![SMU parade](https://blog.smu.edu/meadows/files/2017/11/HOMECOMING6-1024x683.jpg)
2017’s Homecoming began with the Distinguished Alumni Awards, a prelude to a weekend packed with activities. SMU Mustangs chose from among a range of concerts and performances, as well as special exhibitions at SMU’s museums and libraries. We also celebrated 100 years of Mustang spirit and Mustang jazz with the Mustang Band at the Pigskin Revue. The Meadows parade began a couple of hours before kickoff, where Dean Sam Holland led the parade down Boulevard–and we eat copious barbecued meats from Sonny Bryan’s–all leading up to the Mustang football team’s game against the UCF Knights.
Photographer Kim Leeson was on the scene to capture photos.
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![SMU mustangs](https://blog.smu.edu/meadows/files/2017/11/HOMECOMING7-1024x683.jpg)
![Dean Sam Holland and Tony Pederson](https://blog.smu.edu/meadows/files/2017/11/HOMECOMING8-1024x683.jpg)
![SMU music](https://blog.smu.edu/meadows/files/2017/11/HOMECOMING9-1024x683.jpg)
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