I’m okay thank you 10 seconds I keep on want to look at that like that right you’re up good morning everyone and happy homecoming welcome to the 2023 homecoming parade I’m Jonathan sers and I’m paig Ray thank you so much for joining us this morning this has been a
Busy week of homecoming activities paig uh I’m the social media manager for the University so I’ve covered a lot of it on our stuff you work with uh Trojan Vision at the University so youall have covered a lot of it as well I know it’s been very busy around campus this week
It has plenty of events competitions too this week so we’ve seen a lot of activities and games the students just having a lot of fun a lot of fun and it’s all going to culminate uh this afternoon with the homecoming game which is at 3:00 against Arkansas State I know
Expecting a big crowd it is a beautiful day out here for homecoming uh probably going to be in the mid 7s a slight breeze it’s just wonderful I think we’ve finally seen a glimpse of true fall yes it fall some football weather and and it’s been a great homecoming we have a
Great homecoming parade coming up shortly for you the the uh VIPs are taking to the this uh stand and we’ve just got a great parade coming up there is over a hundred entries this year including about seven bands I know that was a big emphasis trying to bring uh
More bands back and that’s just uh very exciting uh not only for us but for this big crowd that we have out here on the Square absolutely and it’s a it’s a wonderful opportunity to see the community and the university come together cuz obviously we’re we’re with
The university the most but here we’ve got more than just students we’ve got families from surrounding areas as well well and you can see people have been out here for a while uh they’ve got Chairs set up we we we’ve seen people kind of camping out with breakfast so
They have come out here they have set up uh hundreds lined up for this parade and um just an exciting day I know people are probably out already out tailgating and we are very excited if you were uh watching us right now on on YouTube or on Facebook please let us know where
You’re watching from let us know when you graduated from Troy let us know who you’ve got in the parade we’re excited to hear from you and and know what’s going on and and what brings you watching us today absolutely and and Jonathan going back to something you
Said this has been a major effort to grow this event you know in the past it’s been maybe a little on the smaller side still a great event but it has grown and I think that’s the plan moving forward as well absolutely and there was an effort it was called the the bring
Back the bands and that’s something they wanted to do uh with a lot of the high school bands it was a big Memphis under uh Dr John M long uh back in the 80s and ’90s when they had this parade they would have 10 15 High School bands and W
So there was B definitely a concerted effort to have that this year they had 10 bands they had a couple drop out at the last minute due to some conflicts uh but they did uh have a great effort part of that was the homecoming uh committee
Uh with the city which is Dana Sanders with the Chamber of Commerce Dan Smith with uh parks and wck Diana Lee who’s on that committee they they called to bands and and asked them to come and they got a good response and we will see that here this afternoon that is exciting as
A former band person and I can’t tell you how exciting is when you’re in a high school band getting to come to an event like this and getting to show off and not only that but meet students from other areas that you don’t see it’s it’s a great opportunity of fellowship and
Community here and I’m so glad that that is something that was focused on and brought to this event well and I know uh part of that of bringing them here was that they are getting tickets to the game so not only will they going to get
Fed they’re going to get to go to the game today they’re going to help cheer on the incentives there exactly the food may have gotten a lot of they would have gotten me but as we said it’s a little Breezy here today out uh but it is a beautiful day
Um got to thank our crew we’ve got Jeff Herring who is directing this here today we’ve got Aaron Taylor who is on camera we’ve got a couple of our students out here today uh so just want to thank everybody for for being out here again we are getting started in a second we
Actually uh as we said we’re on the Square they have the alumni of the year breakfast here as well um it is actually at the idea bank that is on the Square uh and so that is honoring all the alumni of the year uh they are finishing
That up they are making their way out to the uh viewing stand I actually see Dr Hawkins he is making his way shaking hands so uh making sure that uh everybody gets a seat before they get rolling with with the the parade now Jonathan remind us maybe there are some
Folks watching that are here and they’ve not been to to this before so in what direction will this go where are they going to be marching yeah this is actually coming up uh Three Notch it’ll come up Three Notch and then it’ll turn right on Elm Street right at the corner
Where uh shebang dance studio is we are sitting in front of uh Mama Goldbergs and glow if you’re familiar with the square but it is going to come up Three Notch it’ll turn uh right on Elm Street and head all the way uh down to Elm Street and finish towards the campus and
