The “Honey For the Heart” parade made up of homemade costumes and banners officially kicked off the infamous Halloween block party on Court Street on Saturday, October 26, 2013.

Last weekend I covered the earlier portion of Ohio University's infamous Halloween block party. I got to Court St. when people were still very tame and covered Halloween from around 5 P.M. to 8 P.M. As always, tons of people came out to celebrate bringing with them a wide variety of costumes–both homemade and store bought. It's always interesting to see the different costumes and to people watch the sheer crowds that pack Court St. for this revered college throw down. 

Maggi Gibbons sits atop her father Zach Gibbons' shoulders as they march down Court Street with members of "Honey for the Heart", a collaborative community project that makes puppets out of recycled materials.

“Red Fett” points to a photograph of C-3PO and R2D2 on Court St. during saturday’s Halloween celebration.

A man dressed as Noah from the biblical story leads a group of people dressed as animals down Court St. on Saturday evening while wrapped in a piece of cardboad that reads, "Noah's Ark."

(From left to right) Jake Mobilian, Cole Pinney, Laura Jameson, and Laura Risaliti enjoy a late night snack on Court St. during the Halloween festivites saturday night.

Will Crosby (left) and Jake Delpine (right) pose on Court St. during Halloween festivities saturday night.

In addition to my classes and working for The Post, I am also historian of the Singing Men of Ohio. As historian I am tasked with recording momentous SMO events through photographs and also multimedia. We had our first concert of the year last Thursday, October 24, at the First United Methodist Church here in Athens, Ohio. Before the concert, I was assigned to quickly take portraits of all 84 members of the group inside the church. Between big smiles, some of the guys would goof off for the camera and made for some pretty funny photographs–so I decided to include some of my favorite bloopers from the shoot. I love singing with each and every one of the SMO guys, I consider a lot of them to be my best friends in college. The entire serious take can be seen on the Singing Men of Ohio's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151957301592110.1073741833.202928857109&type=1

President of the Singing Men of Ohio Joe Brenckle (left) and Vice-President Jimmy Herpy (right).

Kevin Arsenijevic, bass in the Singing Men of Ohio. 

Jake Delpine, bass in the Singing Men of Ohio

Bruce Aquino, bass section leader in the Singing Men of Ohio.