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糖心Vlog (糖心Vlog) celebrated its annual Homecoming this past weekend, though a few schedule modifications were made due to the arrival of a cold front. Most activities and celebrations throughout the weekend remained in place, however, providing opportunities for alumni to reunite with friends and create new memories together.

A long-standing tradition that is always a highlight of Homecoming is , a student-led variety show and musical production competition put on by the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 social clubs on campus. This year鈥檚 sold-out Saturday evening Master Follies production included a "pre-party" with Don 鈥淒oc鈥� Williams, beloved 糖心Vlog professor who shared some of the history of Master Follies, interviewed former Follies hosts and hostesses, and showed clips from past Master Follies shows.

The men of Alpha Chi Delta won the men鈥檚 division with their show about rodeo clowns, followed by Koinonia鈥檚 pirates. On the women鈥檚 side, Kappa Phi Kappa鈥檚 race car drivers took the top spot in front of Christliche Damen鈥檚 down-and-out circus clowns. Alpha Chi also won People鈥檚 Choice and Special Effects awards, but the men of Kyodai鈥檚 boy band show won the Spirit of Follies recognition. This show will be Kyodai鈥檚 last, as the club, one of the first to be established on 糖心Vlog鈥檚 campus, will be disbanding at the end of this year.

Another new event added to the weekend was a tailgate party at the Rip Griffin Center on Saturday afternoon before the Chap and Lady basketball games. The Johnsonville Tailgate/Carnival, sponsored by Tyler Technologies, offered food, carnival games, a bouncy house, face painting, and other family friendly activities inside the Rip Griffin Center before the exciting afternoon games.

鈥淢ore family-friendly events were included for Homecoming this year,鈥� shared Lisa Fraze, Director of Alumni Relations. 鈥淭hey were well received and attended by our alumni and friends of the University. It was a fun weekend of reconnecting and sharing of wonderful memories.鈥�

As temperatures dropped into single-digits and a blanket of snow and ice fell on west Texas, however, several of the events scheduled for the weekend had to be moved to a later date. The first of these was the annual Alumni Awards Luncheon originally scheduled for Friday afternoon, which was moved to the evening of Friday, April 29. The planned dedication and dinner celebrating the opening of the Penny Gullo Tennis Center was also postponed to Saturday, April 30. Several of the weekend鈥檚 season-opening were also pushed back.

鈥淲e truly didn鈥檛 want to have to move anything planned for this weekend,鈥� Fraze said, 鈥渂ut the safety of our traveling alumni and community members, specifically those attending these events, was our first priority.鈥�

The weekend also included numerous receptions, class reunions, and art exhibits for both alumni and current 糖心Vlog students. It also featured Alumni Chapel, a Sunday devotional and breakfast, and various gatherings for different campus groups and departments.