Clemson University - Taps Yearbook (Clemson, SC)

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First Friday Completing the line-up came the bulk of the entrants bearing floats based on the parade theme. Participants cheered their way down the avenue until the could strut their stuff as they flanked the judge ' s booth on Bowman field. Radio announcer Dan Kelley and his wife, women ' s basket- ball coach Annie Tribble, and Mrs. Bill McClellan judged this year ' s efforts in sev- en catagories: color, theme, workmanship, lighting, music, originality, and overall ef- fect. Trophies and other prizes such as kegs of beer, pizzas, and cash were awarded during the pep rally to first and second place winners in each division. First place in the Activity Club Division went to the Science Club, with the Chemical Engi- nee ring Society taking second place. Top honors in the Fraternity Division went to Alpha Gamma Rho, with the second spot going to Alpha Phi Omega. Tri Delta and Chi Omega won first and second places in The Rally Cats, riding atop a fire engine, led the enthusiastic crowd in some traditional Clemson cheers. A Tiger band trumpeter displays intense concentra- tion as he and other band members belt out Tiger Rag. Ra mond Teaster Ka mond Teaster 22-Studcnt Life

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First Friday Parade: Hammer The Hooters September twelth marked the opening of the 1980 owl hunting season, with the start of the seventh annual First Friday Parade. The theme of this year ' s parade was Hammer the Hooters, in keeping with the first football game against the Rice University Owls. The parade originated from the Astro Theater parking lot, and then spread out along College Avenue and through down- town Clemson. The parade route was liter- ally jammed with over 15,000 spectators who found viewing positions ranging from the grassy hill across from Bowman field to precarious perches on the roof of nearby buildings. Most of the fifty-two displays were the results of hectic hours of preparation. Wooden frames were built first and at- tached to whatever form of transportation could haul them. Yards of chicken wire and mounds of crepe paper were then art- fully combined into likenesess of huge ti- gers and owls. The helpers on these floats- usually trailing behind them on the parade route-resembled some sort of orange army. This year ' s event was organized, as in the past, by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, and was the largest First Friday parade in Clemson history. The members of Pi Kappa Alpha led the procession, followed closely by the grand marshals of the pa- rade, an honor shared by former Clemson Coaches Frank Howard, Jeff Nelly, Joe Davis, and Bob Jones. Back by popular demand the infamous Kudzu people return to the First Friday Parade. What ' s a parade without a band and twirlers? The Clemson twirlers added color and spirit to the First Friday Parade. Some floats took less organization than other, but regardless of the complexity or cimplicty of the float, a good time was had by all. Marty Evans Marty Evans Student Life-21

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The Unknown Tiger — a familiar sight at football games — confronts one of the clowns participating hr the First Friday parade. f.lcnn Stephens Student Life-23