Homecoming
weekend was just a week ago from today and this was probably my favorite one of
the 4 I've been here for. Being a senior probably made me enjoy it more for sure but
there were a bunch of reasons why it was more incredible this year than other
years too!
I think I
mentioned in my last post that I had gotten nominated to be on the Homecoming
Court for this year so that added a lot to my enjoyment of the week.
On Friday
last week, we had the 2013 Homecoming Variety Show and Coronation where they honor those on the
court and then reveal the winner out of the seniors who win "king"
and "queen." My parents came to the show to see me and took some
pictures. (The spotlights were so insanely bright it was really hard to see!)
Me and my
walking partner and fellow senior, Hayley, as we were being introduced.
The whole
court! Freshman prince/princess, sophomore, junior, and then the 3 senior nominees.
Then we
got to ride on the rotating stage as it turned around and the variety show
started. (by the way, being on the rotating stage was one of our favorite parts
of being on the court. A lot of people have that on their Loma bucket list and
we got to do it!) It’s so cool that there have been so many talented people to
come through Point Loma. From guitarists, to singers, and overall great people,
Point Loma has exported a lot of talent!
So anyway,
after the variety show, the court got to ride the stage around one more time!
We danced as it spun and that was a blast. So then they introduced the 2012 (last
year’s) Homecoming King and Queen because they were going to crown the 2013
(this year’s) King and Queen after the results were revealed. But before the
results could be revealed, they got the 1983 (30 year’s ago!) Homecoming King
and Queen to bring out the envelope!
They announced
the king first.
“Your 2013
Homecoming King is… Orin Mozon!” (that’s me just in case you didn’t know who
was writing this).
How exciting! It was a pretty surreal experience to win
something like this for me. I was nominated to be on the court the last couple
years but never made it past the questionnaire part. And then, my senior year,
they let me in and I won! I was pretty excited!
And then
the moment everyone was really waiting for, the Homecoming Queen! And it just
so happened to be my walking partner, Hayley! I was super stoked about that
too!
After last
year’s royalty crowned us, they played that one song that goes “Celebrate good
times come on doo doo doo do do do do doo.” We had rehearsed walking out
formally, but when that song came on, Hayley and I decided to dance our way out
so that was exciting too.
This was definitely an experience I’ll always remember.
Then to top it off, the next day, both PLNU men's and women's basketball won the homecoming game. The men's game went into overtime and I think it was the loudest game I've ever heard in the gym. The students here rock.
Man, I
love my school. I'm so blessed to be here.
That is
all.
