People in the dorms don’t want to do another high
school-like thing, but the older students who don’t live on
campus anymore want to go and are excited about it,” said
Terrie Macalalad, first-year psychobiology student and De Neve
resident.
Different residence halls are having different promotions to
meet their bid quotas.
The Hedrick Hall government is giving a free ticket to any
person who gathers a minimum number of students to attend as a
group.
The council is also advertising the formal to a broader range of
students by putting emphasis on different aspects of the formal,
like the fact that two of the exhibits at the science center will
be open for viewing during the dance.
With reports from Jessica Chung, Daily Bruin Reporter.