Written by Ryan Orr
Scrooge has impacted many children in the past, as both movie and book but this past weekend the play Scrooge impacted an entire city in three days.
For any college, homecoming is a big deal, and at Harding University it’s no different.
This past weekendHardingheld its annual homecoming celebration which included many different entertaining activities for both students and alum. One of the biggest features promoted by Harding during homecoming weekend is the play.
The play this year was the childhood favorite- Scrooge.
Ever since the end of the homecoming week last year Harding students and faculty and even some local Searcy children have been working on the production of Scrooge.
“Out of all the plays I have seen at Harding so far, Scrooge has been my favorite,” Lyndsay Hammer, a Harding senior said.
Throughout the entire weekend of homecoming Harding performs the play over five times, and holds a performance for all the local elementary schools to start the week on Thursday.
“The best part about the play was definitely the stage props and actual construction of the stage,” Jacob Garrison, a senior Harding student said.
As popular of a performance Harding puts on for the play audience, the play wasn’t the biggest success in Searcy this weekend. With all of the visitors whether it be alum or parents of students or just visitors to see the play, spent around one million dollars in a weekend and gave a huge boost to the Searcy economy.
A long with the regular homecoming festivities Harding hosted its largest group of potential students. Around 325 came to take part of the many different activities planned.
“It’s a big weekend for Harding, and a easy way for us to show the recruits just some of the really awesome things Harding has to offer,” Marcus Thomas, a Harding assistant director of admissions said.
“With the freshman class at Harding getting bigger and bigger each year I think us using this weekend as a prime opportunity to recruit is working,” Thomas said.
Harding also hosted many other activities like theannual Black and Gold Banquet were Harding recognizes many different distinguished alumni, the Bison Stampede 5K Run, and next to the play the homecoming football game of Harding versus its rival Henderson State.
