Coming Centennial Events and Activities
Friday & Saturday, March 27 & 28, 2009
Our Agricultural Roots
Modeled after Pearl River Community College's historic "Summer Folk School" program,
attendees will experience what life was like in Mississippi 100 years ago. Events included
are audio-visual presentations of the lumber and tung oil industries, demonstrations of
soap-making, quilting, and other home crafts, a working Centennial Farm on campus, arts
and crafts exhibits, and live music by nationally recognized Bluegrass bands including a
Bluegrass music workshop. |
March 28, 2009
Centennial Folk Festival
Modeled after the Folk School at Pearl River County Agricultural High School, the festival will feature demonstrations and exhibits of quilting, syrup making and beekeeping; tours of the MSU Extension Service and USDA facilities, workhorses, antique tractors and cars. 8 a.m.-4 p.m., center campus near Crosby Hall and Alumni House. Area musicians will perform at the gazebo by the Alumni House in the morning. Well-known bluegrass bands - The Vernon Brothers, The Driskill Mountain Boys, Shallow Creek and The Jason Boone Band - will be on stage from noon to 8 p.m. The baseball Wildcats play MGCCC at 1 p.m. |
April 24, 2009
Centennial Golf Tournament
The Bridges Golf Course in Bay St. Louis will be the site for the tournament with an alumni dinner that night at Hollywood Resort. Billy Joe Royal will provide the entertainment. |
Friday & Saturday, April 24 & 25, 2009
Centennial Finale
Events begin Friday with a golf tournament at the Bridges Golf
Course in Bay St. Louis at 9 a.m., followed by a Centennial Celebratory Dinner and concert, featuring entertainer Billy Joel Royal
at the Hollywood Resort in Bay St. Louis. (Tickets will be available throught the
PRCC Development Foundation office) On Saturday, an afternoon tailgating party will
begin at 5 p.m. followed by an outdoor concert in Dobie Holden Stadium on the Poplarville
campus. |
April 25, 2009
Concert
Tailgating parties will begin at 5 p.m. followed by a concert, featuring entertainers Howie Day, Marc Broussard and Benjy Davis Project at Dobie Holden Stadium. |
April 30, 2009
One Hundred Years of Broadway
The PRCC Singers reprise popular showtunes from PRCC’s first century. 7 p.m., Olivia Bender Cafeteria. |
May 7, 2009
College Rededication Service
PRCC officials will pledge the college’s continued service to South Mississippi. 11 a.m., Malone Chapel. |
Note: Although planning for most activities is still incomplete, committees are currently working on these. Ideas for activities include (but are not limited to) a celebration honoring PRCC graduates who served in the military, horticulture demonstrations (for those of you with a green thumb), concerts, speakers, and more. Be sure to make your plans to attend several of these events and take part in the celebration. If you would like to volunteer your help for some of the planned activities, click here. If you would like to help sponsor the centennial, click here. |
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A letter from the Centennial Steering Committee:
During the summer of 1908 plans were formulated to construct Pearl River Agricultural High School in Poplarville, MS. Political and business leaders of south Mississippi workeddiligently to make this educational institution a reality. And now almost 100 years have passed since that summer of visionary thoughts to bring us to our celebrated institution known as Pearl River Community College. Over the course of these many years a storied history of excellence in education and great individual and group achievements has been documented in the archives of Pearl River Community College.
The leadership of our college is now preparing to enter into a time of recognition and celebration of all that the Pearl River College family has experienced through the challenges and achievements of our past. Over the course of the next twelve months many activities and events will be planned by the Centennial Steering Committee of the college. Preliminary work on our Centennial Celebration has already identified three major events to take place during the 2008-09 school yearaccompanied by activities to take place during the months that do not have a major event scheduled.
Kickoff for the Centennial Celebration will be held on Monday, September 8, 2008 in Poplarville and on the main campus of the college. The days events will image those activities that took place on the same date in 1908. It will be a celebration that includes parades and dignitaries from throughout the state of Mississippi and surrounding areas. We anticipate thousands of Alumni and community supporters in attendance for this kickoff. Memorial dedication ceremonies will take place in our newly constructed Centennial Courtyard on the main campus.
Our second major event will take place in October of 2008 and will be in conjunction with the college’s Homecoming festivities. This event will showcase reunion groups from all areas of the college. A focus will be to highlight the lifestyles and experiences from each decade as they were lived out at Pearl River. This will be a fun week of experiencing a walk through the past with the students and faculty of today.
Our third major event will be held in April of 2009. This will be the culmination of all that we have recognized over the course of our year of celebration. We plan to have major entertainment, food, fun, and fellowship like never before. It will be a time that we honor our history and also enter into our next century of service to the people of our state and region.
A fifteen member Centennial Steering Committee was established in June of 2007 to begin work on our year of celebration. As you have seen presented, many plans have already been formulated and work is underway. Our steering committee is under the leadership of Mrs. Mary Lynn Smith and Mr. Berlon Lee.
Beginning next September the spotlight will be on Pearl River Community College through these many planned events and activities. We need those who have been a part of our greatheritage in education to help us present our story. The Finance Committee of our Centennial Celebration would ask you to consider taking part in this presentation by serving as a financial sponsor of our “Century of Excellence” Celebration. A sponsorship proposal is included in this presentation. Please help as you can by investing in this program that thousands of Mississippians take part in. Thank you for supporting Pearl River Community College in this endeavor.
Sincerely,
Verlene Cole/Dr. Elton Raby/Dr. Rebecca Askew/ Ernie Lovell/Dr. William Lewis/Maude Parish/Dr. John Grant/Ann Morris/Chuck Abadie/Dr. Cecil Burt/Berlon Lee/Mary Lynn Smith/Ronn Hague/Frances Herrin/Frank Ladner/Herbert Ray Nobles
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