By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
Homecoming festivities, with a theme of “Mardi Gras,” will get underway on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Geneseo High School. The Float-Faceoff float-building will take place from 4 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Richmond Hill.
“Mardi Gras” is the theme of the Geneseo High School Homecoming Week, to be held Tuesday, Sept. 8, through Saturday, Sept. 12. Candidates for homecoming king and queen are seniors, in front, from left: Jordyn Miller, McKenna Johnson, Maddison Rakestraw, Alex Bagby, Evelyn Dahl, Megan Hursman, Kendyl Wassenhove, Viola Pettit, Rebekah Zimmerman and Taylor Boone. In back, from left: Jayden Wexell, Gavin Hintgen, Jaxson Ernst, Colten Mooney, Ethan Brown, Jack Mickley, Alejandro Aleman, Erik Bjorkman, Connor Runty, and Keaton Ariano.
The homecoming court will be announced at a pep rally at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, at Bob Reade Football Field, and will include a king and queen, duke and duchess and lord and lady from the senior class, and two attendants from each of the freshman, sophomore and junior classes.
The coronation of the homecoming court will take place at the homecoming dance on Saturday, Sept. 12, in the school gym.
Events planned by the GHS Student Council include Spirit Week Dress Days, Sept. 8-through Friday, Sept. 11; Float Face-Off at Richmond Hill from 4 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, and the Pep Rally on Thursday, Sept. 10.
The homecoming parade will be at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11, starting at Geneseo City Park and traveling north through downtown on State Street and to the high school. The varsity football game (Geneseo vs. Moline) will be at 7 p.m. after the frosh-soph game at 5 p.m.
SPIRIT WEEK DRESS DAYS – SEPT. 7-11.
-Monday - Sept. 7 – No School- Labor Day
-Tuesday -Sept. 8 – Jersey Day
-Wednesday -Sept. 9 – Country vs. Country Club Day
-Thursday - Sept. 10 – Generations Day:
Seniors dress as Senior Citizens
Juniors dress as Middle School students
Sophomores dress as Toddlers
Freshmen dress as Babies
-Friday - Sept. 11 – Spirit Day - Green/White, Team - Club Day
