Elixirs and Oils

Dear LDM,
Our event planning class has been in the preliminary stages of organizing an event that links the harvesting of
olives with a traditional pagan Halloween celebration. We are interested in exploring the importance of the olive
harvest season and sharing this experience with the international community of LDM students. Since the harvest
season begins at the end of October, we felt that combining this with a Halloween party, appropriately on October 31st,
would be a fun and interesting way to celebrate both traditions.

We would link these two concepts together by incorporating elements from historic peasant Halloween and the
harvest season. Since this event aims to help students step away from the Americanized version of the holiday, we will
have a more unique agenda for our party. For example, the idea of trick or treating comes from the pagan tradition of
going door to door begging for “soul cakes.” They would collect these gifts to appease spirits, in hopes of having a
plentiful harvest. At our event, we would offer our own “soul cakes” in the form of olive oil. Instead of collecting this as
a gift for the “spirits,” students can keep this gift for themselves - which also represents the bountiful harvest of olives
this year!

This event also gives the students of the LdM community a chance to come together outside of the classroom.
This gives students the opportunity to meet some new faces, and share experiences from the semester thus far.

We hope that you enjoy this idea for our event as much as we do, and look forward to working together to put on a fun,
cultural, and educational event this harvest season.

Thank you.
Questions for LDM:
● Candles- are we allowed to have them?
● Space?
● Fix candles by exterior entrance
● Can we move the projector?
● Can we put tape on the wall?
● Security?
● Can we board up windows?
● Can we hang mirrors on gates?
● Can we hang things outside?
● Water pong
● Can we move the piano?
● Can we project on the wall?
● Artificial lighting?
● Speaker- is there an aux cord?
● Can we hang things?
● Does the school have red and white cloth, spray paint (black), art stands, projector, red paint and paint brushes (basic art
supplies), cardboard for tombs/coffin?
● Can we use wooden chair in church?
● Furniture (UB - check out)
● Furniture (catering table and tablecloth)
Questions for LDM cont.
- Playlist for SIAE
- Movie for SIAE
Mood Board:

*wall of broken mirrors*

make it spooky

*candle drip
on wine +
olive oil*
 Stations
Entrance: Cleanse Your Fear Station 4: Desserts

Take A Shot from Syringe and name one thing -Unique Tuscan desserts
you’re afraid of (Ice Breaker)
Station 5: Photobooth
Station 1: Potion Station
-Encourage Social Media Posting
-Olive Oil Tasting
Station 6: Ping Pong, The Witch is Dead
-Olive Oil Products
-*Beer* Pong Table for Social Interaction (using water or
Station 2: Pick Your Poison soda)

-Cocktail/Mocktail Bar Station 7: Box Of Mystery/Tarot Card Reading

Station 3: Human Food -Ice Breaker/Social Interaction (blindfolded, reach into box &
guess what your touching)
-Traditional Tuscan Apps
Card Reader
 Food and Beverages

Please click here for Food and Beverage Information

 Our Objectives
•Integrating Halloween with Olive Oil Harvest Season

•Have guests leave w/ more knowledge on Olive Oil Harvest making + culture
around it

•Have students to get to know each other

•E N E R G Y (moving around, tasting, flow)

•Increase Social Media presence of LDM (designate #’s)

•Sharing Info on Florence (link to Social + Icebreaker)

•Strategic/functional event- everything linked to H. & O.

Nosferatu (1922) | HD | Full Horror Film
 Activities + Interactions
•Photobooth Set Up (Encourage Social Media posting)

Par lights, red backdrop,

 Decor/Interior
● Before you walk in, there will be a white construction paper walkway with
red “bloody” footprints
● White fabric/spider webs hanging from the entrance way with black spiders
● Wine bottle candle holders spread throughout
● Pumpkins, haystacks, olive branches, garlic cloves, spiderwebs, skulls
Timeline of Social Media Posts: 9 posts
Post #1: Post #1:
- Elixirs and Oils Entrance: cleanse your fear
- Explain the event Cleanse your fear with a shot of vampire blood
- Logo Picture of the shots
- Shot / 1 thing you're afraid of
- Shot of: pomegranate juice and ginger
Fun fact:
Post #3: ● Post # 4:
One sip of our mocktails will get your Halloween spirit
Station 2: Pick your Poison flowing
Black cauldron picture with a glass of sangria next to it
Quench your Halloween Thirst with a glass of Hallowine
Sangria... and don’t be surprised if you find a little extra
Post #4:
Station 1: potion station
● Olive oil station
● Fun fact about oil harvesting