What's Late?

As the semester winds down and the homework slowly starts to pile up on some students's desks, Late @ Lane employees still work very hard in ensuring that students have a safe alternative to drinking on a Saturday night. The latest Late @ Lane theme was "The Last Hoorah". Dedicated employee, Brittany Gossard, noted that it was supposed to be related to the supposed "end of the world" that the Mayans predicted, but they weren't allowed to say that directly. Not as many students attended as did during the first few Late @ Lane events, but the attractions were just as entertaining.

One main feature included an Illusionist, Jason Bishop. During his first show that began at 10:30 p.m., many were amazed by the things happening on stage. Bishop performed illusions that included a disappearing co-host, an empty can that mysteriously refilled itself, and a one dollar bill that turned into a $100 bill which he then gave to a random student. Bishop also performed an illusion which entailed him being tied by several knots into a cloth bag which was then put in a wooden box that was padlocked on three sides. He had three volunteers come up to the stage to make sure the box and bag had no hidden tricks inside that the rest of the audience couldn't see. They all confirmed there was none. After a couple of seconds, Bishop was actually outside of the box with his co-host inside. They crowd was speechless. When speaking to senior Lauree Holland about the tricks that she had just seen she stated, "I've never seen something like that! I was pretty amazed." After attending the first show, I returned for the 12:30 a.m. showing to see if I could figure out any of the illusions by watching different parts of the stage during the act. Much to my dismay, I could not figure out even one trick. After speaking to senior Anysa Taipow about what she thought pertaining to the show, she exclaimed, "I think there was black magic in that! Haha! That couldn't have just been an illusion. Some of the things I saw were just unreal." In contrast from the first audience, the second audience invested more interest in Bishop's illusions. The crowd got loud when it was confusing and asked a lot of questions. Obviously, Bishop didn't answer these and kept the mystery alive as the audience left the room with puzzled faces.

As the event wound down and the attractions were packing up, many employees looked relieved to have come to their "last hoorah"...well for the semester anyway.