By Bianca Hanania and Abby Williamson – Staff Reporters

Jim Spinnato left the participants sleeping and the audience wide awake during his hypnotic show that took place at Jonathan Law on March 28.

Spinnato’s production was a fundraiser for Law’s Post Prom and was organized by parents Lesley Anderson and Sharon Edwards.

“The hypnotist was an amazingly funny show,” Anderson said. “The audience was engaged and laughed for over an hour and a half straight. The volunteers that were hypnotized were great sports and were hilarious.”

Edwards was also very proud of the show’s accomplishment.

“It was a great fundraiser for Post Prom,” Edwards said. “Hopefully because everyone liked it we will have an even better turnout next year. I am glad that everyone who attended had a great time and enjoyed benefiting the junior class.”

Sharon Edwards’ daughter, junior Bethany Edwards, wasn’t disappointed the night of the hypnotist show.

“The show was really interesting, I was entertained the whole time,” Bethany Edwards said. “I will definitely go next year and encourage more people to come.”

Some people, like junior Matt Zancewicz, were skeptical of hypnosis before Spinnato came to Law.

“I didn’t think it would work, so I thought trying it would be fun,” said Zancewicz.

Zancewicz was hypnotized into doing many things including chasing a dog named “Fluffy” around the audience.

Spinnato also hypnotized junior Victoria Contaxis into thinking her belly button spoke and made her cry at the “Itsy Bitsy Spider.”

“I believed in hypnosis but this is the first time I have ever experienced it,” Contaxis said. “I only started remembering what I did once people told me, but it definitely was a lot of fun.”

Junior Brianna Arnold enjoyed the show from the audience.

“I didn’t really believe that hypnosis worked on people but watching my friends being tricked into doing things they would never do in their right minds proved that it does,” Arnold said.

Law’s Post Prom is being held at the Shelton Sports Center on May 20. This show was a major benefactor towards the Post Prom.

Including the raffles and tickets sold, the show raised a profit over one thousand dollars.

Because of how well the show went, the Post Prom committee is planning on having it again next year.

“I would definitely go to another hypnotist show,” Contaxis said. “But this time I would like to watch the people get hypnotized.”