
One of the best things about this chilly autumn season is going to see the Halloween Midnight Organ Concert at Brown University. I look forward to it every year. About 20 minutes before midnight, the dark Sayles Hall got crowded with students starting to sit/ lie down with pillows and blankets for the late night musical treat. Many were dressed in costume- I saw a Rubic’s cube and several Where’s Waldos. At the strike of midnight, zombie looking creatures came in though the main doors carrying a coffin- out from which rose Dracula (Mark Steinbach), who laughed menacingly before climbing the stairs to play the organ. What followed was a spooky Halloween- classical concert. In the middle of the event, some of the zombie “tomb kickers” rocked it out, singing the Monster Mash song. This is surely the best part of Halloween!
