University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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HC44ICCMIN1 9 I 4) The work seems all worthwhile when your organization ' s tloal is selected number one. This year ' s winner was the IHC. with the Music Kxpress. The Homecoming Season begins as the Queen nominees nervously face the ques- tions of a panel of judges. The judges choose ten finalists and the selection is then up to the students. The ten anxious finalists wait for the next Flor-Ala, hoping to be one of the five faces on the front page. Underneath the glamour of it all, the weary float builders mold two-by-fours, chicken wire and paper mache into a Saturday morning prize winner. The football players drill, the band rehearses, and the major- ettes learn a new routine. The final prod- uct, for everyone, is fatigue. Completing all their work at the lodge, BSU students work toward the Saturday morning deadline.

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III llKlS III IU The men of Sigma Chi, working at the Florence Bus Barn, mold the chicken wire to the specified blue print, in hopes of creating a blue- ribbon float. Finales Announcement of the ten semifinalists is here and election day is approaching. Which girl will be queen? After all the creating is completed, the real job begins. Phi Mus and Alpha Tan Omegas quickly place the tissue paper into a rainbow of colors for the Queen ' s Float

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A bird ' s eye view is obtained by a few who look down upon floats, bands and beauties. Homecoming Queen, Miss Joan Horton, waves to the spectators along the streets of Florence. As Leo ' s cage traveled the parade route, the glass siding of his cage reflected the faces of eager children.