Then uh they’re hoping everybody will make their way down to to the campus to absolutely tailgate terrorist and and take on the game I love it it’s going to be such an amazing day and I could be wrong but I thought I heard some music I
Think I heard some some sirens and that is when you know this parade is about to start we will have the colors first and and we will see them coming up hopefully shortly uh but the colors and then definitely uh the the sirens help lead this thing off yes absolutely and just
To give you guys a sneak peek we mentioned the bands of course the sound of the South is going to be here they’re always known for almost starting the parade they’re one of the first things and we have one of the best views at the
Sun of South not going lie yes so maybe turn your volume down a smidge when they get here but oh I see them coming around the bend there can you see them Jan absolutely here they come we hear the sirens and then we do see the
RC uh colors and they do have a fun little feature this year that should be coming behind them not seeing it yet but we will hopefully get to see that in just a second there we go and just really quick before we we all of these floats and all of these creations lots
Of hard work went into this this is not something that just is put together overnight this has been days weeks in the making well yeah as we said the the organizations uh Greek and uh campus organizations they’ve been doing stuff all week that’s been banners they’ve been doing games dances skits but also
Uh the floats but uh we are starting off today with the ROC colors and uh the colors are presented by the Troy University Army and Air Force rooc units uh on the American flag is Cadet Boatright on the Army flag is Cadet uh Simo on the Air Force flag that is Cadet
Willet on the space force flag is Cadet Lunsford and the left and uh right rifle guards are Cadet tessalone and Cadet wallworth yes and then we I’m wondering if we’ve got another addition here but there they go am not seeing yeah we were supposed to be in appearance from the
Mini jet but they may have had trouble getting it going this morning yes yes and then right behind them of course we’ve got the Pike County Sheriff’s Office they’re waving they’ve got the boat out here lots of smiles yes there they go and of course we want to thank
Our First Responders for all they do each and every day uh to help this community safe and a lot of people this is uh state troopers with Aaliyah the the sheriff the police uh and the fire Department coming up yeah so looking at right there that’s the Pike County
Sheriff’s Office Special Response Unit and then right behind them from the University there’s the Troy University Police Department representative there smiling and waving and and like you said Jonathan a big thanks to all those First Responders that do everything they can to keep us safe day in and day out
Absolutely well started a couple of years ago we added a grand Marshall to the Troy University homecoming parade and coming up in just a moment will be this year’s Grand Marshall and if you’ve ever watched the homecoming parade you should be familiar with uh Mike Amos
Mike Amos has uh covered this parade for years and years he’s worked at the University for years and years he is a Troy super ban uh he was elected to the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame was named an alumni of the year in 2008 and
So uh if you have ever been to a a Troy athletic event you have you’ve seen him You’ or heard heard Mike G so yes he he’s very well known such a sweetheart there and if like you say any Troy athletic event Super Fan is the right
Word I would maybe even go to say a legend when it comes in the fan department for sure but there you can see Mike Amos rolling up in the uh in the Mustang the classic Mustang giving a salute there to Chancellor Hawkins Chancellor Hawkins returning it to him of course lots of
People clapping and waving and saying Hey Oh my he is probably one of the most popular people here in this parade actually he played uh on the football team back in the late 60s and he was a member of the football team and so good he he has just
Done it all for Troy so I know this is this is a big honor for him yes absolutely making a stop and then right behind him another iconic figure here for Troy Athletics that’s T Roy and our cheerleading team there all of them of course saying go Trojan and trying to
Get everybody excited for this big game this afternoon sporting pink and white pom poms I’m assuming for breast cancer awareness month absolutely October uh is a great opportunity to honor those uh fighting that battle and I know you can hear them this this is the sound of the
South uh directed by Mark Walker our drum Majors for the sound of the South this year Dominic Taylor and Brooklyn Willis the color guard the dance team coming up yep there they are and I guess since I’m the the the band person I’ll I’ll say some words here lots of hard
Work we’ve got the major ads the dance line the color guard there smiling and waving lots of parents here too for homecoming weekend getting to see their children maybe perform for the first time since they started and then of course we’ve got the band the proper
Band itself behind them and let’s take a listen in Here La That is a Classic parade but they got one more for us I think it might be The N We well if that doesn’t get you I know I’m ready to go yes a great job by the sound of the south of course uh important to mention they first played Stars and Stripes Forever a classic classic song here so B you said you were you in the
