Get Your Lawn Chairs Ready posted 9/10/09
Adrian College Homecoming parade to march through campus on Sat., Sept. 26

ADRIAN, Mich. – Adrian College Homecoming 2009 will be an extraordinary event in honor of the schools’ sesquicentennial. As part of homecoming, a large-scale parade is being planned on Saturday, September 26, 2009.

The themed parade “150 years- Adrian College Through the Decades” will start at 3pm. The parade route is Maumee St. to Madison St. to Michigan Ave. to Charles St. and will end inside the Multi Sport Performance Stadium on the College’s campus.

If you live along the parade route, we invite you to bring out your lawn chairs, and enjoy the parade which includes local police and fire departments; student organizations from the College; the AC homecoming court; Adrian, Madison, and Onsted high school marching bands; community members; local politicians; the Shriners Keystone Kops; local boy and girl scouts; Clydesdale horses and much more. Our grand marshal, Mrs. Geneva Walton Pinnell, Adrian College class of 1952, will mark her 54th homecoming appearance this year!

This is a special time at Adrian College and we want you to be a part of the homecoming festivities. Check out Kids Korner from noon-6 p.m. on Saturday. Children of all ages will enjoy a variety of activities, including a petting zoo, train rides, contests, air tattoos, inflatable fun, and much more. Look for the Kids Korner tent near the Merillat Sport & Fitness Center.

Enjoy music all afternoon on the Merillat Sport & Fitness Center lawn. The outdoor sound stage will feature live music from 4-6 p.m. This year’s performers of rock and classic rock are local group, Mid Lyfe Crysis featureing Pat Farver, a prominent member of the Adrian community and trustee of the College.

Join the crowd for a great evening of football and fun under the lights as the Bulldogs take on the Lake Erie College Storm. Head coach Jim Lyall leads the team in his 20th season. The game starts Saturday at 6:30 p.m., however, gates open at 4:30 p.m. General admission is $5; seniors over 60 and children under 10 are $3.

Adrian’s chaplain, the Rev. Dr. Chris Momany, invites you to come worship on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 11 a.m. in the Herrick Chapel on campus. This year’s sermon “Homecoming Thoughts” will be presented by Adrian alumna Rev. Laura Kennedy Jaissle ‘03, now serving the Lakewood (Ohio) United Methodist Church. Pre-seminary students will participate in the service and the Adrian College choirs and alumni choir will also be featured.

The 5K Bulldog Run and Kids ½ & ¼ mile Fun Runs are scheduled for Sunday at 9 am. Participants can register, pick up packets and check in between 7:30-8:45 a.m. at Merillat Sport & Fitness Center lobby. If registering before Sept. 23, the cost is $10 for AC students and $15 for non-students; and $5 Kids Race. Following Sept. 23 it is $20 for all; $10 for the Kids Race. Pre-registered participants will also receive a Bulldog Run T-shirt and will be eligible for prizes. To enter, contact Coach James Larson at (517) 264-3992, or jlarson@adrian.edu.

Be sure to stop by the Caine Student Center which is open 24 hours a day. The Arrington Bookstore, Jazzman’s Coffee, Scoreboard Café with Quiznos & Grill 155, and the 110 Madison Ave. salon are located inside. Stop by, put up your feet and relax at anytime. For a full schedule of events, visit www.adrian.edu/alumni.php.