Demons summoned at the theater - The Rider Newspaper UTRGV Spooktacular Seance

Film senior Anayancy Salinas (from left,) biology sophomore Krystal Perez and psychology freshman Kristiann Diaz react to seeing an empty bedsheet in the shape of a person during the Spooktacular Seance by Anthem and Aria Tuesday at the PlainsCapital Bank Theater in the Student Union on the Edinburg campus. “I enjoyed the show,” Diaz said. “I really liked the part of the ghost in the chair. It was super cool.”
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Demon appears after the lights go out in the room during the Spooktacular Seance by Anthem and Aria Tuesday at the PlainsCapital Bank Theater in the Student Union on the Edinburg campus.
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Music and blue spotlights fill the room welcoming guests to the Spooktacular Seance by Anthem and Aria Tuesday at the PlainsCapital Bank Theater in the Student Union on the Edinburg campus. Halloween ghost buckets filled with candy and popcorn were handed out to the students after an ID scan.
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Ritual spell performed in front of student volunteers during the Spooktacular Seance by Anthem and Aria Tuesday at the PlainsCapital Bank Theater in the Student Union on the Edinburg campus. “I’ve always been into magic, on the more psychic side of it,” Anthem said. “This comes from my family’s history [and I’ve] also been a fan of horror movies and haunted houses all my life.”
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