Over 120 teenage girls descended upon the Becker Community Center Sat, Nov. 12, to be entertained and enjoy activities designed around hunting season in Minnesota.

 

This year’s theme was “Pop Star”, so the girls could come dressed all dolled up or come unadorned and use the community center’s resources to make themselves the next Taylor Swift or Rhianna.

 

In the gymnasium, the girls got to let loose as they flipped off their tennis shoes and climbed aboard a gigantic bouncy castle and obstacle course. Some of the girls settled in on the floor to get in some girl talk while others use the floor space to sprawl out and get some much-needed rest and relaxation.

 

A photographer was made available just inside the doors to the BCC to take formal photographs of the girls after they visited the stations throughout the building to beautify themselves.

 

The girls could go wild over by the vending machines as a BCC staffer colored and fluffed up the girls’ manes to give them crazy hair. From there, the girls visited the round tables to put colored lip gloss on and embellish their fingernails with polish.

 

Some of the preteens by-passed the makeup and hair styling and went straight to the rockwall to test their climbing skills. Others did arts and crafts and others danced like nobody was looking.

 

One of the event’s most popular stations was the karaoke table where a big screen was displaying song lyrics and kids got the chance to emulate their favorite pop stars.

 

Saturday’s event has become a popular one over the years as wives of hunting husbands appreciate the two-and-a-half hours of free time to procure some sanity in their households.

 

The event was for kids aged eight to 12 or grades two through seven. Cost was $10 a child.