Sound of the sound I was yes I was in the color guard so for those who who aren’t sure what that is those those are the the guys and girls that have the big flags on the field but yes I suppose we’ll let them pass those drums when they pass by you
Can feel it in your chest it is always great when you have them this close it is just a different experience I’ve got I can see a couple of uh little ones over there with their their ears plugged a little loud fantastic job by the sound of the
South as always and they’ll be playing of course halftime at the game absolutely uh next up we’ve got the Prince Hall Masonic of Alabama this is District Six the Masons and Eastern Star there you go waving sharply dressed of course you see him there waving and
Waving on and then let’s see who we going to have up next a band sponsor here so bring back the bands I think you were talking about that absolutely a little bit earlier right that was one of the things that was encourag us here and
We will talk about some of the Bands as they come through and and the excitement of that uh next up is going to be our Troy sixu sweedies Allstar team uh they were coached by Will Starling Clint Pew JB Blair and Josh Crow uh they uh sweetie Allstars are the first Troy
Girls team to ever win a World Series uh proud of their effort I know they went down to um Alexander Louisiana and played hard and so very excited for this group I know I know a bunch of them and uh great honor to know some of coaches
Are Troy alums and so they are excited about this as well yes absolutely beautiful float there too as they pass by then coming up after the Troy 6u sweeties Allstars Miss Alabama volunteer there waving from her car this is liby Thomas of Tuscaloosa she’s here to celebrate Troy’s homecoming she will
Actually go on to represent the state of Alabama in the Miss volunteer America Pageant next June good luck to her yes absolutely and these are the Trojans but the Trojans from across the street this is uh Chuck the Trojan he’s sitting in the back of the truck oh there he is and
The Charles Henderson at middle school cheerleaders yes awesome you’re right they are right across the street now following them it’s very hard to miss this one it’s the Pik County Cattleman and cattle women associations Pik County Cattleman’s Rodeo 2023 Queen Mia Langford Teen Miss Jaden mcder and
Junior Miss Lulu Thompson and of course Little Miss Caroline Adams if you’re ever driving down 231 uh South you will see that on the left as you go by all right here we’ve got uh just some of the motorcycles and some cool cars coming up
Yeah always a fun entry uh they try to rival the sound of the South with their their sound I think you’re right and they do a they do a pretty good job they give the band a run for their money for sure if we’ve got any bike fans here
Then you take a look at these as they drive by kind of given a opportunity to show off a little bit this morning there we go all right who’s next here Kai Omega we’re expecting to be next as they walk toward us but before them we’ve got a truck from Brundage
Volunteer fire department there of course we talked earlier about how we’re so thankful for the First Responders here in our community just a good chance to show them some love and appreciation yeah not just from here in the city of Troy but the surrounding area part of Pike County
Brundage of course and as we said Kai Omega coming up this is the Iota Kappa chapter of Kai Omega on the Troy Campus and their president for this year is Molly Kate Irwin and there you can see this year’s theme we didn’t even mention that yes we didn’t talk about it tea is
For Troy so we’re going to see a bunch of different themes for that T is for Timeless is what they went with on theirs and if you look at that uh the float itself all the little tissue papering yeah yeah you know all about that called yes
Apparently I think this has become a big thing but it’s important to note here it’s very difficult and time consuming so these floats like we said earlier didn’t just come up overnight lot of work a lot of pomping happening over the past couple of days and then next it seems that we’ve
Got New Life Christian Academy here New Life Christian Academy located at 601 Union Hill Road here in Troy all the little ones there waving their pom poms and waving at us head of school there Mrs Latasha Von all right and this looks to be our first of the Bands actually in that car
Sorry is that’s going to be Sigma gamma Rose sority the lovely ladies of the Omron Pi Chapter of Sigma gamer row they were chartered at Troy May 22nd 1999 there you go and then right behind him you can probably hear him now uh we’ve got freedom is not free Charlie sorry
Done bringing up those ladies and then we’ve got another performance from a local band we’re getting set up and ready to go here they’re going to perform in front of the band stand A great job of course that was Goan high schools band there you heard him and and can see him performing so we’ve got the voltage Academy of Dance coming up the faith-based dance studio in Troy they have a mission to train the body empower the mind and nurture the spirit they offer several
Styles of dance including ballet Jazz hip-hop tap musical theater contemporary and creative movement there you go they’re also preparing for their second annual Christmas show that’s going to be on December 15th and 16th in the Trojan Center the era on the Troy Campus more information visit their website voltage
