Pom-poms, glitter and thousands of hours culminate in a dazzling show at the Homecoming Parade, and each group is reaching to win the honor of having the best float.
Troy University panhellenic groups, along with many other campus organizations, local groups and Troy residents, aim to impress at the Homecoming Parade on Nov. 2 with their intricately decorated floats.
Fraternities and sororities excitedly gathered in the Hawkins Hall parking lot Sunday afternoon to display their floats to the judges.
“Homecoming is a lot of fun,” said judge Greg Skaggs, chair of the art and design department. “It brings a lot of energy to the town of Troy.
“The band plays, and we always enjoy watching the game. It's a very festive time; there's always something going on campus almost every day.”
Each group spent countless hours designing and creating their floats.
“Our process originally was figuring out the design,” said Makenna Kotor, special events chair for Alpha Delta Pi and a sophomore nursing major from Countryside, Illinois. “Then, it came down to us buying the paper and cutting it all and having all the girls spend endless hours working on gluing the pomps down.”
The fraternity members went through a similar process.
“I came up with an idea, a rough sketch, and I got a team together,” said Gabe Pemberton, FarmHouse fraternity’s homecoming chair and sophomore majoring in legal studies and business from Dothan, Alabama. “Throughout this entire week, we laid out the plans, got the materials and we built it; we got it finished last night.
“I'm really excited to see what the judges have to say about our float and all the others. We put a lot of work and a lot of effort into this, so I'm really excited to see how it turns out.”
Skaggs commended the students for their creativity.
“I’m always curious to see what the students come up with and how they overcome the obstacle of building the floats on a small trailer and how they incorporate the theme and colors and work with limited materials in a short amount of time.”
Each float will appear in the Homecoming Parade.
“I'm pumped,” Pemberton said. “I'm really excited for the parade, to see how it goes.
“Being there, we have a lot of guys like walking behind the float and everything. I'm excited to see the crowd and see everybody get excited for Homecoming. It's just cool to see all the school spirit around, especially in Greek life.”
Kotor is excited to show her Trojan Pride at the parade.
“I’m most excited about getting to show off our float to the town of Troy,” Kotor said. “All of our hard work going into the float and everything, just showing it off to everybody like our pride of Troy.”
The Homecoming Parade will begin at 10 a.m. on Three Notch Street. The homecoming events winner will be announced at the homecoming football game.
Kathryn Clark photos
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