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Preparing for Halloween
means the perfect outfit
BY PEKKY MARQUEZ
THE GAMECOCK
The weekend before Halloween,
many students were shopping in
Five Points stores to find the per
fect costume for fast-approaching
parties.
Hip-Wa-Zee has been doing a lot
of business in the past few weeks,
according to Leslie Minerd, one of
the store’s clerks.
Hip-Wa-Zee offers a wide vari
ety of costumes, including classics
such as witches, Frankensteins
and princesses.
They also sell gothic wear
and looks from popular decades
such as the 60s and 70s. The
price of costumes ranges from
$9 to $20.
Accessories and masks can also
be found between $2 and $20. Hip
Wa-Zee even has pet costumes for
about $8.
Customers of Hip-Wa-Zee
seemed to be very satisfied with
their purchases. One girl going to
a party Friday planned to dress
like the Phantom from Phantom
of the Opera.
Meredith Weathers, another
client, went to look for a costume
for her husband, which they found
after browsing awhile. They both
left very satisfied.
A third group of girls went to
Hip-Wa-Zee because one knew was
familiar with the store. Their
eclectic choice reflects the variety
of the store; one of the girls in
tended to wear 80s clothes; the sec
ond wanted to go as a jailbird and
the third like Macy Gray.
Cosmic Outfitters, on the cor
ner of Blossom and Saluda streets,
has also been popular place to find
costumes.
"Probably Tuesday and
Wednesday will be crazy days [to
sell and rent costumes]," said
Laura Paxton, a store clerk.
"Friday and Saturday were pretty
busy too, but we love it," she said.
As in Hip-Wa-Zee, costumes can
be either sold or rented. When
renting, customers must pay a de
posit fee to ensure the costume
will be returned.
Cosmic Outfitters has a wide
variety of costumes. Not only can
scary outfits be found, but also
generic bunny and nurse cos
tumes, as well as fictional charac
ters like Peter Pan.
They also have accessories like
eyeglasses as well as both witch and
groovy wigs in all lengths and styles,
ranging in price from $5 to $55.
sasuaass
Organizers say
there will be no
rescheduling if
not held this time
BY ANTHONY BREZNICAN
AP ENTERTAINMENT WRITER
LOS ANGELES - The third
time will be the charm for this
year’s Emmy Awards ceremony,
or the twice rescheduled show
won’t happen at all, producers
said Tuesday.
The ceremony honoring tele
vision accomplishments was post
poned from its Sept. 16 date be
cause of last month’s terrorist at
tacks. Organizers scuttled it again
Oct. 7 when the United States be
gan retaliatory strikes in
Afghanistan.
“There will be no more mov
big of the dates,” said Bryce Zabel,
chairman of the Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences. “If
there is (world) news to be heard,
we will deal with it by simply go
ing forward.”
He said the event has changed
dramatically each time it has been
rescheduled.
Workers have hurried to re
build sets to fit the Shubert
Theatre, which seats only 1,800
people — compared to the 6,000
plus available at the original
Shrine Auditorium venue.
Gary Smith, was brought in as
executive producer to replace Don
Mischer, who left to begin work
on the opening and closing cere
monies at the 2002 Winter
Olympics in Salt Lake City.
The dress code has shifted
from black-tie to business attire,
host Ellen Degeneres has rewrit
ten or dropped countless jokes,
and moments planned to honor
victims, heroes and survivors of
the attacks have been restruc
tured as news develops.
A segment featuring “NYPD
Blue” star Dennis Franz intro
ducing clips of firefighters and po
lice officers rescuing people on
Sept. 11 has been replaced.
“It has nothing to do with any
one’s feeling that it’s not without
merit,” Smith said. “When some
thing becomes overexposed it has
less impact.”
He said the show will still hon
or emergency workers but de
clined to discuss details, saying he
wanted to keep it a surprise.
A new piece of the show will
document Hollywood’s involve
ment in times of war, with CNN
talk-show host Larry King intro
ducing clips of celebrities enter
taining troops form World War II
through the Persian Gulf conflict
and today, Smith said.
Rocky
Fling will dress
part at show
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the night off with a trip to The
Elbow Room to see Fling perform
its abridged version of Rocky
Horror, including all your fa
vorite tunes from the movie.
Fling has gained a reputation
for putting an amazing amount
of effort and production into its
shows, and this one promises to
be its biggest and best yet. The
band is donning full Rocky
Horror attire as they take on the
roles of the cast. Which, of
course, means boys in drag
and/or lingerie.
The idea for this massive un
dertaking came from Fling’s
guitarist, Justus Jagger, who
has been a fan of the movie since
his mother practically forced
him to watch it to make him
more open-minded, and bassist
James Touzel, who is always
ready to tackle “big, ambitious
productions.” Touzel also never
misses a chance to involve fel
low musicians from the area.
For Rocky Horror, Fling has
temporarily adopted Jay
Garrigan, lead vocalist for
North Carolina band Poprocket;
Carrie Phillips, who will play
Janet Weiss; and Kevin
Langston, a Free Times writer.
The show promises to have
everything — singing, men in
lingerie, dancing, acting, men in
lingerie and out-and-out rocking.
Fling lead vocalist Kenley^
Young Said of the show, “This is
it. This is the Fling showtiot to
be missed — a spectacle with no
equal, a spectacle for the fans.”
The show is also helping to
kick off WUSC-FM Columbia’s
“80s Weekend.” WUSC will be at
the show giving away prizes for
the best costumes. First place
walks away with $100.
Doors open at 8 p.m.; admis
sion is $5. Opening are local acts
Suck, Skillit and My Blind Luck.
So, Columbia, “Come up to the
lab, and see what’s on the slab.”
Tim Curry, top, and
Richard O’Brien star as
Frank and Riff Raff in
Rocky Horror.
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