by Tim Baldi
Staff Writer
Courtesy of Freshman SGA.
Freshman Class officers and SGA Events Council have combined their planning abilities for “A Night on the Riviera” spring banquet and cruise scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 27.
SGA’s Events Council wanted to bring back the midnight cruise because of its popularity last year, according to Vice President of Off Campus Events Elijah Ammen. When the weekend of the 27th became available, they checked with freshman SGA and coordinated to have the banquet and cruise on the same night.
This is the first time two large events like this have been planned for one night, according to freshman Vice President Amy Morris.
The banquet will begin at 6 p.m. with “A Night on the Riviera.”
“We want people to see and smell the river,” said Morris. The decorations and atmosphere will create an outdoor European restaurant atmosphere.
“We plan on this banquet being classier than ordinary banquets,” said freshman Treasurer Kelly Findley. People will be able to focus on table conversation instead of the stage events.
A significant portion of the budget is being spent on providing good food, according to Findley.
“The food is going to be awesome,” said Morris.
At 10:30 p.m. after the banquet, students will begin boarding the midnight cruise, according to Ammen. The ship will leave the dock at 11 p.m. and return at 1 a.m.
There will be a wider range of activities on the two-hour cruise this year. According to Ammen, the cruise will have all the same activities that students enjoyed on last year’s cruise, in addition to a video game arcade, card games and possibly karaoke; events council is also currently searching for a jazz band to provide music for the cruise.
“SGA is more than a bunch of people who sit around a room and discuss issues of the school; it is people who are proactive about the school and have a passion for the students,” said junior Allison Young, student body president-elect.
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