Listen up y’all like everything else in the Lone Star state Mums are bigger in Texas.
No, not the wrinkled stocking screeching mouse-fearing Mamma of Tom and Jerry…or Barbie Bubba from the trailer park.
Though don’t shoot me… I’ve seen all the Smokey films and Texan women are some of the prettiest in the world.
It’s just the received wisdom is that Mums come in bigger (Gawd, I’m digging a hole here) sizes.
I am, of course, not talking mothers here but the big adornments women wear for Homecomings which Texans call ‘Mums’.
More is more
Which traditionally corresponds with the college football team’s first home game.
And we all know college football is as much about what happens off the pitch as on it.
And there are big parades featuring the school’s choir, a marching band.
With most importantly the coronation of a homecoming queen (and king).
With a dance following the big game.
Now if you think less is more then just think how much more ‘more’ can be.
Be your own lone star
So forget the subtle wrist corsages, faux chrysanthemums decorated with ribbons, go big or go home is the message from Texas.
With the Texan friends and big eads I met at the American Travel Fair in San Antonio giving us a flavour of how they do things.
The good folk of the charmingly named Grapevine are running an exhibition on all things Homecoming Mums tagged…
‘MUMENTOUS: Football, Glue Guns, Moms, and a Super-Sized High School Tradition Born Deep in the Heart of Texas.’
The exhibit is presented in partnership with the Texas Lakes Trail Region, author and photographer Amy J. Schultz, and the Grapevine Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Activities include the GHS Homecoming parade on Wednesday, October 4.
And the Homecoming football game against Polytechnic High School of Fort Worth on Friday, October 6.
An exhibition of yourself
MUMENTOUS will be exhibited at the Grapevine Tower Gallery, 636 S. Main Street, from September 23rd-October 14.
The gallery is open Mondays through Fridays, 8am-5pm and Saturdays from 10am-5pm.
Additionally, there will be a MUMENTOUS Open House on the evening of October 4 in conjunction with the GHS Homecoming parade schedule.
Grapevine is just six miles from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
And we found a sample British Airways return flight from London Heathrow for the first week in October from £589 return.
