Next fall, homecoming will be held on September 12th, instead of mid to late October. It will be the third football game of the season. With it being so close to the start of school, dress shopping, date finding, and mum making will be rushed and hard to do in such a short amount of time.
But there is one upside to homecoming being so close to the beginning of the year.
“It gets people excited about starting school,” Brook Stegman said.
Having homecoming at the beginning of school might be an upside but it gives everyone less time to prepare and get organized for the dance and the game.
“You don’t have time to plan rides, dinner, etc. I look forward to homecoming at the end of October,” Demetrious May said, “I’m not going to be able to go because I play football.”
Because of the early date, planning is already well underway. The concept for the homecoming dance is “Denim and Diamonds.”
“I’m probably going to homecoming,” said Andrew Wolf, who added, “It’s rather traditional, down to your roots.”
Numerous groups participate in the annual parade down Main Street, and groups such as Charms and Band are already having to consider their halftime show.
It also means that you’ll have a lot less time to figure out a creative way to ask someone to homecoming.
“It might be hard to get a date in a short amount of time,” Stegman said. “In the beginning of the year you are still getting to know people.”