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- J.D. Clement Early College shows school spirit and class as the school’s royal court participates in the parade. Here we have Miss Sophomore Kaitlyn Stephens, Miss Freshman Kiara Jones-Rice, and Mr. Freshman Oscar Hernandez.
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- As the parade continued down Fayetteville the crowd grew and grew leaving a lengthy line of people down the road.
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- Southern Durham High comes in with a bang as the dance girls hit the crowd with a hot new dance routine
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- Having to arrive at W.G. Pearson Elementary at 6:00 a.m. just to prepare for a parade that does not start until 9:30 a.m. seemed to be a bit much but it was worth it.
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- Hillside High brings out their very talented band on this rainy morning to show spirit during NC Central’s homecoming parade.
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- Various departments of NC Central participate in the parade including the James E. Shepard Memorial Library Staff.
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- Many participants of the parade began to get very excited as we departed including Mount Zion Christian Academy as they held their school banner high and proud.
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- Shepard IB Middle showed school spirit at NC Central’s homecoming parade with their young but highly talented cheerleaders hyping up the crowd.
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- Southern Durham High band hyped the crowd with no problem as base drummers showed their hot dance moves off to the crowd. I had to crawl under people just to snap this photo.
Homecoming is an event anticipated by many.
People always talk about N.C. A & T’s and N.C. State’s Homecomings and many more in the area.
But each year no homecoming can compare to N.C. Central University’s.
On Saturday, October 19, N.C. Central kicked of their homecoming weekend with a BANG!
Although it was a rainy Saturday morning, participants showed up at W.G. Pearson Elementary as early as 6:00 a.m. preparing their floats to show off in the parade.
The parade’s participants consisted of the NCCU Marching Sound Machine Band, NCCU’s Dance Girls, Hillside High, Southern High, JD Clement Early College High School’s royal court, the NCCU James E. Shepard Library staff and many more.
With the parade starting at 9:00 a.m., participants wooed the crowd with hot dance routines, selections from various bands, nice looking floats and simply just their appearances.
The crowds stretched from Fayetteville Elementary School to the Farrison-Newton Communications building at the corner of Fayetteville and Dupree Streets.
And as the parade came to an end, the crowd headed to the football field anxiously awaiting the kick-off of N.C. Central’s homecoming football game against Morgan State University.
No matter the outcome of the game, it was still a good day to be in Durham.