OC School of the Arts students bring talent to Halloween
Students dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” during a Halloween costume contest and flash mob at the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Faculty members with a Barbie theme dance for the students during a Halloween costume contest at the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The school was celebrating Halloween with the contest and flash mob dance. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Students react as contestants show their Halloween costumes at the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The school was celebrating Halloween with the contest and flash mob dance. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
People take a selfie at the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The school was celebrating Halloween with a costume contest and flash mob dance. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Student London Lechuda parades as Eric Cartman from South Park during a costume contest at the Orange County School of the Arts take a photo in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The school was celebrating Halloween with the contest and flash mob dance. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Students at the Orange County School of the Arts take a photo in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The school was celebrating Halloween with a costume contest and flash mob dance. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A contestant parades for the judges during a Halloween costume contest at the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The school was celebrating Halloween with the contest and flash mob dance. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Students dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” during a Halloween costume contest and flash mob at the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Students watch as contestants show their Halloween costumes at the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The school was celebrating Halloween with the contest and flash mob dance. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A contestant parades for the judges during a Halloween costume contest at the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The school was celebrating Halloween with the contest and flash mob dance. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Students dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” during a Halloween costume contest and flash mob at the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
They were dressed as Shrek and South Park’s Cartman, Barbie and Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz – almost every character imaginable.
Most of the 2,300 students at the Orange County School of the Arts participated in the annual campus Halloween contest and flash mob dance on Tuesday.
The school has held the event for more than 20 years.
Students can enter the costume contest and vie for the title of scariest, funniest, most creative and best group costume.
“Halloween is our day for our students to shine,” said Julia Gutierrez, the school’s director of public relations. “They really express their creativity.”
Students also spend weeks learning a choreographed routine to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” which they perform at the end.
