Hollywood-Themed ‘Murder Mystery Dinner’ Held in PDC

Published 03.03.2017

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Cast members riotously play their parts ...... and interact with dinner patrons enlisted to help get to the heart of the mystery.Cydney L. Ginter, a legal assistant/paralegal major from Altoona – assuming a "Princess Leia" persona for the event – takes part in a spirited "Rock, Paper, Scissors" duel.Ditchfield (background), instructor of hospitality management/culinary arts, and students from the School of Business & HospitalityApril R. and Stephen A. Manley, sporting name tags identifying them as Betty Boop and Christopher Walken, decipher clues at the table. (Stephen is the executive chef at the college's Le Jeune Chef Restaurant.)The Penn College community recently joined the Student Activities Office for “Lights! Camera! Murder!” a Hollywood whodunit in the Thompson Professional Development Center’s Mountain Laurel Room. Attendees of the mystery dinner, many of them adopting celebrity or character aliases for the evening, were called upon to navigate an intricate web of deception and crack the red-carpet killing. To supplement the crime-solving fun, Chef Michael J. Ditchfield and his catering students from the School of Business & Hospitality put together a movie-themed menu that included "Pirates of the Caribbean Shrimp Salad," Chicken Oscar and "50 Shades Chocolate Decadence Cake."
Photos by Tia G. La, student photographer