Academy of dance.com you can also learn how to get your child involved there if you’d like to now we have Alpha Gamma Delta the Gamma Sigma chapter they were charted in 1971 at Troy University and they have 140 active members there you can see 90 to nothing over Arkansas
State mat maybe that’s a sign I would love to see that it looks like they Troy Trojans Troy wins doing some cheers here one of the bigger organizations on campus of course sorties and our fraternities lots of members in there and then coming up after Alpha Gamma
Delta we’ve got 2023 petite Miss Troy Andy Smith she there on the very top if you can see her waving from that Bronco I do know her that is her mom in the front right seat in the passenger seat she was a Troy grad she was actually a
Cheerleader at Troy her dad is a Troy grad as well oh my goodness and then we’ve got Eddie Ellis there with the Shriners out of Montgomery Alabama and then we’ve got Jack krizzle there after him and then one more or maybe two more cars there Kenny Wood following up after
Jack and there we go making sure that they get their time there yeah finally there’s the Shriners the van the Phoenix City Shrine Club in Montgomery and oh we’ve got some more actually we’re sorry the classic car oh and also what a great opportunity for car lovers yes ABS yeah you will you
Will see some good ones absolutely absolutely yes it looks like that is Bill fore out of Montgomery as well they’re waving to the crowd they they have a a quite a lineup entry yeah mhm several cars and then we’ve got the trailer pulling up the rear for the Shriners there you go yeah
We’ve got some music going on as well it seems like and then if you guys maybe can see him darting around there at the very end down there maybe getting a little bit of a show in in addition to the rest of the oh yeah so we had the Montgomery Shrine
Club and now we’ve got this is the Troy Shrine Club so from all over uh the Shriners are making their presence felt here today yes and check this out just watch your kids out there yeah hold them tight there lots of loops and formations they’ve got going on
Here woo there they go hey they kind of get close don’t watch your toes Aaron watch your toes cameraman yeah cameraman Aaron over there oo got got on two wheels some of them taking a hand off the wheel to uh to wave there and then they act like you know this is just
Normal no big deal no big deal not at all nope all right oh and then Jonathan it’s not over oh we’ve got one more Shriner on a different kind of vehicle here he’s on three wheels but he’s left a lot of space which makes me wonder uhoh what’s about to happen
Here oh revving the engine a little bit he’s waiting for for his guys to go I think he’s trying to get full speed we got a little bit of a hold up with the bands I believe and so we’re just waiting as can happen in I don’t
Know if you can see him down there he’s rubbing his hands and Palms together as though he’s got something in in plan in store for us a little bit mischievous maybe there oh some movement some movement wave to the Bandstand and this outfit that I’m trying to see too what this looks like
An interesting character coming here if nothing else maybe some overall some uh blue and and orange colored overalls all right here we go they are taking the next lap oh I think I was expecting a little more maybe maybe we got something happening here here maybe well if nothing else he’s really
Good at uh at looking intimidating and kind of mischievous oh oh there we go oh that’s what he was waiting to do okay got it oh we’ve got to wait as the the rest of the chers there make a circle having too much fun out here and I think
That will wrap up the Shriners that is the Wiregrass Shrine Club out of Dothan yes and now coming up you can see these ladies here in pink these are the Troy University Sapphire dance team members there they are a historically black colle and universities based team they’re actually a relatively new
Organization here on Troy’s campus they were founded in 2022 so ladies and members of that organization this is a new beginning this is an adult daycare it’s located on uh North Three Notch Street here in Troy where they provide daily living needs for adults who are physically and
Mentally impaired yes and then coming up after them here are the brothers of alphat Omega the Kappa beta chapter it was a established at Troy in 2005 they say they love Troy and are ready for a great game today let’s see we’ve got Trojans here on the float
Another 90 to nothing so hey that’s twice now I’m going to date myself actually remember when they came to campus and they have just been a a a great Organization for campus and done a whole lot especially um their their walk that they do every year during spring
Break absolutely if you haven’t heard of that you do need to look it up Walk Hard and then following them is the Miss Z Chapel Queens you saw them passing by that was Madison Basset Miss Z Chapel Brinley Stone Little Miss Z chapel and then graceand Ballard petite Miss Z
Chapel next up is Salah limine service they are here to service the Troy and surrounding communities call and Reserve today for your special event and it looks like that stands for Shirley’s amazing limousine service we were trying to figure out uh so SS we’re going to go
With SS SS I think is what we’re going to we’re going to go for here and I think maybe these are oh yes these are some of the vehicles that that you can you can find if you work with them so we’ve got some different types here we’ve got
