Murder at the Roller Rink

One of Delia's Christmas presents this year was a new Murder/Mystery party kit.  It's getting to be a Christmas Break tradition to host one of these parties for our dramatic performer friends!  This year's theme was 80's with the crime being "Murder at the Roller Rink."  Delia is SO into this, she created a google doc for all her friends to list their top 3 choices of characters to play.  She then published a cast list.  The 80's costumes had us shrieking as each guest walked in the door and the parts were played to perfection.

Ella was goth girl "Lash Black". She nailed the look and the "I'm just here" aloof indifference in all her answers.  Delia was possibly the funniest character, "Brock Mussles", the intellectually-challenged jock.  She was pretty pumped about chopping up her old PE shirt and pairing it with short shorts and tall socks for her 80's dumb jock costume.  I was the host, a former cop who does security for the roller rink.

The suspects brought their A Game with their costumes, accents, adlibs...and appetizers!  It was a fun feast!  We didn't buy any decorations, just dug deep in the old tubs to bring out things like VHS and cassette tapes, scrunchies, mesh gloves, Mall Madness, and Nintendo controllers. 

Someone in this crazy crew strangled Kevin with a leg warmer in the Lost and Found closet at the Roller Rink!  Was it the jock who knew Keven knew he was throwing games?  Was it the vice principal who was caught on video tape dancing and was being blackmailed?  Was it the bad-girl rocker who gave antagonistic and elusive answers to all the questions?  Was it the goody-two-shoes sticking up for and kissing up to the blackmailed vice principal? Was it the cheerleader whose story didn't quite add up?  Or was it the roller derby girl who was threatened by Kevin's roller skating skills???

The 3 popular girls.  Natalie is wearing her mom's old cheerleading costume!  Tessa was cracking us up with her huge ego and bragging about her one perfect shoulder.  Raina perfected her valley girl giggle.

The bros.  Kate as Gnarl, the surfer dude, was excellent!  Her curly mullet wig and abs shirt under her Hawaiian shirt won her "Best Costume".

Examining the evidence.

Mug shots of the suspects.

The murderer was, like, totally, the roller derby girl!!

Here is something that delights me about Delia's friend group-- all these gals come from 3 families!  It's the suspicious sisters pic!  So fun to have Ella, Anika, and Laura home from college and joining in the fun! (Sophia, someone we all met just last night, is a brand new Korean exchange student living with Tessa and Anika.  She did awesome at acting her band geek part.)

And the post murder dance party.  Of course.  The case closed around 8:30, leaving hours for karaoke and dancing!  It's been said before, but how wonderful that Delia's group likes to have fun the exact same way she does-- with elaborate, thematic planning, dressing up, improv comedy, and performing!  To just go for it and act so completely goofy and ALL IN, shows such security and comfort with one another, I just love these girls.