Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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fl gi m, ,,tigh ...sv K5 ...1 MMM ff if - s . 'ff' ' Q yi R The Parade Marshal float is the result of Dearmont and Myers Hall residents' Placing third in the Class A floats is the Towers entry. combined efforts. Weeks of work premier right on Broadwa If I poke one more pomp througn chicken wire, l'll die! This was one comment that summed up how weary students felt after they pomped, painted, hammered and glued finishing touches to floats in the chilly, pre-dawn hours before Saturday's Homecoming Parade. This year's parade featured 125 entries, including SEMSU's own Golden Eagles Marching Band, 15 floats and 21 area high school bands that were invited Second place in the Class A float is an entry from the Alpha Delta Pi sorority and the Sigma Chi and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternities. 28 Homecoming by Tamara Baldwin to participate. This year for the first time, the Homecoming Court rode on a special float built for them by Cheney Hall and C-DI women. An estimated 600 hours of construc- tion went into each of the Class A floats, the largest float class, at an estimated cost of S600 per float. To encourage workers, some housing units offered cash prizes for the floor with the most hours of float building, while Greeks had mandatory i A w ff? . is lt . s Uh, ' T 'W rx.. float hours and fines to encourage participation. The accumulation of hundreds of work hours, the money spent and the sleep missed all seemed worthwhile when the names of the winning entries were announced during halftime activities at Saturday's game. Trophies and cash prizes were awarded to the winning floats in each class. Marching in the parade are Golden Eagle members: Kevin Melanie Cummins, Randy Smith, and Rob Louder.

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i ll X if 1. 6-M , Dearmont and Myers residents take advantage of the good weather and work on their float outside. Weather conditions move the blue grass concert originally scheduled for Academic terraces into the University Center. Pomp stuffers for Towers float are Debbie Laurentius, Mary Shelly, and Rob Pudney. Homecoming 27

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- r new Q9 1 s lf A. hw.. The Winning Class A float is the creation of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority and Tau Kappa Epsilon and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternities. Indian mascot Dave Pilla instructs Phillip Thierjung in the position that each float entry should take for the parade. The Indians chopping the Bulldogs is the theme for the decoration in front of the Air Force ROTC house. Homecoming 29