Homecoming Texas-Style

Okay, here you go...some pictures of how Texas does Homecoming. I got the pleasure of getting to witness some of the crazy traditions at Coppell High this weekend, and I wanted to share them with you. I went to both the pep rally and the football game on Friday and saw it all! From Coppell's amazing marching band, to their drill team called the Lariettes, to their varsity football team, it was a truly entertaining day. But, what added to the normal football experience, was the fact that it was homecoming, so everyone was all dressed up in their overalls and mums, they announced the homecoming court (two of our girls were princesses), and they took a sledge hammer to an old mini van to show the opposing team who's boss. Can I just tell you that Coppell's mascot is the cowboys and the team they played, Lewisville's, mascot is the farmers...I know I'm in Texas! I'll share a few of these traditions with you: First the mum...crazy! You see Kaley, one of our Juniors wearing her red and black mum. All underclassmen wear red and black, only the seniors have silver and white. Mums are made for the girls by the guys who ask them to the dance (or by the guy's moms). They are crazy huge and take up most of their bodies. They wear them around all day and are personalized for each girl. The average cost of a mum can be around a few hundred dollars! Then there are the senior overalls...something Coppell does to show spirit. The girls dress up overalls with pictures, sayings, symbols, fabric, letters, you name it! They wear them on game days to show everyone they are seniors. Here you have some of our seniors in all their mum and overall glory...the three in the middle are Kristen, Andrea and Kenda and the one on the right is Shannon. They are all amazing girls that are stuent leaders on our Campus Team and it's been a blast getting to know them. Then you have some of the girls that are in my small group, here on the left. That's me, Caroline, Kelly and Moe. Good stuff...this was taken at the pep assembly on Friday morning, but they also came to the game with me that night.





These last pictures are ones I took last weekend at my first game. It was away at Grapevine and Coppell won 56-0. Last night's homecoming game was another victory...I think the final score was something like 47-14 against Lewisville (we left early because it was pretty much a blow-out). As you can see, Texans do football a little different than Alaska. It's been fun experiencing all of this with my students.