Homecoming Hoopla
Cotton Candy. Cool Art. Bounce houses. Fireworks. Live music.
Nothing beats Homecoming Weekend at CBU. It seems like every year the festivities get more and more extreme.
It all kicked off with the Switchfoot concert on Thursday night for me. I LOVE Switchfoot. They are definitely in my top five favorite bands of all time, and so I was pretty stoked that they were coming to CBU for a free concert. So when it came time to get tickets for the event, I was willing to make the sacrifice to get up early to make sure I snagged one. I woke up at 4:30 a.m., bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, to jump into line with all the other Switchfoot enthusiasts to get our tickets. To my surprise, there were at least 150 other people in line before me when I got there at 5 a.m. The ground was covered with sleeping bags and a couple of tents from people who had camped out in front of the Campus Life office. Apparently I was not the biggest Switchfoot fan there at CBU that day. However, I got my ticket after a couple hours. SUCCESS!
The Switchfoot concert itself was so fantastic. I got a spot decently close to the front, but not too close, so enthusiastic college students would not squish me. People were crowd surfing throughout the concert, and Jon Foreman himself even jumped into the crowd and was about two feet away from me. Amazing. I was like a high-school fan girl at a Justin Bieber concert. Okay, maybe not that bad. But I was excited. The rest of CBU was excited and screaming, too; I lost my hearing in my right ear by the end of the night. It was definitely worth it, though.
The next event I attended was the Family Fun Weekend event on Saturday. My boyfriend was performing with some friends, playing live music for the Art Walk in the hall between the two Yeager building sections. The Art Walk was really neat; it included art from CBU alumni and also jewelry and art from people from other countries. There were non-profit ministries who were selling their art or small items to support their organization.
My favorite was a booth that sold t-shirts. The t-shirts had pictures on them representing a narrative from the gospels, and if you flipped the shirts up, the inside of the shirt had the Bible reference and the verse in a different language. The creator came up with the idea because in countries that don’t allow Christianity, they can wear the t-shirts that tell Bible stories without getting in trouble. They can wear the shirt so it shows the Bible verse, but if the police come around, they can flip the shirt down so it does not show the Bible verse anymore. It’s a great way to share our faith in hostile countries.
And then there was the free stuff. If there’s one thing that CBU does really well, it is the vast amount of free things they give away. Free entertainment, free cotton candy, free candy, free t-shirts, free fireworks show, and more. And I, a CBU student through and through, heartily enjoy these free things.
I really look forward to Homecoming next year. It’s crazy to think that my next Homecoming experience will be as an alumni. Wow!
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