{"id":17607,"date":"2023-10-18T17:57:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T22:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/?p=17607"},"modified":"2023-10-18T18:05:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T23:05:09","slug":"homecoming-2023-a-dance-into-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/homecoming-2023-a-dance-into-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming 2023: A Dance into the Past"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by Priscilla Doran, Staff Writer, and Rob Speed, Head of Satire<\/p>\n

Photos by Priscilla Doran and Rob Speed<\/p>\n

DAYTON, TN – The sun sets over Bryan\u2019s campus, casting the Triangle and tables scattered over it golden. Red and white balloons sit in folding chairs filled with water. In the cloudy weather, students file towards the library for Homecoming dinner, followed by dancing and a live orchestra in the cafeteria. For some, it will be their last Homecoming weekend. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Ryan Beaty, a senior, is one of them. \u201cThe other times I\u2019ve been to homecoming, I\u2019ve probably got more out of it, because this time I\u2019m here alone,\u201d said Beaty. Elena Sanders, Beaty\u2019s girlfriend, had to volunteer at a different event scheduled on the same day, but his favorite homecoming was two years ago, in 2021. \u201cThat\u2019s the night we started dating,\u201d he said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tim Baldi, a Bryan graduate, shared stories of Bryan\u2019s past Homecomings: \u201cAs a student, I didn\u2019t care too much about Homecoming\u2026there were a lot more Spirit Week activities.\u201d However, he\u2019s seen Bryan change a lot over the years, and his favorite addition is the swing dancing, which Bryan prohibited when he was a student. \u201cI enjoy seeing my old classmates,\u201d Baldi said. \u201cBut then I see so many current students and I want to introduce so many people to so many different people\u2026Like, you two would have been friends a decade ago.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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Jacob Caplinger, a recent Bryan graduate and employee, said he was most looking forward to watching the events unfold from an event services perspective. \u201cI never went to super big events like this as a student,\u201d Caplinger said. As for what made this year different, he said that getting moved to the cafeteria due to weather  was unfortunate. <\/span><\/p>\n

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At 7:40, swing music began. Jazz classics from Frank Sinatra, like \u201cFly Me to the Moon,\u201d came from gold and silver instruments, and people danced on the cafeteria floor. Latin music drew the most dancers, and one pair, Daniel and Katie Koehn, were especially impressive. Senior Josh Cresswell was asked to sing \u201cL-O-V-E,\u201d to an exuberant crowd. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Rob Speed is a junior communications major and the head of satire at The Triangle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Priscilla Doran is an English and Mathematics major, interested in linguistics, pure math, and cultural literature. In her free time, she likes creative photography, writing, and running. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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