It was a terrific turnout. Students dressed in fishnets, wearing tap shoes and the iconic red lips filled the scene on the not-so-stormy night in Grounds For Change on Saturday Jan. 21.

The annual screening of The Rocky Horror Picture show is “GFC’s most popular event,” said GFC Board Member, Rachael Robertson, ’17. In previous years, the board had decided to host the scre

ening during Halloween, which gave people the chance to dress up. The event attracted many spectators and often groups of them would come in costume.

At this year’s screening the first 25 guests received prop bags upon arrival. The props were to be used during the show. Each bag contained a water gun, playing cards, a newspaper, a straw, cardboard lips, confetti, rice, a pair of latex gloves, toast and a party hat. Attached to the prop bags were clear sets of instructions on how to participate to maintain a level of safety and responsibility.

The majority of the audience had never seen the film before. The audience nicknamed these students, Rocky Horror “virgins.”  Milton Guevarra, ’18, said he had never seen the film.

“Not at Allegheny,” said Megan Greig, ’18 who came to the event dressed up and sat in the front row.

As expected, audience participation was lively and added to the electrifying atmosphere brought first by the musical numbers in the film. Witty side comments were yelled at the right moments, maintaining the satirical humor.

GFC board members also posed as the characters within the film and performed some of the scenes, which added an extra dimension to the event. The audience yelled, cheered and applauded during their performances and encouraged the whole board to dance along with the film’s finale.

“It was a wonderful experience, I wish I had done it sooner, instead of my last year here,” said Melanie Perez, ’15.