Schools and businesses will ӰרPaint the Town RedӰר for the colorful Homecoming contest to determine the best displays of RaginӰר Cajun spirit and pride.
Red and white decorations will be splashed across campuses and storefronts, and inside offices and school buildings, during the Paint the Town Red contest.
A team of local celebrity judges will visit schools and businesses that have entered the competition, searching for the best displays of RaginӰר CajunӰר spirit and pride.
Judges also will seek out the best, most creative ways students, teachers, employees and bosses celebrate the ӰרHomecoming 2014Ӱר theme. That includes wearing red clothing and costumes and performing skits.
This yearӰרs theme is ӰרRaginӰר Cajuns Ever After,Ӱר which refers to the ӰרӰרs recent athletics success.
The RaginӰר Cajuns won their third consecutive R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the menӰרs basketball team earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament and the menӰרs tennis team won the Sun Belt Conference Championship. The RaginӰר Cajuns softball team made the schoolӰרs sixth appearance at the WomenӰרs College World Series in May, the same month the baseball team was named the nationӰרs unanimous No. 1 team. CBS.com ranked UL Lafayette 34th in its Best in College Sports ranking in July.
The Paint the Town Red contest will be judged on two days. Businesses will be visited from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Schools will be visited from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30.
Amanda Gary, event chair for the schools portion of the Paint the Town Red contest, said judges will determine the best decorations and displays of RaginӰר Cajun spirit in categories such as best decorations, and most spirited.
ӰרSome schools only decorate, while others perform skits or sing the Ӱר fight song and the students sing and clap. ItӰרs really fun to see,Ӱר Gary said.
Monique Villien, event chair for the business portion of the Paint the Town Red contest, said large and small businesses will compete against each other for best interior decorations and best exterior decorations. Skits, however, will be judged in two divisions. They are: large businesses of 40 or more employees and smaller businesses of less than 40 employees.
Plaques will be awarded for first, second and third place in each category.
Judges for Paint the Town Red are: Brett Baer, former placekicker for the RaginӰר Cajuns; Robert Harris, King Rob Productions; Ken Judice, BancorpSouth; Kip Judice, Lafayette Parish SheriffӰרs Office; Bruce Mikells, 97.3 The Dawg; Hans Nelson, BIG 102.1; Jenn Nelson, BIG 102.1; Gail Savoie, UL Lafayette; Kassie Stoute, Sodexo; and Tracy Wirtz, KATC TV3.
For more information, visit louisianaalumni.org/hcevents