Coming from a high school in Texas I thought I knew homecoming, but what happens at Mizzou is nothing like I expected.
When I headed over to Greektown Friday night to see the house decs, I was officially blown away. Here’s a recap:
The first duo I came across was Alpha Phi and Delta Tau Delta and their jungle experience that to me resembled the children’s show “Go Diego Go!”, with the skit including interaction with children in the crowd.
Next, I saw Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Chi wow the crowd with a rock star battle between Truman the Tiger and the Florida Gator to become the drummer of KISS. It’s hard to tell what the Gator got booed for more during his band tryout: his unimpressive dance skills or the fact that he chose to play a Nickelback song.
Zeta Tau Alpha and Phi Gamma Delta saved the day with an impressive comic strip stage setup, in which Truman was a superhero and battled the Gator to rescue Coach Gary Pinkel. The handwriting and glitter skills alone on the comic strip really showcased how hard Greek students work on this event.
Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Alpha Kappa Lambda took on the theme of engineering. Their set up was insane with a replica blueprint of Jesse Hall and a cannon that moved and gave off a hint of smoke.
Chi Omega and Farmhouse did a great job with their firehouse routine and pomping parts of their set up. I almost didn’t realize some of it was paper and not paint.
Delta Gamma and Pi Kappa Alpha gave the crowd an out-of-this-world show involving Truman as an astronaut. The setup featured a backdrop of twinkling lights that resembled a star-filled sky.
Phi Mu and Lambda Chi Alpha went 007 for this year’s theme, staging Truman as a secret agent who battled the evil Gator in his lair to protect Mizzou’s secret files.
Sigma Kappa, one of the two houses to go stag for homecoming, did a really good job despite being on their own. The dec and the show itself were sky high, with Truman as a pilot.
Theta Chi and Kappa Kappa Gamma had QB Drew Lock and Truman pose as safari hunters in order to save the football for the Homecoming game.
Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Alpha Gamma Rho took us back in time to the land of the dinosaurs while also taking donations for a child battling cancer.
Tri Delta, Delta Upsilon and Kappa Sigma had a SportsCenter set with an interactive ESPN replica van that you could go inside and sign to leave your mark on the Mizzou house dec tradition.
Kappa Delta, the second house that went solo during homecoming events, roped the crowd and I in with their western theme and the piano duel of a lifetime.
Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Chi and Tau Kappa Epsilon took us fishing as we attempted to outsmart the Gator once and for all.
Tri Sigma, Beta Upsilon Chi and Beta Sigma Psi went mad with science as they went up against the evil Gator scientist to retrieve their formula book back.