I have always loved homecoming. Forever and ever. My high school friends can attest to that. So, doing an even bigger homecoming is, well, my dream come true! It is also the most tiring week I have to endure each fall on top of everything else. So homecoming week truly is a feat for everyone involved.
We started off the week with my FIRST OFFICIAL EVENT! The Homecoming BBQ out in Brigham Square. We serve over 2000 people, in less than an hour, AND ran out of food. The marching band came and kept up the pace and Cosmo had a flipping good time pumping up the thousands of people in the line. The volunteers and my event lead were incredibly willing and had high energy, so the event really was successful!
Next up! Homecoming noon-days! Every single day at noon in Brigham Square there was an event that correlated with the Homecoming theme, "Make Your Mark." The Diva Alex put together this amazing, huge chalkboard that everyone could come write on. And Ty is legit an artist and he put up some amazing art to advertise the rest of the week. Incredible.
On Wednesday was my next official event, True Blue Foam, aka the most fun event that we do. (my opinion) We set up huge slip'n'slides that have tons and tons of blue foam running down them. The oh so amazing Cooper Brown DJed the event and we had blue snow cones to match. My event lead and his crew truly kept this event smooth sailing and it had a huge turn out from the students!
Friday was insane. We do three different dances so that we can accommodate as many students as possible with their many different tastes. We do a formal, semi-formal, and a casual. I heard the other two were amazing, but the event I was over was the casual! AKA the biggest, most sick dance BYU has ever seen! It was black light themed with tons of sweet lighting from DJ Cooper Brown, a photo booth, a black light VIP lounge, and glow in the dark drinks. The room was packed. full. of people jamming out all night long. At the end, we threw out tons of balloons and people went craazzyyy. Seriously the coolest event I have ever seen or been a part of. My event lead and all her volunteers worked so hard that night and it really paid off! We sold out on tickets! just incredible.
Finally, the big finale! Saturday morning was the Homecoming Parade where we do a pancake breakfast for the viewers. Cute blue pancakes and lots of tired smiling faces were shared on that early morning after the dances. I may have burnt myself a few times flipping some pancakes, but it was totally worth it. Had to finish HOCO week strong!
xoxo,
Lyds
