Bloomsburg University - Obiter Yearbook (Bloomsburg, PA)

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HOMECOMING Bloomsburg University stepped into the limelight last fall with A Salute to Broadway for the 58th annual Homecoming celebra- tions. The activities began October 18 with the traditional pep rally at 7 p.m. on the park- ing lot adjacent to Waller Administration Building. During the pep rally, the Freshman Sweetheart is chosen. She Is Noelle DellaPave, a psychology mqjor from Hasbrouch Heights, N.J. The five Homeco- ming Sweetheart finalists were also announced. They were: Beth Ann Abraham, Miss Sigma Iota Omega; Sue Morrall, Miss Tau Kappa Epsilon; Sarah Ross, Miss Alpha Sigma Tau; Marni Taylor, Miss Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Janet Yescavage, Miss Lambda Chi Alpha. A Husky football team Introduction, bonfire, and fireworks followed the rally. At 8:30 p.m. the Program Board sponsored a dance. The Residence HaUs were judged 8:45 a.m., October 19. The Homecoming parade was the next big event beginning at 10 a.m. Harry Ausprlch, BU president, was the grand marshall. The BU Maroon and Gold Band, BU Alumni Band, Pioneer Ancient Fife and Drum Corps, and the area high school bands of Millville, Bloomsburg, Central Columbia, Northwest, and Benton provided music for the parade. The parade also featured a number of floats, the Homecomiing Sweetheart Con- testants, local dignitaries the Irem Temple clown unit and motor corps and the Army Air Force ROTG color guard. After the parade, students, staff, faculty, alumni, and friends headed to Nelson Fieldhouse for the third annual ox roast. The Bloomsburg vs. MUlersville footbaU game followed at 1:30 p.m. BU won the game with a 28-17 score. During halftime the Homecoming Sweetheart and winners of the Roat, Banner, Residence Hall and office decorating comipetitlons were announced. The Homecoming Sweetheart for FaU ' 85 was Janet Yescavage, New Cumberland. The float competition winners were: Delta Pi and Theta Tau Omega, Cats on Broadway (1st place); Alpha Sigma Alpha, Zeta Psl, and Phi Delta, Pirates of Penzance (2nd place); and Alpha Sigma Tau and Phi Sigma Xi, Grease (3rd place). Lycoming Hall, second floor (short wing) won the Banner competition. The winners of the Residence Hall contest were also announced. ElweU Hall won the first prize plaque and 1 150 for their interpretation of New York City, complete with Blooming- dales, a taxi cab, and characters from the long-running Wizard of Oz . Columbia HaU won $50 for their Walk on Broadway which included taxicabs, a New York City skyline, marquees trimmed with lights of four of Broadway ' s most popular shows. Third prize was awarded to Schuyklll Hall for their rendition of New York, New York, complete with Radio City Music Hall (with Rockettes), a bag lady on a park bench, a grafitti wall, and Mamia Leone ' s. Other entries were Montour HaU (42nd Street) and Northumberland Hall (Grease). The Student Development Office won the office decorating contest. Wrestler Ron Russo was inducted into the BU Athletic Hall of Fame by Russ Houck, a retired BU athletic director and wrestling coach. A buffet dinner in the Scranton Comimions and a Homecoming Dance followed the football game. The Program Board also presented West Side Story 8 p.m. at Carver. Homecoming activities concluded 2:30 p.m., October 20 in Mitrani Hall with the annual BU Homecoming Pops concert. The concert choir and the Husky Singers were directed by William Decker and The Women ' s Choral Ensemble by Wendy Miller. A special feature of the concert was a performance by Concert Choir Alumni singing Reach Out and Touch Somebody ' s Hand. Since the theme was A Salute to Broadway, many of the selections represented hit New York Shows. The Women ' s Choral Ensemble featured a medley of tunes from A Chorus Line and the Concert Choir performed songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber ' s Cats . The Husky Singers performed one of their uninhibited stagings of a song from Shenandoah, Next to Lovin ' I Like Fightin ' Best. Diane O ' Conner, a junior special educa- tion major was the Homecoming Committee chairperson, Jimm.y GUiiland was the advisor and Mike Sowash, the Assistant Director of Student Activities. 18 Homecoming

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