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A General Outline of Weekend Festivities
There are many festivities for students and fans to
The weekend begins very early in South Bend when there is a home football game. Whether it's the Dillon Pep Rally on a Thursday, the Alumni Quad Dance, or the Friday evening Joyce Center Pep Rally, there are plenty of opportunities for fans to get an early start to an Irish weekend. Here is a breakdown of some of the activities that both the student body and outside fans can attend!
A 2008 pep rally in which you can see the color-division of the dorms. ( Per flickr.com)
Complete schedule of Friday and Saturday activities
6:30- Pep Rally in either the Joyce Center, Stadium, Irish Green, or Stepan Center
Midnight- Drummer's Circle in front of the Main Building (Golden Dome). Here, the drummer's play the songs they play during the game for the students to practice their chants.
2-3 hours prior to kickoff- The team walks from the Basilica to the Stadium. A tunnel is formed for the players to walk through.
90 minutes prior to kickoff- Band Performance on steps of Architecture building.
Hour prior to kickoff- Band Marches into stadium. Fans create tunnel from Bond Hall to the Stadium.
6:30- Pep Rally in either the Joyce Center, Stadium, Irish Green, or Stepan Center
Midnight- Drummer's Circle in front of the Main Building (Golden Dome). Here, the drummer's play the songs they play during the game for the students to practice their chants.
2-3 hours prior to kickoff- The team walks from the Basilica to the Stadium. A tunnel is formed for the players to walk through.
90 minutes prior to kickoff- Band Performance on steps of Architecture building.
Hour prior to kickoff- Band Marches into stadium. Fans create tunnel from Bond Hall to the Stadium.
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Regis Philbin is shown here speaking at a pep rally in 2007. Many celebrities, include NFL players, former coaches, and tv stars have come to speak at the pep rallies held on Friday evening in order to incite the student body.
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This is a picture of the pep rally before the Penn State game in 2006. The Irish were ranked number 2 in the nation heading into the season and demand for admission to the pep rally was so great that it was forced to be moved from the Joyce Center to the Stadium. Tickets were supposedly sold for as much as 2,000 dollars the next day.
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Brady Quinn is seen here on the players walk from the Basilica to the Stadium on Saturday morning or early Saturday afternoon
