Summer Solstice Choose Your Theme Social gathering

As the autumn equinox set in, Summer Solstice Festival zealots had been nonetheless within the summertime mindset — scheming theme choices for subsequent 12 months’s occasion on the “Come Dressed as Your 2027 Theme Idea!” celebration and trend present at Son Y Sabor on Saturday. Seasoned solstice creatives arrived of their signature playful type — decked out in elaborate costumes starting from bugs and house vacationers to fantastical, colourful creatures open to interpretation. 

A banner on the entrance listed themes from 1979 (youngsters) by means of 2026 (wave) to remind attendees of the historical past — as themes are by no means repeated. Among the a long time of inspiration had been one-word subjects similar to “silly,” “big,” “splash”; and longer descriptors similar to “toy/contraptions/thingamajigs,” “magic/mystics/mysteries,” and “myths and stories of the world.” Guests had been invited to jot down/draw their concepts, or interpret them by means of an expressive strut down the runway. 

Chris Benedict, aka DJ of Ability, spun tunes as costumed attendees pranced by means of the nightclub one theme at a time to a captive viewers and panel of judges. Krystal and Paul Freedom had been awarded “most outrageous costume” for his or her outsized rainbow beings with a number of eyeballs. Justin Gunn and Kristen Clark gained greatest presentation for his or her gleaming silver astronaut costumes custom-made from head to toe. “Best themed costume” went to Emma Jane Huerta, who embodied her theme “yellow” by means of a sunny two-piece crochet outfit, beneficiant accessorizing and accompaniment by mechanical chicks clicking down the runway together with her. 

A committee will think about the favored vote, each in particular person and on-line, earlier than saying the 2027 Solstice theme. The chosen phrase or brief phrase is certain to really feel as joyful, colourful, expansive, and inclusive as each gathering they create.