Homecoming Parade is Today!
“Who doesn’t love a parade?” So asks Kellie Harper, the Wolfpack women’s basketball coach and grand marshal of the 2009 Homecoming Parade. It begins today at about 6 p.m. and will travel along Hillsborough Street. Come out and join Coach Harper and us for some fun! “It’s a time when everybody is excited about their university and what is going on,” Coach Harper says. “To rally around the football team – I love it.” The lineup will feature NC State coaches and athletic teams, cheerleaders, the university dance team, The Power Sound of the South and other local bands, student-sponsored floats, vintage cars and more.
NC State’s home page also has a lot of great coverage of Homecoming, including the above video of Cassius Williams ’69, former president of the Alumni Association Board of Directors who was instrumental in bringing back Homecoming to NC State.
In the early ’70s, the Homecoming celebrations that brought Cassius Williams ’69 back to campus were “great fun.” “Homecoming back then was a big deal,” Williams said. . . . Then it all stopped — and strangely, nobody seemed to know why. But ask how Homecoming returned, and you’ll likely hear “because of Cassius Williams.”
And don’t forget the Pack Howl Pep Rally and Concert tonight, which will feature the band Roman Candle and the CollegeHumor Live Tour. It begins at 7 p.m. on Harris Field.
After the jump, check out the photos that we’ve taken during Homecoming week so far.
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