This year represents the 150th anniversary of the University’s founding, and the weekend is packed with events to celebrate the occasion.
Family Weekend begins tonight, along with an array of Homecoming events.
The Bayou Blackout Step Show begins at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Theater.
The University will host LSU Day on Saturday. As part of the University’s sesquicentennial anniversary, students, alumni, faculty, staff and visitors are invited to come together to experience the University and all its benefits, according to the event’s website.
The annual Homecoming parade will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m.
LSU will take on Louisiana-Monroe at 6 p.m. for the Homecoming football game.
The week kicked off with the annual weeklong CANapalooza event. This year, coordinators created a large replica of Tiger Stadium consisting of 21,000 cans. Last year, CANapalooza gathered fewer than 10,000 cans.
The Parade Ground was filled Tuesday with more than 2,000 students beating trashcans filled with paint to the sound of hip-hop and techno music for the second annual Splatterbeat event.
LSU’s Best Dance Crew was held Wednesday, drawing a large, boisterous crowd of an estimated 600 students, according to Amelia Burns, chair for the LSU Student Homecoming Committee. This year’s dance showdown led seven crews to the competition, and Legacy Dancers prevailed with the title.
And on Thursday, the Parade Ground was filled with students for a pep rally hosted by Billy Cannon, former LSU running back and 1959 Heisman Trophy winner. Members of the Tiger Band, Golden Girls, Tiger Girls and LSU Cheerleaders performed.
This year’s Homecoming Court will be presented with gifts from Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry, which is an official sponsor of Homecoming 2010.
Lee Michaels has also donated the new Homecoming crown and scepter for this year’s king and queen. These new additions will replace the old crown and scepter that were created in the 1980s.
 
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