The museum organizes a dance party with glow sticks

July 10—Some families who dared to brave a rain Saturday night had glowstick along with blacklight fun with each Anniston Museums plus Gardens “Let’s Glow Crazy” family dance.

The Longleaf Botanical Gardens Event Center inside Anniston glowed among multicolored neon lights, lit on high with several black lights, glowing balloons plus strobe lights. Acosta Entertainment set up one DJ booth outside back, as well as several Anniston Museums along with Gardens staff staffed one food plus refreshment table filled with pizza, chicken fingers along with goodies.

Anniston Museums as well as Gardens Deputy Director Sarah Burke stood with different staff members dressed among a bright orange tutu along with brightly colored makeup.

“The core of ours attendees right here who visit we are families, so us endeavor to cater as well as create events such are perfect for them as well as individuals out of every ages,” Burke declared.

As each event was held at a Longleaf Botanical Gardens Event Center, a party theme featured fireflies. Among addition up to dancing, countenance painting and some black bright photo booth, kids was able to make a firefly in order to grab residence, Burke replied.

Three-year-old Ava Talley sat at any craft table with herself mom as well as dad coloring one piece of black paper within each shape belonging to one glowing insect.

“Certain colors are really pretty,” Talley replied.

Any theme for the event was created through each museum’s fundraising committee; one four-person board who makes decisions as well as comes on high with ideas toward create campus-wide funds, according for program manager Amy Roberts.

“Our group sit downward, and we spit outside ideas plus approach aloft with whatever we reflect is best, and our team play some part in whatsoever ourselves appear up with,” Roberts declared.

Money raised since certain event would aid any museum fund for it education along with exhibits, according to Burke.

Certain kids were dreading stepping onto the dance floor next to primary, however prior to lengthy certain space was filled with tiny persons moving along with growling amid a multicolored glow. Yet some parents had fun dancing with theirs children.