Written by Carter Thweatt \/\/ Graphic by Wagner Valdez<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This weekend will be a busy one, with Harding\u2019s Homecoming celebrations reaching their peak tomorrow afternoon. Homecoming events began Thursday morning and will last until Saturday night for Harding students, families and alumni to enjoy. Many are excited for the 3 p.m. football game on Saturday and the tailgating prior to kickoff, but for some students, the event they\u2019ve prepared for the most occurs before \u2014 the Homecoming Parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The annual Homecoming Parade is a staple of Harding\u2019s Homecoming weekend. Different social clubs and organizations on campus will design floats for the parade, which will start on East Pleasure Avenue and end at First Security Stadium. Last year, the event was `70s themed. This year, the theme is \u201cFairytales.\u201d Senior Abby Foust, a member of women\u2019s social club Zeta Rho, talked about her club\u2019s plan to meet the theme.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy role was to help tie together the campus-wide Homecoming theme of \u2018Fairytales\u2019 to our clubs,\u201d Foust said. \u201cOur theme is \u2018There\u2019s No Place Like Home,\u2019 so we\u2019ll have the iconic Wizard of Oz characters and the yellow brick road scene.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Junior Abby Long is in charge of Zeta Rho\u2019s entry to the parade, which is a collaborative effort with men\u2019s social club TNT. She said there\u2019s been a good amount of preparation involved in making sure the float is ready for the big day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe recently met up and tried to figure out how we would fit the theme,\u201d Long said. \u201cThen the first part has just been trying to build the base of the float, and then we\u2019ll have to get into the painting and chicken wire and stuff like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senior Bethany Hall, who is in charge of women\u2019s social club Ju Go Ju\u2019s entry with men\u2019s social club Sub T-16, also talked about many of the same things regarding preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe met about three or four weeks out from Homecoming,\u201d Hall said. \u201cWe assessed our budget, figured out what the theme was and figured out what direction we would go in with that. Now we\u2019re in the process of actually building our float.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While many would expect building the float to be the toughest part, Hall and Long both talked more about having to fit their ideas for the float to Harding\u2019s overall parade theme. Long said that was the most time-consuming thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI honestly feel like the most challenging part was just coming up with a theme,\u201d Long said. \u201cI feel like it\u2019s a fine line between having a really good idea and having something that\u2019s really corny. And deciding what would look good on a float \u2014 I had never done anything like that before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All the social club entries will be on display Saturday, with the parade beginning at 11:45 a.m. Just like in years past, a prize will be awarded to the club or clubs whose float is deemed the best.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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