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unusual facts about Homecoming



145 Adeona

Peters named it after Adeona, the Roman goddess of homecoming, because he had recently returned from a journey across the world to observe the transit of Venus.

2006 California Golden Bears football team

Cal played the next Saturday, October 7, for California's Homecoming weekend, against the undefeated #11 (in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll) Oregon Ducks, a team that was 4–0, and 1–0 in Pac-10 play.

2008 Stanford Cardinal football team

With ten seconds left in this UCLA's homecoming game and the Bruins behind by four points, Bruin quarterback Kevin Craft passed to freshman Cory Harkey for a 7-yard touchdown to win the game, 23-20, over the Stanford Cardinal in the northeast corner of the Rose Bowl Saturday afternoon.

2011 FIU Panthers football team

The iconic Miami Tower in Downtown Miami was lit in blue and gold throughout the week of September 26, 2011 to October 1, 2011 in honor of FIU's homecoming.

Additionally, the Goodyear Blimp made its first appearance at FIU Stadium, flying over the stadium throughout the Duke homecoming game.

Allegany High School

In 2007, NFL Films came to Cumberland and filmed the entire week of Homecoming as well as the game itself.

Anye Elite

At sixteen, and in high school, he became Mainland High School’s first openly gay homecoming king and around the same time began working with regional community improvement campaigns.

Ballston Spa High School

The first two, Homecoming and Fire and Ice (held homecoming weekend and mid-February, respectively), are sponsored by the Congress of Student Legislators, while the Senior Prom is put on in mid-late may, typically at SPAC's Hall of Springs.

Bo Molenda

In 1975, 13 living members of the 1925 Michigan team, including Molenda, Benny Friedman, and Bennie Oosterbaan returned to Ann Arbor and were introduced to the homecoming crowd of 93,000 fans.

Bobby Kimball

On May 16, 2010, at the LMHOF Louisiana Music Homecoming in Erwinville, LA, Bobby Kimball was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

Cheryl Byron

Byron played one of the lead roles in the PBS film Homecoming, became a published poet in an anthology of poetry, Woman Rise, and is featured on an album of dub poetry, Womantalk, on Heartbeat Records.

Come, Tell Me How You Live

Supportive of the work was Stephen Glanville (who had previously assisted with the play Akhnaton and pushed Christie into writing Death Comes as the End), Edmund Cork and Max himself to who it was given as a homecoming present.

Ding Dong Daddy

He first appears in the episode "Homecoming, Part 2" as part of the assembled villains gathered by the Brotherhood of Evil to fight the Titans.

Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey

The film shows the band during the Revelation Tour in the United States, and Pineda's homecoming in Manila, Philippines where they performed in front of 25,000 people.

Dublin City Ramblers

In 1988 and 1990, The Dublin City Ramblers released both the Irish Football team's "European Championships (1988)" and World Cup (1990)" sporting anthem "We are the boys in Green". Patsy sang on both versions and lyrics did change between the Germany 88 campaign and Italia 90 campaign. Patsy, Sean, Phil & Kevin also played at The Irish football team's homecoming party in July 1990. Manager Jack Charlton said "These guys (DCRs) are the real champions.

Elizabeth Gregg Patterson

In 1942, Patterson became a Fellow, at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Middlebury College, and later, her short story, "Homecoming", was awarded third prize in the 1951 O. Henry Award for short fiction.

Franklin Road Academy

The two teams compete in a year long competition with events ranging from Basketball and Powderpuff Football to Lip-Sync and Homecoming skits.

Fryburg, Ohio

Fryburg is well known for its annual Homecoming Festival, held the Sunday before Labor Day at St. John's Roman Catholic Church.

General Fiasco

They played at T in the Park, Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds festivals, the Pinkpop and London Calling, and also supported Snow Patrol on their Homecoming Ward Park date on 5 June 2010.

George Younce

His television appearances include the "Rex Humbard Hour", the "Gospel Singing Jubilee", the “Bill Gaither Homecoming Hour”, NBC’s Today Show, The Nashville Network, “Prime Time Country”, and “The Statler Brothers Show”.

Herky the Hawk

Herky is also involved in occasional gimmicks, such as the Alumni Herky with a white beard who appears alongside the normal Herky at the annual homecoming game, and in 2010, a special Captain America-themed Herky was introduced during Iowa's football game with Michigan State.

Homecoming '63

"Homecoming '63" is a song written by Dean Dillon and Royce Porter, and recorded by American country music artist Keith Whitley.

Homecoming Scotland 2009

In October 2008, it was announced that the Scottish Cup would be re-branded as The Homecoming Scottish Cup for the 2008/09 competition.

