Brant Evans, Assistant Principal of the Upper School, granted the student body a free dress day on Thursday, Oct. 31 2024. Instead of having to wear their usual chapel day dress, the students wore their Halloween costumes. Senior Atlas Kosedag, junior Brent Bell and sophomore Jay Watters are all planning to dress up on Thursday. Kosedag will be dressed up as Travis Scott dressed up as Batman, Bell with be dressed up as Big AJ from the Costco Guys, and Watters will be dressed up as Big Justice from the Costco Guys.
“I’m dressing up as Travis Scott dressed up as Batman, the reason picked it is because a couple years ago he posted on his Instagram a picture of him dressed as batman for Halloween,” Kosedag said.”It just looked really stupid and I thought I would follow along, I’m excited.”
Bell and Watters are fans of the Costco Guys on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.
“AJ and Big Justice are the Costco Guys, and they sing “We Bring the BOOM!”, “We Bring the BOOM! Crew-version” and “Still Bringing It”, and they’re just great guys,” Watters said. “They go to Costco, review the chicken bake, the double chunk chocolate cookie and they film TikToks, Youtube Shorts, and Instagram Reels.”
The Costco guys are a popular father-son duo, having over 300 thousand followers on Instagram.
“AJ and Big Justice have this bond like no other father-son duo,” Watters said. “And the songs that they sing, they are just beautiful.”
Bell expresses why he continues to watch the Costco Guys videos.
“I’m really attached to the ‘Costcoverse’ and I love the way that they are able to bring the boom,” Bell said. “So I think this costume will bring the joy that they’ve brought me, and I’ll bring that joy out someone else in the world.”
Kosedag, Bell, and Watters already have their costumes planned for Thursday.
“It’s a really bulky Batman costume that doesn’t fit me,” Kosedag said. “But it looks just like Travis in the picture.”
Watters explained his bit.
“I am going to wear a baseball hoodie that made of this type of plastic,” Watters said. “And I’m going to have a chicken bake in my hand, get a wig and part my hair.”
Bell continued on to his partner’s costume.
“I’ll get my double chunk chocolate cookie, and then I’ll wear an all black hat, grey shorts, a black shirt and a muscle suit, if it comes in in time.”