A variety of free activities will be available tomorrow and Saturday during Houghton University’s Homecoming and Family Weekend.
A Friday night Collage Concert will be held in the Wesley Chapel at 1 Willard Avenue from 7:30PM to 9PM, featuring performances by Greatbatch School of Music ensembles and soloists.
On Saturday, a dedication of a renovated East Hall, including the Sastic Courtyard and Gillette Lounge, will be held at 9:30AM.
From 9:30AM to 11AM, an Equestrian Open House will provide family-friendly activities at the University’s Equestrian Center site at 9823 School Farm Road.
At 11AM, a portrait of Ben King, a professor of voice and director of The Greatbatch School of Music who shepherded a generous endowment to the Houghton music program that established the school and its associated graduate program, will be unveiled in the Center for the Arts Recital Hall. The associate dean died in April.
From 11AM to 2:30PM, a Homecoming Festival and Family Day will be held in the University Quad, which will include bounce houses, craft vendors, live music, cider and donuts, a story time, and a noontime performance by Ready for Monday. Activities will be moved inside in event of inclement weather.
Sporting events also are scheduled, including women’s volleyball with St. John Fisher University at 11AM and Buffalo State at 3PM at Fillmore Central School, 104 West Main Street; women’s tennis versus Russell Sage College at noon at the Kerr-Pegula Field House; field hockey with Utica University at 1PM at Burke Field; and women’s soccer at 3:30PM, also with Utica at Burke Field.
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