{"id":49705,"date":"2023-10-11T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T15:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=49705"},"modified":"2023-10-11T11:01:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T16:01:40","slug":"tarleton-state-homecoming-festivities-kick-off-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-state-homecoming-festivities-kick-off-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton State Homecoming Festivities Kick off Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tradition takes center stage as Tarleton State University welcomes returning alumni for Homecoming 2023. Activities are scheduled each night next week, beginning with Sunday\u2019s Memorial Homecoming 5K Run and Lighting of the Smokestack and culminating Saturday, Oct. 21, in the Texans\u2019 football matchup with Morehead State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/10\/images-1.jpeg\" alt=\"images 1\" class=\"wp-image-49706\" style=\"width:469px;height:312px\" width=\"469\" height=\"312\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Silver Bugle Hunt, a university-wide scavenger hunt with more than 70 years of history behind it, is Monday; Launching of the Ducks and Purple Pancakes are Tuesday; Wednesday features the Yell Contest, Snake Dance and Beating of the Drum. The Purple Out Picnic and concert are on the menu for Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weekend kicks off Friday with a full slate, capped by the L.V. Risinger Memorial Bonfire. The Homecoming parade and tailgate party take place Saturday before the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tarleton State outreach campuses will get in on the fun, too. Fort Worth will serve up Purple Pancakes and have a Purple Out Picnic. Waco plans a Homecoming Hoedown, and both sites will roll out their version of Launching of the Ducks and the A&amp;M RELLIS campus will launch for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Homecoming 2023 events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday, Oct. 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>5 p.m. \u2013 Memorial Homecoming 5K Run, Rudder Way at Rome Street<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7:30 p.m. \u2013 Lighting of the Smokestack, parking\/P5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, Oct. 16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>11:30 a.m. \u2013 Alumni Faculty-Staff Luncheon, Thompson Student Center ballrooms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5:30 p.m. \u2013 Launching of the Ducks and Purple Out Picnic,&nbsp;<a>Tarleton-<\/a>Fort Worth front lawn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6:30 p.m. \u2013 Silver Bugle Hunt, Trogdon House<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11 p.m. \u2013 Midnight Madness, Wisdom Gym<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Oct. 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>11 a.m. \u2013 Purple Pancakes, Tarleton-Fort Worth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5:30 p.m. \u2013 Launching of the Ducks, Nursing Building reflecting pool<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9:14 p.m. \u2013 Walk Like a Sigma, Dining Hall patio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 p.m. \u2013 Purple Pancakes, Dining Hall patio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Oct. 18<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10 a.m. \u2013 Homecoming Hoedown, Waco MAC Building quad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11:30 a.m.-Launching of the Ducks, RELLIS Courtyard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Noon \u2013 Launching of the Ducks, Waco PAC fountain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9 p.m. \u2013 Yell Contest, Snake Dance and Beating of the Drum, Wisdom Gym<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9 p.m. \u2013 Yell Bingo, Thompson Student Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, Oct. 19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>7 p.m. \u2013 Purple Out Picnic &amp; Concert Celebrating 100 Years of Purple Poo-TTS, Meet the Homecoming Court, parking\/P6&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7 p.m. \u2013 Tarleton Soccer vs. California Baptist, soccer complex<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, Oct. 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10:00 a.m. \u2013 J. Dixon White Homecoming Golf Tournament, Harbor Lakes Golf Club, Granbury<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11:30 a.m. \u2013 Distinguished Alumni Luncheon, Dining Hall (Invitation Only)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 p.m. \u2013 Alumni Homecoming Registration, Thompson Student Center ballrooms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 p.m. \u2013 Alumni Welcome Home Social, Thompson Student Center ballrooms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 p.m. \u2013 L.V. 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