Lights, camera and action were on display at EC’s homecoming dance on Saturday, November 15, as students packed the dance floor, a king and queen were crowned, students flooded the red carpet, and enjoyed some Red Bulls in the VIP section.

“I think it was a big success, just the amount of people who showed up, and the fact that it was put together well made homecoming amazing,” Lucy Rivera, 20, Homecoming chairperson said.

From 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., students gathered in the EC Activities Center Building for the homecoming dance after EC’s football game ended in a victory.

Hosted by ICC, on display at homecoming was a Hollywood themed party that included a club DJ, DJ Blacksheep, break-dancers, and a special VIP lounge.

“Janice (Watanabe) said it was the best homecoming EC ever had,” Rivera said.

The VIP lounge which was created by the Rotaract Club, was for students who paid $20 for a Homecoming ticket, it featured a non-alcoholic bar with a bartender, sofas, free sandwiches and a waiter walking around with cheesecake.

It had an ambiance fitting of a Hollywood party.

Ana Safazada and Jen Lee envisioned the idea as a special area that was secluded.

“Even after the dance, people are talking about it, and people who didn’t go, feel like they missed out,” Lee said.

EC’s homecoming featured some interesting moments as DJ Blacksheep played a mixture of hip-hop from present and past, some techno, and a break dancing interlude where EC students showed their skills on the dance floor.

The EC Arts Club created the banner that displayed different superheroes.

“Break dancers was the center point of the whole thing, Safazada said. “What I really like was that we brought the school together,” Lee added.

Students turned in to see who would be crowned homecoming King and Queen with Ashley Sladek, 19, who represented Alpha Gamma Sigma winning homecoming queen at the event.

“I felt really excited and really appreciative. My king and I we put in the most effort (to win),” Sladek said.

Sladek added that she was definitely surprised by her Homecoming win because she didn’t expect to due to the fact she felt she didn’t know many people on campus, but her campaign work paid off.

Sladek did enjoy her win.

“Homecoming beat my expectations, so I had a really great time,” Sladek said.

At least 300 people attended and students are still discussing the homecoming dance and students who didn’t attend are talking about how they wish they could have gone, Safazada said.

Safazada and Lee said that homecoming wouldn’t have been possible without the assistance of the other clubs and the EC Police Department, which acted as bouncers for the dance.

“Every single member of ICC brought their own piece of creativity and it brought clubs together,” Lee said

According to ICC, due to the success of this semester’s homecoming, there was a hint at the possibility of another dance to come.

“Because homecoming was such a successful event and we have a huge demand for another dance, we possibly may have another dance in the spring,” Safazada said.