BMW Nan truck and then of course your traditional yes you can’t be a limousine service without bringing the limos to the parade there there they go everybody gets excited when you see a I know you’re like who’s in there what what’s going on in there oh my gosh a celebrity is coming
Up and let’s see that one the one right in front of us that cameraman Aon point at that looks more traditional this next one’s a beefier yeah that’s a a Lio stretch Expedition yeah that’s that’s big that’s for when you want to you want to look
Tough I want to see it turn this corner that’s yeah it’s got some work to then coming up right after the limousine service there this is Troy University’s international student cultural organization you may know them by their nickname which is Isco of course Trojan Vision if you’re a watcher of Trojan
Vision we do a lot of stories with Isco there I don’t know if you can see the little boy there his name is Finn he is also somewhat of a celebrity on Troy’s campus well his dad right there is Joe McCall who for the long time was the uh
Advisor the of Isco um still a professor at the University their group is all about making meaningful connections and relationships globally and promoting International Peace uh they have the Isco Fest each year which is a a great uh Festival featuring food dance uh all kinds of just representations of the
Different cultures on Troy’s campus which of course uh is Alabama’s International University a very big thing for them and then coming up after Isco this is the bethl Bible College and Seminary bethl Bible colleges in Troy Alabama they say they are here to assist you in your bibl local needs feel free
To call them anytime all right and then freshman Forum they have been busy this week they are the official freshman branch of the Troy SGA comprised of 50 delegates aimed at serving the Freshman Class they are led by their two directors Caleb Smith and kazani Snell
There you go uh and then right after that that’s the Boys and Girls Club Transportation there they’re saying tea is for Troy this year you can see a couple of students they’re picking out the window in there maybe not so sure about this whole waving at the strangers
Situation there but yeah right after them you can see them kind of moving up I wonder we missed the limo taking the corner there Jonathan I didn’t catch it I got distracted I didn’t even remember to look but coming up after the boys and girls club you can see him cheering
Right there those are members of The Farmhouse fraternity they’ve got their float we’re looking at John Robert Lewis Hall and we did see one of the what we’ll see throughout is many of the organizations they will bring flowers to First Lady uh Janice Hawkins and so they
Were the first to do that and gave her her her bouquet uh and that is a tradition we may see one later on do something special with that we’ll have to just wait and see uh the next one this is going to be future Miss American Heritage that is Maddie Booth you can
See her there on top gorgeous dress I just want to point out for anybody who’s interested in in fashion who may be watching this stream it may have a little Cardinal in there yeah I think so I think so lots of sequins lots of sequin absolutely uh madd’s mother Carri
Booth actually works with the Troy University nursing department and and the nursing program so all kinds of uh Troy connections here throughout the parade absolutely and then following Miss Matty booth that is Alpha Omron Pi aop Pi now this is one of the most uh recent Editions to Troy University
Sorority scene they were brought to the campus I believe in 2018 they also have a float we were talking about pomping earlier where you take tissue paper and you wrap it up teeny teeny tiny and then you paint it all of that right there paper that they
Have pumped and basically stuck in in chicken wire right or I think so normally that’s how it’s done and I mean just yeah kind of bald up and and I mean it’s just amazing the kind of art they’re able to create with that there they have the win over LSU who can
Forget abely Trojan’s taking home the belt which is coming up that’s November 2nd the game against South Alabama yes Alpha Omron Pi their current president is Corbin Hinman there you go doing some Troy cheers there and then following up after aop pie we’ve got teen Mist Troy
Teen mroy this year is Abigail Wilson There waving she gets kind kind of all the attention cuz she’s got a band a musical background behind her her own intro [Laughter] music letting you get a a quick sound from that that’s Barber County High School’s band the marching Jaguars and they’ve got their drum
Majors in front there with their maces if you’ve never seen drum Majors with a mace it’s pretty incredible they they throw it in the air that spins all over the place it’s neat Barber County High School band they are directed by Dr Keith Stewart mhm we are glad to have them in the parade today absolutely absolutely I always try to be a little quiet for the band so people can hear them but it’s you got to talk loud to overpower the man and then
Coming up under them is Sigma Kai there they go and then like you said Jonathan presenting flowers to the first lady we’ve got our second organization to do that and their current president is Ian Walker there you can see their float coming up behind I see a big Power te the power te
Is getting all the love this homecoming looks like a news desk maybe a game day news desk is what they’re going for yes coffee mugs on there and I feel like maybe we should have realized that sooner considering I was distracted by the power tea but yes and then after them we
