Frog Fan Fiesta newest event added to Homecoming
A new event called Frog Fan Fiesta was added to Homecoming this year to increase attendance while the decorating of buildings was removed.
By Jill Meninger
Staff Reporter

The newest aspects of Homecoming this year, Frog Fan Fiesta and the MTV tour, with You Saw It First Concert, are scheduled for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Frog Fountain.

Homecoming Project Director Abby Crawford said Frog Fan Fiesta was added this year to draw a larger crowd. It will feature four new up-and-coming bands, athletes will meet and greet spectators and Free purple cake and ice cream will be served.

“We were trying to target daytime events so our attendance would be up,” said Crawford, a junior speech communication major.

Lexie Strickling, co-homecoming chairwoman for the Delta Delta Delta sorority, said the Frog Fan Fiesta should be packed because it focuses on Homecoming and has nothing to do with competition.

Crawford said the only other major change was the elimination of the building decorating contest. She said her main concern was that it was the beginning of school and she said she did not want to overload organizations.

The event ended up being a messy event in past years, she said. Crawford said her committee put purple ribbons around the campus for decorations.

“It has been nice because it has been spaced out,” Strickling said.

The annual Homecoming parade will begin at 7 p.m. Friday and will go around the main campus, Crawford said. The pep rally will follow in the Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center parking lot with fireworks where the winners of the floats will be announced, she said.

Afterwards, she said, the band, Random Access, will play. Crawford said the alumni association will have a big carnival for children and families during the day in the parking lot. Students are invited to join them.

“We wanted to integrate at least one activity with alumni and students,” Crawford said.

The football game will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday. During the halftime presentation, Mr. and Ms. TCU will be crowned, she said.

Vice President of Programming Council Brad Thompson said Homecoming is more inclusive now than in the past.
“I think in general this year we have had a much bigger participation with different groups,” Thompson said.

Thompson, a junior radio-TV-film major, said he is glad about the changes that were made to Homecoming this year because Programming Council does not want to do the same thing every year. It wants more participation and it is exciting for them to set new traditions, he said.

“Our goal is to have the best Homecoming we can have every year,” Thompson said.