International Club mixes up its annual murder mystery event with a dancing twist Friday.

International Club, also known as iClub, hosts murder mystery events each year with different themes. This year the theme is inspired by the reality television show, “Dancing with the Stars.”

The event includes officers from International Club and is free to students.

“It’s a murder mystery party,” iClub officer Tigui Danke said. “As long as I’ve been here they’ve been doing this event.”

The dancing idea surfaced from officers brainstorming at iClub meetings because they wanted to do something different from years past, the junior international studies major said.

“Most of us officers really enjoy dancing and it seemed like something fun and easy to do,” Danke said.

During the murder mystery, the set looks similar to “Dancing with the Stars” with a judges table, a host, a place for the audience and, of course, a dance floor.

“We go out and do some really bad dancing [on purpose],” she said. “It’s not serious at all, we just wanna make it fun.”

Danke performs the Paso Doble and plans on putting a very dramatic twist on it, she said.

Students are asked to wear black and white clothing to the event and to pick up tickets in the International office, she said.

“The tickets are free, so it’s just for fun,” Danke said. “Like they’re seeing a real show.”

In previous years, iClub portrayed murder mysteries on planes and trains, iClub President Phillis Brown said.

“Last year we did such a good job; we advertised all over campus,” the junior economy major said. “We tell different people about the event, and we usually get more people each year.”

Even though iClub put a special twist on it, the murder mystery still follows basic rules. Each character performs and one winds up dead. After that point, everyone is a suspect and it’s up to the audience to figure out who the killer is.

“It’s kind of like the game Clue,” Giselle Fernandez said. “We want to make it very interactive, and more fun.”

This year its going to be more entertaining and organized as opposed to last year’s, she said.

“We didn’t explain it was supposed to be something interactive,” the sophomore biology major said. “People just thought it was going to be a show.”

Audience participation holds a very important part of the show. Viewers enter a raffle for the chance to win a $100 Visa gift card when they guess for the killer.

Officers of iClub want students to participate because they are striving to have more American students in the club, she said.

“This is a really good way to show what we do, and show it’s not just for international students,” Fernandez said. “Not a lot of people know about our events, besides the International Food Expo.”

Although tickets were misprinted indicating the show begins at 7:30 p.m., the event begins at 6 p.m. in Carter Hall.