Murder and mystery combine with disco dancing to fund scholarships

The Housatonic Community College Foundation, Inc., will present Friday Night Fever, a murder mystery dinner beginning at 6 p.m. Oct. 17 in the new Events Center in Beacon Hall at Housatonic.

It will feature disco dancing, musical entertainment, dinner, and a raffle with more than 30 gifts. Proceeds will benefit HCC student scholarships. An all-star cast of HCC faculty and staff will enact a murder mystery during the course of the evening, which the guests will solve.

The mystery is directed by Housatonic Professor of Theater Arts, Geoffrey Sheehan.

Sponsors for the event include, Dance Fever Sponsor - R.C. Bigelow; Disco Ball Sponsors - Blum, Shapiro & Co., P.C. and Virginia and Joel Giuffré; Staying Alive Sponsors - Cohen & Assoc., LLC, Southern CT Gas Co, Glenn and Tina Tatangelo, and Advanced Cleaning Concepts, Inc.

Several gift baskets prepared by Housatonic Community College departments and individuals, and gift donations from over 25 vendors, activities, and venues will be available as raffle prizes.

Tickets for the event are $40 per person and guests must be 21 years of age or older to attend. Tickets and additional information are available from the HCC Foundation, call 332-5038, until Oct. 10. Tickets will not be available at the door. Free parking is available in the college garage.

The Housatonic Community College Foundation was formed in 1990 to assist the College and its students beyond the fundamentals provided by the state. The Foundation provides resources for scholarships, equipment, program enhancements, community outreach and support for the Housatonic Museum of Art.