Josephine Koo

She had a bright start to her film career, starring in Yim Ho's Hong Kong New Wave classic Homecoming (1984).

Kandace Krueger

During her homecoming in Texas, she was given the key to the city of Austin, presented to the Senate, and met with governor Rick Perry.

Kimberlee Peterson

She starred in her first major lead, at the age of 15, in her first film Homecoming opposite Anne Bancroft.

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

One day soon after Andy's homecoming, his mother Emily observes him looking at store window displays of wedding rings and baby clothing, and suspects that her son must be in love.

Night Ark

Homecoming was also the theme for the successful satirical Israeli television series 'Hahamishia Hakamerit' ("The Chamber Quintet").

Nilo Alcala

He won Best Movie Theme Song and was also nominated for Best Film Score at the 34th Metro Manila Film Festival for his music in the movie "Homecoming" by renowned Filipino director Gil Portes.

Oklahoma State University homecoming

Every year, thousands of OSU alumni and fans return to Stillwater, taking part in what supporters claim as the biggest and best homecoming celebration in the country.

Praha, Texas

This spectacular Gothic structure was completed in 1892 and is the center of the annual Feast of the Assumption homecoming festival, which has been celebrated in Praha each August 15 since 1855.

Roy Henry Vickers

And in 1993 artist's proofs of his print The Homecoming were the Province's gift to Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin.

Sail the Wildest Stretch

On 15 May 2010, "Sail the Wildest Stretch" was used as the credit song to the special Australian program featured on Channel 9 titled Homecoming, of Jessica Watson's successful attempt at becoming the youngest person to sail around the world.

Screaming Banshee Aircrew

Particularly notable events during this year included an opening performance at Leeds Metropolitan University with Chris Reed Unit (ex-Red Lorry Yellow Lorry), Salvation, James Ray and the newly reunited The March Violets in their homecoming show.

Seventeen Against the Dealer

Dicey is the eldest of the four Tillerman children, whose journey to Crisfield, Maryland and subsequent life there with their grandmother, Abigal Tillerman, or Gram as the children call her, is described in the preceding novels Homecoming, Dicey's Song, and Sons from Afar.

Skye Camanachd

Their exploits were recorded for posterity by the BBC program "Home", directed by Douglas Mackinnon, which filmed behind the scenes on the day as well as the triumphant homecoming to Portree where they were met by a crowd of 5000 people, almost half the island's population.

Sons from Afar

Sons From Afar (1987) is the sixth book in Cynthia Voigt's Tillerman Cycle, the series of novels dealing with Dicey Tillerman's family which also includes Homecoming, Dicey's Song (winner of the 1983 Newbery Medal), The Runner, A Solitary Blue, Come A Stranger, and Seventeen Against the Dealer.

South Callaway High School

The Student Council arranges homecoming and courtwarming activities, blood drives, spirit weeks, and other activities for the school.

Southside Johnny

Also in 1979, Southside Johnny and Asbury Jukes performed a homecoming concert in Asbury Park which was the subject of a documentary film directed and produced by Neal Marshad called Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes at the Asbury Park Convention Center.

The Gabbards

The Gabbards host a three-day Christian Music event, the Gabbard Homecoming, at the Griffin Center Amphitheater in Falmouth, Kentucky each August.

Tommy Eggleston

This was a sort of homecoming for the Eggleston as his wife Frances was from Rathmines.

Tori Carrington

More Than Words: Volume 3 (2003) (with Karen Harper, Catherine Mann, Kasey Michaels and Susan Wiggs) (Homecoming Season / Find the Way / Here Comes the Heroes / Touched by Love / Stitch in Time)

Two Hats

At a CIA debrief, Brody reports that he was taken to see Abu Nazir (Navid Negahban), who is now in the U.S. He goes on to state that Nazir made a veiled threat to Brody's family, and that Nazir is planning an attack on a homecoming event hosted by Vice President Walden (Jamey Sheridan) where 300 special ops soldiers are to be reunited with their families.

Wally Bullington

While coaching at ACU, Bullington coached Ove Johansson who kicked a world-record 69 yard field goal on October 16, 1976 at the homecoming game against East Texas State (now Texas A&M-Commerce).

Why's Everybody Always Pickin' on Me?

There are many tongue-in-cheek references to sex and drug use over the course of the video (they attend Wannagett High School, the homecoming queen is named Ivana Getchuharde, and the school's team is the Wannagett Beavers).

William G. Moore Jr.

C-130 Herculess under his command were the first aircraft into Hanoi to prepare for returning prisoners of war, and he commanded the homecoming operation at Clark Air Base under the direction of the commander in chief, Pacific Command.

Words on the Floor

He also played various gigs in Scotland including a sell out show at Glasgow ABC as well as Homecoming at the SECC.


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