Have got the Christian love Community Center they were up next but this is share my world Academy here uh share my world Academy is a Learning Center offering child care to infants to moders preschoolers and schoolage children environment is created within state and local guidelines to provide a safe setting for
Each child in care you can tour them and stop by and talk to them at 1223 Park Street right here in Troy all right and then following them this is the uh future Little Miss Pike County uh Mr Greg Herring is driving the future Miss Pike County that is Baylor
Smith and then we have the CLC which is the Christian love Center there you go now owner and director is Angeline green assistant director is leanda Bell it’s a learning place for children ages 2 to 12 they offer first class prek which is a free program for children who are four
Years of age and also they have a community youth Garden a Clos closet Food Bank educational chicken houses lots of things meant to uh serve our community here I know Troy University does a lot of work with the the CLC uh our Civic engagement program actually
Goes out there and helps with the garden they’ve done a lot of work with that that and get to work with these kids go and read to them and help them out uh some adorable kids out here waving their PM poms wearing their Trojans gear very
Very cute and you know it’s it’s really neat to look at it knowing that this is going to be a core memory one of their first core memories and then right after that we’ve got Mr O’s little car there you go Mr O there smiling talking to the band
Stand and thumbs up to Dr Hawkins oh this car is getting away from Mr O no yes and you know fun fact Mr O’s little car has been in this homecoming parade since 1976 that’s 47 years of smiles and enjoyment all right let’s take a look at
This truck that is pulling up this uh Kappa Delta float that is a awesome looking old truck that is really cool there I don’t I hope everybody could hear the horn that was neat T is for t Timeless some old te Roy images there Larry Blakey I believe as well and the
Members of Capa Delta the Delta Delta chapter founded in 1966 has 120 active members and they have raised over $35,000 for their fanthropy over just this past year their current president is Anne Scott and the S sisters of Kappa Delta say happy homecoming and go Trojans go Trojans indeed then coming up
After capid Delta Zebulon the Patriot also known as Zeb by his friends he says he’s the most patriotic Troy Tron fan you’ll ever meet but that’s a big competition here and I had to do a little research on on what Zeb means Zebulon Montgomery Pike he was an American Brigadier General and Explorer
For whom Pikes Peak in Colorado was named uh he actually uh served under uh he was army officer under Thomas Jefferson but actually Pike County was named after Zebulon Pike that is really cool I actually lived in Colorado Springs and woke up to Pikes PE W every
Morning so that’s cool a little bit of Colorado following me back then we had the pike varsity and JV cheer leaders they were walking by they’ve got an award-winning cheer program coached by Katie Scott Tara Morlock and Britney Royal and this is a new Pro uh new fraternity old fraternity they are back
On campus this is SAE uh off campus for several years but they have made their way back and are excited to be back on the Troy Campus yes and right behind him this is the Z Chapel high school band under the direction of band director Jarrett Nelson and auxilary coordinator mirinda
Harzel these girls are from Z Chapel we’ve got the color guard here right in front of us as well as the drum major and then they do have one feature majorette twirler there it looks like we might be getting a performance Maybe there we go turn it to the front and Z
Chapel actually recently participated in the reob marching Festival let’s take a listen there you go I have to brag on side to a little bit my best friend mirinda hardell who also works at Troy University in Career Services she is their auxiliary coordinator doing a fabulous
Job as we said just uh so many troy connections that that aren’t related to the university on these the floats themselves but just so many connections to Troy University absolutely and then coming up after the Z Chapel B there that is going to be the Junior Miss Troy from the Troy City
Pageant let’s see there that is Ava Leverett there waving and smiling to the band stand this morning also real quick while we got a break it has been such a nice weather day out here it really is you know I think our last game we had
Was when it rained so much right before the game and and then uh we’ve had some some very hot games today uh just a beautiful day absolutely now next we’ve got another Troy University sorority this is Alpha Delta Pi T is for Troy wins and they’ve got T Roy there with an
80 pie shirt on sporting a pom pom and maybe you don’t know lots about sororities and fraternities and that’s okay but a lot of these groups have their own cheers that they make up and they pass throughout the whole National sorority that you get to hear they all
Have their own uh animal mascots basically they all have their own colors that theirs was blue and white as you could hear MH uh next up this is Miss Pike County and Little Miss Pike County this is Pressley reader and uh birdie Stevens there you go yep and then coming up after
