The Howard Payne University Homecoming Queen and Princess were named during Homecoming Convocation on Friday, October 8, 2010 in Mims Auditorium. Senior Jeffri Malone (right) from Bonham, Texas, was selected as Homecoming Queen and junior Rachael Amy (left) from Lumberton, Texas, was selected as Homecoming Princess. (Photo courtesy Kalie Lowrie)
Homecoming is kicking into full swing and alumni are gathered and ready to have a great weekend full of events. Below is a sample of some of the HPU Homecoming festivities:
The Homecoming performance for the weekend is the play M is for the Million which will be performed on Friday, Oct. 8 and Saturday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the HPU Theatre. A final performance is scheduled to begin on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets for the play can be reserved by calling the HPU box office at 325-649-8516. Tickets are $5 adults and $4 for students.
The Golden Graduate Luncheon will honor 1960 graduates with commemorative diplomas on Friday at noon in the Bullion Suites of the Mabee University Center.
Homecoming Convocation will begin at 2 p.m. on Friday in Mims Auditorium. The Homecoming Queen and Princess will be crowned and HPU alumnus Coffey Anderson will perform.
The Alumni Awards Banquet will be held on Friday beginning at 7 p.m. in the Beadel Dining Area of the Mabee University Center, during which the 2010 Homecoming Honorees will be recognized.
The HPU Homecoming Parade will travel through downtown Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. The parade will wind its way from the Coliseum down Center Avenue and end on Fisk Street at the HPU campus.
The university-wide picnic, Picnic on the Plaza, catered by Underwood’s Bar-B-Q and Sodexho campus catering, will be held following the parade. Parade winners will be announced, while barbeque, rolls, and cobbler are being served. The picnic begins at 11:30 at the Muse Mall and Plaza.
The HPU Yellow Jacket football team will play against Hardin-Simmons University at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday at Gordon Wood Stadium.
Following the football game, three outstanding individuals will be inducted in the Sports Hall of Fame at the annual banquet beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Bullion Suites in the Mabee Center.
Ticket purchases can be made on Friday and Saturday in Homecoming Headquarters, located in the Wellness Center.
