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Volume 8, Issue 44 - Feature #2198

2006 - NWOSU's Homecoming

I can't imagine what it must have been like before - I came to Northwestern in 1992 and have only missed one homecoming since - and I always thought the parade and activities on the square were incredible! I guess I just don't know any better. :)

Regina - 2012-06-15 08:14:08

Joe, I know that your dad would be sad to see how the homecoming has dwindled. We do need another brooks bicknell and his team to make homecoming spectacular again!

Linda McGill Wagner - 2012-06-15 00:49:53

It is because you are sorry to say it that you don't have another Brooks Bicknell and his team. I have too much memorabilia, tons of pictures, posters, etc. from Homecoming and remember all too well the impact it had on our family - and the petty jealousy it seemed to create at the college. My father would have been really sad to see what has become of his efforts.

Joe BIcknell - 2012-06-14 23:24:33

IF anyone out there has any old Northwestern State College Homecoming & Big Show photos to share here with us aging NW Oklahomans and NW Okies... Please send us a copy and a little bio of the photo.<br><br> IF you have a website of your own with the photos, send us a LINK! Thanks for sharing your memories!

NW Okie - 2006-11-05 19:49:19

Thanks Linda for bringing back some great memories of the big shows. I remember as a kid, I could sneak down to the stage and sit on the steps leading up to the stage.

CB - 2006-11-05 11:26:09

I remember those NWOSU Homecoming Big Shows well, and I too, miss the big parades. I was quite disappointed in Yukon's Czech Festival Parade this year and even left early. Didn't make it to Alva for NWOSU's Homecoming yesterday, but SWOSU's Homecoming Parade was very nice...lots of bands and lots of floats. Your comments about Brooks Bicknell and his Big Show prompted me to retrieve an autographed picture from a bookshelf...NWOSU Homecoming 1963...Roy Clark, Mel Torme, Brooks Bicknell, and Tony Paxton (not 100% sure on that last name). Mel Torme even added a side note, "Good food too!" You can view this NWOSU Pic at http://www.scottdowns.net/nwosu1963.jpg

Scott Downs - 2006-11-05 07:04:28

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