Them I’m thinking it is the max credit union they’re waving from their truck getting to see some of their friends and then after them we have got F Mew also a Troy University sorority T is for Troy they said educate the mind to thing the heart to feel and the body to
Act they were founded in 1852 and they’re the second oldest female fraternal organization established in the US their colors are rose and white and their mascot as I was saying theirs is the lion uh their current chapter president is kendrell Sedin and then coming up after there
Members of the pike liberal arts school student government Association we got president Braden Reno vice president Kate Nelson secretary Emma Sanders Treasurer Michael Thomas vau chaplain Sydney Scott scrapbook chair Alan Wilson we actually do have to give a shout out to the Headmaster of Pike liberal arts
School who is Eric Burkett who is also a Troy grad Troy grad’s all over the place on this homecoming and then we have got there Sydney Scott Miss Pik liberal arts and Mary Tyler Webb Junior Miss Pike liberal arts and then uh pre-teen Miss Pike liberal arts Annabella fry Emy Drinker
Is petite Miss uh Pike liberal arts and Chandler Cole is Little Miss Pike liberal arts her mom uh is Lauren Cole who is the director of career services at Troy and then you got to look here real quick representative of a Walmart there and then we’ve got Highland home
High School’s band this is Highland home High School’s band director it’s Reed and under the direction of Cameron nicely take a listen In don’t forget many of these high school bands they had games last night that they were performing at traveling here early this morning uh to be here and then right after Highland home High School this is Miss Troy which is Aurora Skyler tip and Sarah Paisley Allen who
Is Little Miss Troy uh now Aurora she’ll be representing the city of Troy in the National Peanut Festival later this month October 20th and 21st and again accompanied there by Little Miss Troy Sarah Paisley Allen then coming up behind them we have got pi kaoi and their chapter president
Is James Harton got a little representation of a football field on there there he you go and in case you didn’t see it earlier we’ve got some more cool cars coming up for you let’s see here and that is uh junior miss Pike County Charlie Kat Smith her
Sister was actually in the parade earlier that is Andy Smith so just uh some beautiful girls again there is their uh their dads that is Tom Smith and uh Jason Browder both Troy uh grads absolutely and then in case you’re missing it first lady Hawkins also getting some more flowers she’ll have
Plenty yes by the time that this parade is over and there goes T Kaa Kappa Epsilon oh so I I guess T is for tailgating is what they’re going for I think you might be right a grill there good good music maybe some dancing it looks like he’s got his hand on the
Grill what I I would not recommend doing that absolutely not and then we’ve got Troy Head Start there oh check it out sitting on the hay bells nice fall scene enjoying the fall weather and again perfect beautiful morning for this parade coming up this looks like it is Miss and Little Miss
Goan this will be Casey wils sitting in that old Corvette that is Miss Goan Miss uh Little Miss go as Raina kin does look like she can make it today but congratulations to her yes and then next up at least from what I can tell this is
CGI wishing Troy treant best of luck on their homecoming game saying that they support you and I don’t know if cameraman Aaron consum in but a special member of this parade the little little lots of excitement there sporting The Power Team all right and you maybe can tell us more about short the
Squirrel but it’s Alabama’s literary uh literacy mascot I perfect I messed that one up unfortunate he encourages waiting time to be reading time yes and and they are awesome they go around and try to find ways to inspire reading and get kids psyched about learning to read and
And making sure that begins at a at a young age and then right behind short we’ve got eron high school band directed by Carrie Taylor small But Mighty band there absolutely well remember a lot of these schools around this area not very big buta they do have some good
Representation in their band absolutely and a lot of their band directors Troy grads many people may not know Troy University has a bass team a bass fishing team they’ve been around since 2013 have 20 members uh they compete across the southeast over the next three months they are ranked top 30 in the
Nation uh they are uh offer scholarships for this club team and uh they go out there and have a lot of fun absolutely and they’ve got two two boats that they’ve brought this look at those boats those are nice yeah wish you had one yeah absolutely absolutely and you’re right I
Don’t I don’t think a ton of people know about it but they do good work absolutely and then right after them we’ve got Little Miss Brundage that’s Madison Carol there we go practicing the princess wave and a Mustang no less yeah riding in style and this is another one this is going to
Be Ella Elsie CLA copid she is Pike County distinguished young woman of 2024 a senior at Charles Henderson High School her parents Bo and Daphne copage riding along with her that is a a the the Hummer EV I’m not trying to do an ad but I’ve been wanting to see that car
That’s that’s nice there you go moment of silence there for Jonathan and then right after that even more flowers for Mrs Hawkins that one though is coming from the Delta Kai alumni house House was built in 1907 it’s been fully restored lots of work going into there yeah if you
