Reunion events, the annual Homecoming Parade and a pregame Sinkburger party under the "Big Top" are highlights of the upcoming Alumni Homecoming Weekend Sept. 25-26 at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Seminars, luncheons and "FAC" (Friday Afternoon Club) parties will reunite the classes of 1953, 聭58, 聭63, 聭68, 聭73, 聭78, 聭83, 聭88 and 聭93 all day Friday, Sept. 25.
For the first time this year, the Homecoming parade featuring a "Disco Ralphie聴Solid Gold Fever" theme, is scheduled on game day, Sept. 26, beginning at 6 p.m. at University Avenue and Broadway on University Hill. Accompanying the parade will be a tailgate party in the Hill business district for students and friends, including a lawn decorating competition and a John Travolta look-alike disco contest.
Homecoming student award winners, selected by the Student Organization for Alumni Relations, will march in the parade and will be honored at the game.
The annual Sinkburger Tailgate Party for alumni and all Buff fans also takes place on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. under the Big Top on the Duane Physics lawn, just across Colorado Avenue from Folsom Stadium. Kickoff against Baylor is 8:15 p.m. The extravaganza features:
-- Free admission and complimentary beverages
-- Drawings for two free trips and other prizes
-- Free game-day souvenirs
-- Sinkburger lunch, $8
-- Entertainment by the Good Vibes Swing Quintet
Party co-hosts include the CU-Boulder Alumni Association and CU聮s colleges of arts and sciences, business and music, the school of journalism and the Presidents Leadership Class. For more information, contact the Alumni Association at 303-492-8484 or via e-mail at ucbalumni@ cufund.
colorado.edu.