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Gallery: Homecoming parade returns after year-long absence

October 17, 2021 by Meghan Long and Sydney Varner

The annual Homecoming parade returned after its cancelation last year to kick off Homecoming festivities on Saturday morning. Members of student organizations, sororities and fraternities decorated floats, danced behind cars and passed out candy as they marched down Campus Court.

Fritter leads the parade. (Photo by Meghan Long)
The cheer team walks behind Fritter in the parade. (Photo by Meghan Long)
Diego Lozano, junior accounting major from Coppell, hides from the zombies on the bRat float. (Photo by Meghan Long)

bRats dance to “Thriller” by Michael Jackson. (Photo by Meghan Long)
International students represent their countries in the parade. (Photo by Meghan Long)
NuNu’s march as girl scouts in the Homecoming parade. (Photo by Meghan Long)

Novas sing “Deep In The Heart Of Texas” as they walk. (Photo by Meghan Long)
Biddies sing songs from “Sleeping Beauty.” (Photo by Meghan Long)
The men of Trojans ride on their float. (Photo by Meghan Long)

A Scrappy rides in a pirate ship-themed float. (Photo by Meghan Long)
Scrappies dressed as Wendy Darling sing behind the Tri Kappa Gamma float. (Photo by Meghan Long)
Julie Hall, freshman music major from Cleburne, leads her winning Freshman Follies hall act in the parade. (Photo by Meghan Long)

Connor Mullins, junior journalism major from Abilene, plays an ESPN announcer in the Gamma Sigma Phi float. (Photo by Meghan Long)
The Siblings wear basketball jerseys while they march. (Photo by Meghan Long)
Julia Dobbs, junior grapic design and advertising major from Allen, leads the Flames. (Photo by Meghan Long)

The Flames march behind their Hollywood-themed float. (Photo by Meghan Long)
The Squigs dress as Alice from “Alice in Wonderland” for their float. (Photo by Meghan Long)
Members of the track team race down the parade route. (Photo by Meghan Long)

The Gobs carry goats as they march with their crest. (Photo by Meghan Long)
The men of Sub T-16 bang on their truck as they ride at the end of the parade. (Photo by Sydney Varner)
The women of Sigma Theta Chi march behind their float, led by junior communication major McKenzie Losher. (Photo by Sydney Varner)

The Action Committee for Hispanic Initiatives rides in a truck bed down the parade route. (Photo by Sydney Varner)
The men of Pi Kappa ride on their King Arthur-themed float. (Photo by Sydney Varner)
The women of Delta Theta lead the Biddies at the front of their float. (Photo by Sydney Varner)

Student representatives from the Department of Engineering and Physics cheer as their float passes by a group of students. (Photo by Sydney Varner)
The women of Alpha Kai Omega march behind a truck in the Homecoming parade. (Photo by Sydney Varner)
The men of Galaxy sing country songs as they ride in their western-themed float. (Photo by Sydney Varner)

Junior ministry major Kaley Bates, member of the riding team, carries the ACU flag at the front of the parade. (Photo by Sydney Varner)
The Big Purple Band’s brass section leads the band in the parade. (Photo by Sydney Varner)
The Big Purple Band’s drumline marches at the back of the band. (Photo by Sydney Varner)

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