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“Faith
in the Future” is the focus of BYU-Idaho’s Homecoming
activities taking place Sept. 19-21. Tickets for this year’s
homecoming festivities may be purchased by calling the BYU-Idaho Ticket
Office at (208) 496-2230, toll free at (800) 717-4257 or on the Web at http://www.byui.edu/tickets.
As
this is the second homecoming at BYU-Idaho and many changes have been made
to the school, “we want our alumni to know that the Spirit of Ricks is alive and well,” says Steve Davis,
director of alumni relations.
Thursday,
Sept. 19, will kick off the week’s activities with a homecoming forum
at 2 p.m. in the Taylor Chapel.
Rear Admiral Richard B. Porterfield, the director
of U.S. Naval Intelligence, will speak on “Intelligence in the
Twenty-first Century.”
The
annual Homecoming Queen Pageant will take place that night at 7:30 p.m. in the Kirkham
Auditorium. Free tickets are required for admission to the pageant. At 9:30 p.m. the torch lighting and torch
light parade will begin at Viking Stadium.
Festivities
on Friday, Sept. 20, consist of workshops and campus tours particularly
designed for alumni and community friends. A Ruffatti
organ demonstration will begin at 2 p.m.
in the Barrus Concert Hall by Darwin Wolford, and
a choral workshop will follow by Kevin Brower at 3 p.m. in the same location. At 4 p.m. retired faculty member Keith Sellers will
speak in the Taylor Chapel, and at 5 p.m.
campus tours for alumni will begin in the Kimball main lobby.
At
7:30 p.m. a singing group of
Beatles impersonators called 1964-The Tribute will hold a concert followed
by free fireworks at 9:30 p.m.
at Viking Stadium. The tickets for the show cost $8. A 5-K run for students
and alumni will take place that night at 10
p.m.
Saturday’s
activities start early with an emeritus breakfast and tribute to the class
of 1952 starting at 7 a.m. in the
MC West Ballroom. Tickets cost $6. Also being held on Saturday is the
annual homecoming parade at 10 a.m.
The Rexburg Harvest Festival’s free lunch will begin at 11 a.m. at Viking Stadium and feature a
potato bar by the Chamber of Commerce.
The
afternoon’s activities will begin with the BYU-Idaho homecoming games
and festival at 1 p.m., also at
Viking Stadium. Davis expects
this festival to draw quite a crowd, considering how many students will be
involved in the relay. More information on the festival is available
through the school’s Website. The reunion banquet will begin at 5 p.m. in the MC West Ballroom. This
reunion will spotlight the classes of 1942-43, 1952-53, 1962-63, 1972-73,
1983-83, 1992-93, the graduating class of 1952, all members of A Cappella
Choir, Collegiate Singers and Concert Chorale. Tickets are available for
$13. An alumni concert featuring concert singers will be held in the Barrus Concert Hall at 7:30
p.m. Saturday night. Free tickets are required for admission.
To
conclude the week, Homecoming dances will be held at 8:30 p.m. The Techtones,
an 18-person band with a big band sound will play live music in the Manwaring West Ballroom. The Manwaring
East Ballroom will feature country music, and the Hinckley Cultural Hall
will play Top 40 music. The Taylor
Building will be set aside as a
“gathering place for alumni,” says Doug Smith, social
activities director. The cost per couple in advance is $10, and $13 at the
door. Price includes dance pictures.
For
more information on any of the activities planned for this year’s
Homecoming week,
visit http://www.byui.edu/alumni/homecoming2002.htm.
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