UCA Homecoming 2011 is just around the corner! This is the 100-year anniversary of the UCA Alumni Association so we are pulling out all of the stops. Get out your favorite party or cocktail attire and Bear gear for a weekend of wining, dining. dancing and fun!
UCA Alumni Association “Ultimate Dinner Show and Dance”
Centennial Center at Centennial Valley Country Club
Friday, October 28, 2011
The evening will begin at 6:30 pm with a “Wine Your Way Through the Years” wine and cheese tasting, followed by an amazing feast of time-honored dining favorites! Visit the Frank Brannan Lemonade Stand – with the original lemonade served by Bobby Brannan and move on to Stoby’s Cheese Dip Corner. Experience one of Conway’s newest dining features – the Green Cart Deli with gourmet Hot Dogs, it’s not just any ol’ hotdog! A sumptuous buffet by Centennial Center of pork loin sliders, crab cakes, and much, much more! Top your meal off with a visit to the “Class of 61′” Cupcake Bar – with a buffet of delicious cupcakes.
But the evening’s not over…the house lights will dim for the staged production of the “Ultimate Oldies Show” with your musical favorites, “Branson Style”! Once the show comes to an end, the music will continue for dancing into the night. Tickets: $30 per person
Half-Century Club Induction & Lunch
McCastlain Hall (The Commons)
Saturday, October 29, 2011
This special event will honor and recognize the class of 1961 with the presentation of the Half-Century Club bronze medallion! Enjoy a performance of music from past years at ASTC as you enjoy a luscious autumn lunch – featuring “The Homecoming Harvest Table”. You will feast on a buffet of fall harvest salads, hot vegetables such as sweet potatoes and cinnamon apples, a cornucopia of bread choices and finish off the lunch with “A Tribute To The Pumpkin” with pumpkin bread pudding and nut caramel sauce from the “Pumpkin Buffet”. The music and food begin at 11:15 am followed by the induction ceremony. Tickets: $25 per person
Alumni & Friends Tailgate Party
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Join the UCA Alumni Association for its traditional tailgate party at 2 pm under the Crafton Alumni Pavilion on the UCA campus! Fried fish with all the trimmings will be provided by a favorite Conway eating establishment, The Fish House, and served by UCA alumni volunteers. If you don’t wear the appropriate UCA Bear spirit attire…no problem…we’ll have UCA spirit stickers and buttons to “purple you up”! Tickets: $5 for UCAAA members/$10 for UCAAA non-members
Young Alumni “Bear Bash”
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Go out with a Bash! at the Young Alumni Chapter Bear Bash immediately following the UCA Bears vs Southeastern Louisiana football game. Enjoy live music and no admission fee at the Centennial Valley Country Club 19th Hole.
For a complete list of Homecoming activities or to make your reservations for these and other events, visit www.uca.edu/alumni/homecoming or phone (501)852-2955.