Friday, October 1, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B- Page 7
Homecoming
Makin' music
Members of the trombone section for the Marching Jayhawks practice for the football game.
Photo by Lucas Krump/KANSAN.
Festivities include Lawrence locals
By Howard Manns
By Howard Manns
Kansan correspondent
Like Batman and Robin or Bonnie and Clyde, the University of Kansas and Lawrence are insep arable. With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that when KI celebrates homecoming weekend Lawrence will be celebrating, too.
Lawrence will be "The community and the University are very intertwined," said Matt Armbrister, sales manager for convention and sports for the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau. "Each is unique in its own way, but they wouldn't be the same without one another."
Such interdependence means that when the crimson and blue streamers go up and the parade starts moving down the Jayhawk Boulevard,
the Lawrence community will be out in full force. Taking both an active and a passive role in this year's homecoming festivities, Lawrence residents will stand hand-in-hand with the University, cheering on the 'Hawks.
Stacy Chain, Garden City senior and homecoming relations chairwoman, said that she was hoping for a strong community turnout.
"If we can bring them (the community) in for our celebration, it can help relations," she said.
can help relations.
One of the more visible ways the community participates in the University's homecoming festivities is by marching in the parade. Chain said that although a Boy Scout troop and veterans' group had expressed an interest in marching, as of the Sept. 21 registration deadline, no community groups had submitted applications.
groups has subterranean. That doesn't necessarily mean there won't be any community groups participating in the parade. Chain said that many of the groups were unaware of the deadline and registered late or showed up on the day of the parade.
day of the parade.
"If any groups show up on the day of the parade, we'll make room for them," she said.
Armbrister said that although the community had nothing special planned for homecoming, the ongoing Big Blue Weekends would play a big role in shuttling the larger crowd to and from the games.
crowd and are Big Blue Weekends, sponsored by the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau, offer Jayhawk fans the chance to tailgate at one of three
Lawrence businesses — Johnny's Tavern, 401 N. Second St.; Old Chicago, 2329 Iowa St.; or the Ramada Inn, 2222 W. Skth St. — then catch a bus to and from the game.
Armbrister said the festive atmosphere of homecoming weekend spilled out from the University and into the town itself.
"It's a day when a lot of grads from all over the country come back," he said. "It's a big day for Lawrence businesses and the streets are full of people."
While Chain said that she was happy with the community's participation in this year's festivities, she hoped that community involvement would grow in the future.
ment would grow.
She said that adding an event
such as a bonfire could draw more
Lawrence residents.
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