Homecoming 05. Lulah loves running in with the football team before games.
The homecoming game is a HUGE deal here. Homecoming is a HUGE deal PERIOD here. Hurricane Rita screwed up this year's schedule. We had the game on Thursday and the Pep Rally and Parade on Friday. At least we won. The pep rally would have truly sucked if we hadn't.
I'm always curious about other places homecoming activities. I had always assumed that everyone went as nuts as we do here. Apparently not.
People here plan their vacations around their reunions. 1yr, 5yr, 10yr, 15yr, 20yr etc. You get the point.
The festivities usually begin on Thursday with a bonfire (a new tradition),alumni tea at 10am, pep rally at noon, school dismissed and parade at 1:00pm. Every business downtown is decorated during the week in school colors. Balloons and bows everywhere. The parade route winds through town. The lineup is usually as follows. Police escort, cheerleaders, band, danceline, jr. high cheerleaders, jr. high danceline, the three local elementary and middle school cheerleaders, the court, former class floats, high school clubs, current high school classes, the fire truck. Each class has a party after the football game and a family day on Saturday. That Saturday is also "Howdy Neighbor Day". Yeah, you read it right.
Howdy Neighbor Day is held at the park. Entertainment at the amphitheatre begins around 9am usually and there are craft and food booths set up. If it is an election year we also get politician booths. Last year the danceline had hot air balloon rides. It was pretty cool. Just a up and down trip though. The evening ends with fireworks.
It's also the only time that traffic is really bad here.
2 comments:
We have like 8 local high schools here so homecoming isn't that big of a deal. My husband and I participate in the homecoming festivites of our high school but it's pretty low key. On the other hand we have a pretty popular college here and those parties are off the hook. We are part of the Alumni Association for Boise State (you might have seen us on tv, we've got a BLUE football field) and homecoming started this weekend. http://news.boisestate.edu/newsrelease/092005/0916homecoming.html
Been awesome already, can't wait for the game this weekend! Sounds like you all have it really good out there... no traffic til homecoming week? SWEET!!!!
It's a pretty small town. There are really good things and bad things. The husband and I were born and raised in the area, so family is really close. I really do miss the city sometimes though.
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