Undeterred by the rain, hundreds of students gathered at the BYU-Hawaii swimming pool for the Dive In movie activity on Oct. 5 hosted by Seasider Sports and Activities.
An inflatable movie screen was set up in the middle of the pool, and pool floats were available for everyone to use. Hosted by Seasider Sports and Activities, the movies “Shark Tale” and “Adrift” were shown for the event. Pizza, hot cocoa, and Polynesian bread were also available as refreshments to those attending the event.
Seasider Sports and Activities Coordinator Kura Tovey shared the challenges they faced as a team during the event. “These days, a lot of the movies… have so many things that are unnecessary. Even in a PG-13 movie, it’s so sad that you find things that are inappropriate. Things like profanity or nudity…
“But, we were able to manage it because our team was able to screen it to make sure that when we run the movies, we were able to skip some parts to make sure the whole movie is clean and everybody will enjoy the movie.”
When asked whether the rain affected their decision to come, Hayden Geddes, a sophomore majoring in hospitality and tourism management from Washington, said she still went to the activity despite the rain. “I was excited to hop in the pool and eat pizza.”
Alger Aranda, a senior majoring in business management from the Philippines, shared, “I also came because some friends and I planned about it a couple of days before the day of the activity.”
Families were invited to the event as well and encouraged to bring their children. Tovey said she liked that they were able to plan an activity where families could bring their kids. “I had talked to some of the married students, and they were like ‘this is one of the best events [the students] had so far…’
“[The student] couldn’t go to the dances with her baby, but she could come to the pool and watch movies. So, that made me happy. We were able to cater this type of activity not just for single students, but also for married students and their families.”
Lexi Jialing Li, a junior majoring in elementary education from Taiwan, expressed she liked how there weren’t a lot of restrictions during event. “I liked how people could swim and play around in the pool. Or they could either choose to stay on the sides to watch a movie. It was really relaxing.”
Aranda added, “I love the idea of watching a movie while in the pool. I think it's very dramatic. I would have jumped in, but I wasn't able to because there were not enough doughnuts [pool floats] for everybody. I just hope that they will hold these kinds of activities at least once every [semester] and that there is going to be enough doughnuts next time.”
Writer: Esther Insigne