FARMINGTON HOMECOMING PARADE / CORONATION / BONFIRE

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Farmington Police led the way! School Relations Officer Steve Kuyper is behind the wheel!

The Color Guard provided a strong start for the 35 unit parade!

The Farmington Tiger Marching Band put on a show in the heart of historic Downtown Farmington!

Band members kept their concentration

These gardeners were on hand working on their gardens and providing information to visitors.

Band members kept their concentration

All 20 Homecoming royalty finalists paired up and took a ride through downtown Farmington in style.

School teams and community organizations rode on floats.

Local businesses showed their support for the community, and provided ample candy for parade patrons!

Thousands attended the parade, showing their support of Farmington High School….and having fun!

The Auditorium at Boeckman Middle School was filled to capacity for the Coronation Ceremony

Chloe Halverson and Maria Kiminski served as emcees, here they are coordinating the candidate interview portion of the event.

Tiger Football Coach Mark Froehling provided words of encouragement and invited all to the game on Friday night!

The lights were dimmed and all ten candidates for Homecoming Queen opened up an umbrella under a blacklight.

Homecoming King candidates followed, this time the winning umbrella was rigged to fly off the end to reveal the winner.

Kayli Rudeen and Clark Coffey2011 Homecoming King and Queen

Students then traveled across the street to a Homecoming Bonfire held at the Farmington Fire Department station.

While the Fire Department monitored the fire, students got fired up for Homecoming as the band played on.