By Brandon,

All of my life I thought homecoming was only great for high school kids. Wrong! I am more excited for this year’s homecoming than any I have previously been a part of.

It makes me think back to my freshman year in high school. Ahhh, what a time. My first homecoming, I couldn’t tell you anything I was more preoccupied with. I asked a girl to go with me for the first time (and to be fair, I must inform you I made a wise choice; the girl I asked is currently my girlfriend now, four years later!), I got dressed up for the first (real) time, and I danced the night away. It was finally my turn.

Fast forward four years.

Well now it’s my turn to be the returning alumni, my first real “homecoming” back at Cocalico. It’ll be my first time not being concerned with the dance the next night. It’ll be my first time seeing old teachers from high school again. But most importantly, it will be my first time seeing my best friends since August.

The reunion is going to be glorious. We have plans for Saturday night to head to Philadelphia to check things out and see what’s going on at the historic Eastern State Penitentiary, which now features the “Terror Behind the Walls” haunted house. Then, of course, we’ll end up sleeping over at Ty’s. I don’t think anyone really knows what is going to happen; we just know it’s going to be fun.

So I wish good luck to all the homecoming court, go Cocalico, and long live the homecoming tradition… at least for this year.