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This free community event will include a pep rally, introduction of 2014 Homecoming Court and live music by the band Stormy. Other events scheduled throughout the week include three home volleyball matches, a late-night breakfast and dance, a flag football tournament, a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the annual pirogue race \u2014 a Nicholls tradition \u2014 and a style show.<\/p>\n<p>A favorite past Homecoming weekend tradition will also be revived. Nicholls will host a bonfire featuring music by Mark Dufrene at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 on the campus recreation fields. Prior to the bonfire, the Student Programming Association will host the Alive at Five concert and featuring performances by Kaelan Levy, Mia Borders and Snapper and the Fishsticks starting at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>On Halloween night, Nicholls has organized a Trunk-or-Treat event beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the student union parking lot, followed by a haunted house in Ellender Hall at 7 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>All events lead up to the annual Homecoming football game, slated for 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at John L. Guidry Stadium, where the Colonels will take on the Incarnate Word Cardinals. Tailgating \u2014 featuring food, a kids zone and Cajun music by Soul Creole \u2014 will begin at 3 p.m. in the north end zone of Guidry Stadium. <\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the week will be the George Bell and Friends Homecoming Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2 in the Mary M. Danos Theater. Tickets can be purchased for $25 by calling 985-448-4134.<\/p>\n<p>For a full list of events of Nicholls Homecoming events and a look at this year\u2019s Homecoming Court, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/homecoming\">www.nicholls.edu\/homecoming<\/a>. All Homecoming events are open to the public and free, unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIBODAUX \u2014 Students, alumni, fans and community members are invited to celebrate new and old traditions during Nicholls State University\u2019s Homecoming Week Sunday, Oct. 26 through Sunday, Nov. 2. The festivities will begin with a Homecoming Kick-Off Barbecue at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26 in the Bollinger Memorial Student Union\u2019s Cotillion Ballroom. 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