SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU JOINING US HERE ON THE LOCAL VIBE. WE BEGIN WITH DAY FOUR OF OUR TAILGATE SERIES A LIVE BEAUTIFUL LOOK OVER THE CAMPUS OF WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY. JUST STUNNING OUT THERE. IT IS GORGEOUS. I LOVE THAT SHOT. WE’VE BEEN FEATURING DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES ALL OVER THE AREA ALL WEEK LONG AS THEY PREPARE FOR HOMECOMING. AND WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR CULTURE, THEIR TRADITIONS, BOTH NEW AND OLD AND LEARN WHAT MAKES THEIR HOMECOMING EXPERIENCE SO SPECIAL ON EACH CAMPUS. IT’S BEEN A GREAT WEEK. SO FAR. AND THIS MORNING, STAR CONNOR IS KICKING THINGS OFF FOR US ON THE CAMPUS OF WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE DEACS HAVE PLANNED FOR THIS BIG WEEKEND. GOOD MORNING, STAR. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. THAT’S RIGHT. I AM IN DEACON TERRITORY AND I HAVE WITH ME MISS KELLY MCCONICO AND SHELLY HOLDEN, AND WE ARE TALKING DEACON AND LAND THIS TODAY. SO, SO FAR HOW HAS HOMECOMING BEEN GOING SO FAR THIS WEEK FOR YOU? OH, IT’S OUR FAVORITE WEEK OF THE YEAR. ALL THE FESTIVITIES WILL REALLY START TOMORROW WHEN ALUMNI COME BACK INTO TOWN. BUT YOU CAN SEE ALL AROUND US, WE’RE PREPPING. WE’RE EXPECTING ABOUT 5000 PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO WAKE OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND. SO WE’RE EXCITED. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOMECOMING, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE TRADITIONS, YOU KNOW WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FORWARD TO, THE GAMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. KELLY SO LIKE KELLY SAID, IT’LL START TOMORROW. AND I’M THE FIRST THING IS PARTY SO DEAR, WHICH IS THIS BIG PARTY THAT WE HOLD ON THE MAG QUAD WHERE ALL THE STUDENTS AND ALUMNI AND EVERYONE WILL COME TOGETHER. AND THEN TOMORROW NIGHT THEY’LL BE REUNION PARTIES FOR ALL THE CLASSES THAT HAVE THEIR REUNIONS. AND THEN WE’LL HAVE THE BIG GAME ON SATURDAY AT 330 AGAINST PITT. AND WE’RE LOOKING FOR A DEACON WIN, RIGHT? AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE DECORS BACK HERE. GUYS, JUST DESCRIBE THIS. I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS BALLOON TENT BEHIND US HAS BEEN HERE. WE ARE SORRY. WE’RE SO EXCITED. IT IS THE FIRST TIME THIS WILL BE THE THIRD YEAR WE’VE DONE REUNION VILLAGE UP HERE. THAT’S WHAT WE CALL THIS SPACE ON PETITE FIELD. WE’LL HAVE EIGHT DIFFERENT REUNION CLASSES. HAVING A PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT, EXPECTING ABOUT 2000 PEOPLE. THE GORGEOUS TENT STRUCTURE YOU SEE BEHIND US IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO EVER BE USED. PARTY REFLECTION IS INCREDIBLE. PARTNER OF OURS OWNER IS THE WAKE FOREST ALUM. GO DIERKS ACTUALLY PURCHASED IT WITH THE INTENT OF USING IT WITH US AT HOMECOMING THIS WEEKEND. SO IT’LL MAKE FOR A REALLY GREAT PARTY. RIGHT. AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT PARTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO HERE, IT’S GOING TO IMPACT THE COMMUNITY AND IT’S GOING TO IMPACT THE COMMUNITY IN A GOOD WAY. SO HOW IS WAKE FOREST, YOU KNOW, DOING THAT, STAYING WITH TRADITIONS AND, YOU KNOW, HOTELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, PEOPLE JUST COMING IN TOWN? YEAH. SO LIKE KELLY SAID, WE’RE EXPECTING 5000 PEOPLE. THEY’LL BE HERE FOR PARTIES ADHERE. THEY’LL BE HERE FOR THE FESTIVAL ON THE QUAD. OUR LOCAL HOTELS ARE FULL WITH WAKE FOREST ALUMS, ALL RESTAURANTS ARE BOOKED UP WITH RESERVATIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE GET TOGETHER WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND GO OUT FOR BRUNCH OR EARLY DINNERS OR LATE DINNERS AFTER THE GAME. SO IT REALLY IS A GREAT TIME FOR EVERYONE TO COME BACK TO WINSTON-SALEM AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND OUR SHOPS WILL BE FULL OF PEOPLE VISITING REYNOLDA VILLAGE AND ALL ALONG WINSTON-SALEM. SO WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. NOW, BOTH OF YOU GUYS, WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE TALKING. Y’ALL BOTH ARE ALUM NOW. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE EXPERIENCES, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP HERE OR COMING TO SCHOOL HERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE’RE TRYING TO GET THE KIDS TO GO HERE, TOO. WELL, WE WERE CLASSMATES, SO WE’VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR 20 PLUS YEARS NOW. AND WE GET TO CONNECT BACK AT WAKE FOREST PRETTY, PRETTY MUCH WEEKLY THESE DAYS. BUT ONE THING THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US WHEN WE WERE STUDENTS HERE AND ALSO A BIG PART OF HOMECOMING IS PRO HUMANITATE. OUR UNIVERSITY MOTTO. AND SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEGACY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, WE ARE DOING A BOOK DRIVE, PART OF THE SKIP PROSSER LITERACY PROJECT. SO WE INVITED ALUMNI TO BRING BOOKS BACK WITH THEM TO DONATE THIS WEEKEND. BUT SEVERAL OF THE LEGACY BRANCHES ALSO HAVE BOOK DRIVES SET UP, SO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAN PARTICIPATE, NOT JUST JUST IN THE FUN AND THE GAMES, BUT ALSO PRO HUMANITATE, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. OKAY. AND WHAT’S ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE TRADITIONS OR THINGS GIVING BACK? I WOULD JUST SAY THAT HOMECOMING ACTUALLY IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRADITIONS AND JUST THE ATHLETIC EVENTS AND JUST BEING ON CAMPUS. I MEAN, WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS HERE AT WAKE FOREST, LIKE OUR FACE TO FACE SERIES TO COME BACK TO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE ATHLETIC EVENTS LIKE WE SAID. BUT THEY’RE JUST THERE’S SO MUCH FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE PART OF HERE. AND THAT’S REALLY FUN. AND IT’S BEEN SOMETHING THAT’S BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE FOR OVER 25 YEARS NOW. SO RIGHT NOW, ONE THING I CAN’T STOP LOOKING AT IS YOUR EARRINGS, OF COURSE. SO, YOU KNOW, THE MASCOT IS BEHIND US, YOU KNOW, AND IT’S MATCHING YOUR EARRINGS. SO WE CAN’T IGNORE THE MASCOT. SO, YOU KNOW, THE DEMON DEACON, WE GOT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE DANCE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT HERE. GO AHEAD AND SHOW OFF YOUR SKILLS. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WANT TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THE TRADITIONS HERE AT WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY FOR THEIR HOMECOMING, MAKE SURE THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU COME OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ENJOY THE DEMON DEACONS. THIS WEEKEND, I’M GOING TO SEND THINGS BACK TO YOU INSIDE OF THE STUDIO.