Jubilee Court will turn purple next week as Brock University\u2019s messiest tradition returns for an afternoon of fun.<\/p>\n
A rite of passage on campus, the annual Homecoming Grape Stomp<\/a>\u00a0will see hundreds of students and graduates slip and slide through a metric tonne of locally grown grapes on Friday, Sept. 18.<\/p>\n Manager of Student Leadership and Engagement Carolyn Hough says the Grape Stomp has been her favourite Brock event since she first attended it nearly a decade ago. Now, she is part of the team who helps to organize it.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the best way to kick off the new academic year. Whether you are participating by stomping grapes or coming to witness the organized chaos, it\u2019s a wonderful way to bring together the Brock community and pay homage to the uniqueness of Niagara,\u201d <\/em>says Hough.<\/p>\n Adding to the festive spirit in Jubilee Court will be live music from local band Avenue Inn \u2014 featuring Brock alumni \u2014 and a free barbecue, sponsored by Aramark (while supplies last).<\/p>\n Participants are asked to wear white and arrive for check-in at 11:30 a.m. The stomp gets underway at noon, with the fun wrapping up at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n There is no fee to participate but advanced registration is recommended. Students can sign up on ExperienceBU<\/a>\u00a0and graduates can RSVP through an online form<\/a>.<\/p>\n Recognized as one of the top university campus traditions<\/a>\u00a0in Canada, Grape Stomp pays homage to Niagara\u2019s wine country connections. It started in 2001 and has grown to become a fixture of Brock\u2019s Homecoming weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jubilee Court will turn purple next week as Brock University\u2019s messiest tradition returns for an afternoon of fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":111518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119,7484,3319,4052,4767,1],"tags":[283,10611,563,1195],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111516"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111523,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111516\/revisions\/111523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}