Since everything grows big in Texas, it's also not surprising that the Lone Star State is credited with developing some of the most elaborate corsages known as Homecoming Mums!
Some students take the mums just as seriously as the Homecoming Football Game itself and you know ... EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS!
A few days before the dance students who have dates, exchange mums for the girls and garters for the guys!
It is usually worn in the middle of the chest like a breastplate with the streamers flowing down the front of the body almost touching the ankles. It is a fashion statement!
The guys wear Homecoming Garters, a smaller version of the mum, on their sleeves.
For the uninitiated, a homecoming mum is an oversize mum corsage that is decorated with:
They can cost over $100 and weigh as much as 12 pounds!
Homecoming mums have become a status symbol for many high school students.
Designs change every year and the more original, the better!
Friday September 26 The Woodlands High School Highlanders Varsity Football will play Clear Lake High School at the Woodforest Stadium at 7:30pm.
The Band was getting ready with all of their instruments.
The Homecoming Dance will be on Saturday, September 27, at 8PM.
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See You at the Pole in The Woodlands Texas, September 24, 2008
See You at the Pole is a Nationwide annual gathering of Christian students of all ages at a flagpole in front of their local school for prayer. Here are some pictures of a few of the schools here in The Woodlands.
Powell Elementary is located in The Village of Cochrans Crossing:
Mitchell Intermediate is located in The Village of Alden Bridge:
McCullough Junior High is located in The Village of Panther Creek:
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