TX/OU Torchlight Rally
Where:
Paradise
Pool & Billiards
Where: Outback Behind the Outback!
Where: 5141 Oakhurst Dr.
Where: Corpus Christi, TX 78411
When: Normally on Wed. @ 6:00 p.m. before the game
Contact: Daniel Garner (daniel@texasexescc.org)
Next
Occurrence:
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 6:00 p.m.
It doesn't get any better than the week
leading up to the Red River Shootout! The rivalry between our
Texas
Longhorns and rival Oklahoma Sooners is consistently voted the
best rivalry in all of collegiate athletics.
Before you head to
Dallas each year, join us for the Texas
Exes TX/OU Torchlight Rally.
The event takes place on the same night as the Torchlight
Parade on campus, usually the Wednesday before the game. Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend!
Come Early, Be Loud, Stay Late. Don't forget to wear your Burnt Orange
& White! For more information, please contact: info@texasexescc.org .
TX/OU
Torchlight Parade & Rally History
The
Torchlight Parade
& Rally is the annual spirit event held on campus to show support for the
Longhorn football team as they go on to play the University of Oklahoma Sooners in the
Red River Shootout in Dallas TX. The Rally is sponsored by the
Texas Exes Student
Chapter.
The first Torchlight Parade at
UT took place on the day before Thanksgiving (prior to the Texas A&M game) in 1916.
They were held sporadically until 1941 where they became a weekly event before football games.
Originally lead by the Texas
Cowboys, a male spirit organization, the Parade is walked on foot with various leaders of spirit organizations holding torches leading the way.
The Longhorn Band and the student body follow the torchbearers in the parade.
The parade starts at Kinsolving Dormitory located at the northwestern end of campus on Dean Keeton and Whitis Ave.
The procession moves south down Guadalupe (the Drag) and turns on 21st Street where it then proceeds up the South Mall to the Main Mall where a "Texas" sized Pep Rally is held to show support for the
Longhorn football team.
The rally features performances by a variety of student groups and performers and appearances by the Texas Cheerleaders, (who lead the crowd in cheers) the
Longhorn Band,
"Smokey" the Cannon, and
BEVO, the Rally also includes the dropping of a huge Texas Flag that drapes the Main building.
The Torchlight Parade
& Rally tradition is organized and operated by current students of
The University of Texas at Austin with close supervision by members of
The Ex-Students'
Association.
