It’s Time for an Old-Fashioned Huntington Homecoming
A week filled with electricity will culminate this Friday and Saturday as Huntington High School celebrates its annual Homecoming festivities. The activities will include the traditional Friday night float building, Saturday morning parade, afternoon football game and evening student dance.
Alumni stretching back decades are expected to join the action as they renew friendships and return to their alma mater. Interest is at a fever pitch as graduates and current students put their weekend plans in motion. Homecoming never fails to elicit enthusiasm from the whole community.
The parade will kickoff Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. and proceed through the heart of Huntington Village, down New York Avenue to the Big H Shopping Center and up Holdsworth Drive to the high school. It will include four class floats, the Blue Devil marching band, cheerleaders, cars carrying members of the Royal Court, trucks ferrying fall sports teams and hundreds of students, parents and family members. The colorful and creative class floats will be on display in front of the high school following the parade.
The afternoon varsity football game pits the Blue Devils against crosstown rival Harborfields. Halftime activities will include the crowning of the Homecoming king and queen, performances by the Blue Devil marching band and the Highsteppers, the school’s competitive dance team, and an announcement of the winning class float entry.
Reconstruction of Blue Devil Stadium forced last year’s Homecoming to be moved to Cold Spring Harbor High School. But, this year, events are back on Huntington’s home turf. No tickets are required for the football game and admission is free. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m.
A Friday afternoon pep rally at the school is planned. Students also will be busy Friday night, putting the finishing touches on their class floats until midnight. Following their practice, varsity and JV football players are expected to attend a traditional team dinner organized by parents in the school cafeteria.
As many as 500 students will be at the Homecoming dance Saturday night in the Huntington High School gym, whooping it up from 8 p.m. until midnight. If tradition holds, alumni will gather at restaurants and pubs throughout the village for individual and group reunions and get-togethers, catching up on personal news and relieving the high school years.
Last year’s festivities drew a crowd estimated at more than 2,000, which saw seniors Brad Moore and Katy Nastro crowned Homecoming king and queen. If there is good weather, a similar throng is expected to at Huntington High School.
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