Alexis Ducasse and the rest of the Denizen Hall staff are getting ready for a busy long weekend. In addition to it being Valentine’s Day on the Saturday night, the night before is Friday the 13th and the upcoming Monday is Family Day. What else is there to do than throw a series of ’80s era themed parties?
“When the Denizen Hall staff decides to do these things, it’s literally just us sitting around and thinking about what we think is funny,” explains Alexis, Denizen Hall’s General Manager.
The series of parties that resulted from the Denizen Hall staff discussions resulted in a weekend starting with a Friday the 13th film franchise party featuring Denizen Hall’s own Jason Voorhees pretending to kill staff members every half hour. The Saturday night saw a Dirty Dancing film themed party. And the weekend capped off with one of Edmonton’s favourite local hair metal tribute bands, Ratt Poison.
“We just like throwing silly parties,” says Alexis. “The staff all dress up, about a quarter of the customers dress up and it makes for a fun experience.”
