Posted by Peter on November 18th, 2007
Greetings! Today was quite a day (ok… disclaimer: I drafted this post Saturday night, but my blog crashed and I was only able to post this now) . I have just returned from the Turkey Bowl at Alumni Stadium here at BJU. But I’m getting ahead of myself. The day’s festivities started for me at 2:00pm. I went to the final performance of the BJU Classic Players’ Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare. Overall, it was just great. The actors did a great job bringing out the comedy in the play, the music was nicely done, the costuming was great, the staging was cool, … you get the idea.
But then there was the Turkey Bowl, the annual soccer championship. This year’s game was between the Alpha Razorbacks and the Omega Lions. Those of you that were present at the game also know of a particular highlight (for me, anyways). I got to help sing the national anthem! We sang a “barbershop” arrangement of the national anthem in a quintet. It was great fun and I’m glad I got to be a part of it. It was exhilarating getting to sing in front of a packed stadium and knowing that I was also being broadcast on HomeSat, too.
After singing, I watched on as the game ball was delivered by Dr. Bob via helicopter. After circling the stadium several times, it finally touched down in the center of the field and out came Dr. Bob with the game ball.
A short while later, Dr. Bob came and sat two rows in front of me in the bleachers. I considered going down and hob-nobbing with him, but decided against it.
During halftime, we broke the world record for the largest kazoo ensemble ever. We were led by University Evangelist Mike Schrock in kazooing the “12 days of Turkey Bowl.” It went like this: 12 campus guests, 11 papers due, 10 little pilgrims, 9 ushers spinning, 8 playoff teams, 7 days vacation, 6 Classic Players, 5 golden rings, 4 big drums, 3 bagpipes, Dr. Bob and Wife, Dr. Jones with a small Goatee. We kazooed for more than the required 5 minutes (probably 6 or 7). The unofficial count was . . . [drumroll] . . . 3,800 participants. Once confirmed, that number will beat the previous record breaking attempt that came in at approximately 3,600.
All in all, not a bad day. I went to an outstanding drama, sang in front of thousands, and broke a world record - and all within 6 hours. Beat that. 
What used to be a rare sight on campus here at BJU may soon become a normal occurrence. Today in chapel, Dr. Stephen Jones announced a change in guidelines for Faculty/Staff men regarding facial hair. Starting next semester, Faculty/Staff men will be able to grow out their facial hair for the first time in the school’s history. More details regarding the extent of and expectations for this rule are forthcoming.