Actually drive down three knots just further from where we are on the Square you can see it up on the left uh a beautiful house that uh they have absolutely done a lot of work on and done a great job and we’d love to see Alum here and and that’s what’s so great
About homecoming it’s a great opportunity to see old friends this this is going to be Lambda Kai I do believe yes it is Lambda Kai Alpha fraternity and their chapter President Andrew Stafford waving their flag there you go and then let’s see who is this coming up behind them
This is uh fi Beta Sigma as well as Omron toal Sigma and Zeta couple of people from that organization writing up there we can see Iota there it is Ada Sigma absolutely so cool go Trojans they say here’s another pup in the parade I missed oh it
Was in scking out the window it was in the only really obvious page and now we’ve got people from AKA another one of our sororities here on campus the lovely ladies seing they 45th year at Troy next isoy de which is Delta Delta Kea abson we’ve been here a long time sorry
Guys but their uh chapter president is Dakota Davis awesome Yep and let’s see they’re standing up we might have something in this in the tailgate here logo and some good Troy flags and then we have got members from Pike County are Jr jotc that’s that’s right and next this is Polish Me Love
Lovely uh which is uh a nail spa here in Troy awesome and then you might can hear him you’re definitely going to be able to hear him when he gets closer that is going to be Matthew Hutcherson bag pipes one of my favorite things to hear
I I absolutely love the sound of bag pipes he was a graduate from Troy in 1992 he joined the rosie o grades Highlanders shortly after and uh they are celebrating their 50 year in existence and would like to wish the troj nation good luck today for homecoming but just a beautiful sound
We’ll take a Listen he’s got to have good lungs yes and good calf muscles after today and then we’ve got Miss Troy University 2023 of course that is Abigail Grantham a junior Elementary collaborative education major from Donaldsonville Georgia she was crowned as the 50th Miss Troy University uh the Miss Troy
University 2024 pageant will be on October 21st at 5:00 and then all our people that have been doing all the hard work this week this is the Troy SGA executive officers we’ll try to get to them quickly the homecoming directors president Theo THS vice president Max Cooper vpca Betsy Bennett VP uh of
International Affairs Elizabeth McMahon and we’ll try to finish those off in a little bit but the homecoming directors Manny Marsh Abigail Davis and Jansen puit and then of course royalty for this homecoming weekend that is the Troy University Homecoming king queen that would be the homecoming queen maie Alice
Porter homecoming King Tariq Baker both say they’re excited to help Crown a new king and queen tonight they’ve done a wonderful job representing Troy University all throughout this past year and then finally we’ve got the Troy University Homecoming cord on this float we have the court which is five men and five
Women representing the senior class of Troy and towards the back you have uh Mr and Mrs Trojan or Mr Miss Trojan Pride who are announced Thursday night at the homecoming prep rally we’re very excited uh to see who gets named the homecoming queen and king tonight at the game
Absolutely and then right behind them we’ve got daily dose nutrition owner Caitlyn Richardson a Troy cheer Alum they say they are here to serve your health and then I think this is going to be wrapping it up here in just a moment this is Charles Henderson High School’s
Band and they are coming up in just a moment Paige it’s been a great parade we have seen a lot again a a much bigger contingent of of entries this year we are up over a 100 it has been a lot of action uh taking us nearly an hour this
Year so it’s just fun to see all the different entrance we have seen abely absolutely and you know it’s awesome to see so many people here in the downtown Square you know and and I hate to say it but so many small towns Square you know
Begins to not have much but here that is definitely not the case yeah it is thriving with with so many shops restaurants opening here uh if you come back to Troy to visit the university we encourage you to come out here and support these local businesses many owned Again by Troy University uh
Graduates absolutely and now you can probably hear them a little little bit better this is Henderson High School’s cheer team and then the blue machine Marching Band Here We Go MJ R auxiliary o who’s got a keyboard on Wheels here a that’s what I’m talking
About he’s got it made that’s how you do a parade when you’re in the marching Dan and they are directed by Tyler Logan and if I’m not mistaken uh some more Troy GR that are help assisting with the band absolutely yes we all know Troy University the
Great Band program they have uh in the johnm lawn School of Music and they have developed many band directors as you said throughout this area yes and you know they might be an unofficial member here of this parade but rolling up in the end that is Cinderella there is our
Is our final par we’re going to wrap it up it has been fun here today A great parade uh we’re excited for this afternoon the game against Arkansas state starts at 3:00 yes thank you so much for joining us from all of us here at Troy University and Trojan Vision happy homecoming happy
Homecoming okay but thank you for saving me every time
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