The Colannades rang out with Beatles classics on Thursday as a part of PCAL’s annual Fall Festival.
Organized by Potter College of Arts and Letters’ Dean Council of Students, this year’s Fall Festival was themed “Sounds of the 60s” in celebration of PCAL’s 60th anniversary. The event featured tabling and activities from different PCAL departments, as well as participation from outside businesses.
PCAL DCS President Aubrey Colburn said the Fall Festival was a great way for students and organizations to display what they had to offer.
“It kind of gives us a footprint,” Colburn said. “It’s a great talking point and a great social event for not just the Dean’s Council of Students, but all of PCAL and anyone in WKU.”
WKU’s Theater and Dance department had 60s themed costumes for participants to try on and take pictures, and the Department of Society, Culture, Crime, and Justice Studies department had 60s trivia for participants to try their hand at.
Matthew Taylor, a student ambassador for SCCJS, said this is the first year that SCCJS has been a united department at the festival. He said the festival was one of the many good steps for a shared future in the department.
“Sometimes it’s very easy for us to get lost in our own separate columns,” Taylor said. “But here at Fall Fest, we can all get together there and see what we’re all up to, have some fun, and get some free stuff.”
The Festival featured Penny Lane, an all-female Beatles cover band that played classic Beatles hits, to headline the event and celebrate the spirit of the 60s.
“I think it’s a great addition anytime you can have live human vocals, live instruments as a special flavor to an event,” said Terrance Brown, Dean of PCAL. “Penny Lane has not disappointed.”
The event stretched to the greater WKU community through a collaboration with Topper Fella with a limited edition 60s PCAL themed Fella.
DCS also brought in Rita’s Italian Ice, as well as Hippo Chow Down, an interactive inflatable game based on the board game Hungry Hungry Hippos.
The Fall Festival not only helped celebrate the PCAL’s past, but also the coming changes that are involved within the 60th anniversary of the college.
Brown said that when PCAL moves towards the future, they must be mindful that their work has always has to be in the business of making better humans.
“That’s what we do in this college,” Brown said. “We make better humans in a more holistic way,”
