Monett High School football homecoming

The brass in the MHS Marching Pride heard their sound echoing off downtown buildings as hey marched down Broadway. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The Monett Police Department's DARE car, driven by School Resource Officer Jay Jastal, led the homecoming parade through downtown Monett on Friday.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

A Monett fire department pumper immediately preceded the MHS students in the homecoming parade.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Monett students participating in the Monett Area YMCA viewed the homecoming parade as a group on Friday.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Cadets from the JROTC program at the Scott Regional Technology Center, seen against the backdrop of the Monett Museum, led the procession through downtown for the homecoming parade. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Members of the MHS Marching Pride, waving pom-poms, led the musicians in the homecoming parade. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The MHS Marching Pride, playing "Mister Touchdown," led the floats in the homecoming parade, accompanied by director Philip Soule, front left.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The MHS Marching Pride Flag Corps waived their flags in tempo with the music in the homecoming parade.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The MHS Marching Pride Flag Corps waived their flags in tempo with the music in the homecoming parade.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

MHS cheerleaders tossed goodies to the crowd watching the homecoming parade.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Using a theme of the 1950s, the decade prior to the salute by each class in the "Blast from the Past" homecoming parade, the MHS cheerleaders had an actual juke box on board their parade float.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

To cap their 1950s salute, the MHS cheerleaders displayed a "Pink Ladies" banner, a tip of the hat to the ladies in the film "Grease."  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

A group from the Monett school districts faculty, from the Community Teachers Association representing each campus, was represented with a small float in the Monett parade.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The freshman class float, assigned to salute the 1990s, put on a dance party and offered a send-off to bands of the day in their homecoming float. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The freshman float, saluting the 1990s, created a Spice Girls dance number with other period references, such as "Duh," referring to Homer Simpson, in their homecoming float. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Freshman attendant Kate Huntress rode behind her class float in the homecoming parade.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The sophomore float, saluting the 1980s, had boxes representing video games, such as Pac-Man and the Mario Brothers, along with a Rubiks Cube and a banner for MTV on the rear of their float. Along the side of the float was the words "Game on, Dawgs," with the Pac-Man symbol in the middle, suggesting the Cubs would "eat up" their homecoming opponents from Aurora Friday night. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

(Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The MTV banner epitomized the 1980s salute offered on the sophomore float in Monett's homecoming parade.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Sophomore attendant Alexandra Valenciano rode in a car behind her class's float.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The junior class float, saluting the 1970s, recreated a disco dance party, expressed through period fashions, on their homecoming float. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The junior float's 1970s, complete with disco boots, had a silhouette of John Travolta's famous pose from "Saturday Night Fever" at right. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The junior float capped its salute to the 1970s by placing a foursome on a sofa at the rear of the float to recreate the cast of "That Seventies Show" for the crowd.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Junior attendant Alyssa Williams rode in a car behind her class's float in the homecoming parade.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The seniors saluted the 1960s, shown by the period lettering of the date at the front of the float. Focusing on the final years of the decade, the seniors focused on hippie apparel with long hair and folk music. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The senior class float saluting the the 1960s had a group of hippies singing around the campfire on their way to the Woodstock rock festival at right, a tip of the hat to citizens band radios made popular by truckers of the day, a Volkswagen "Hippy Lane" van at right, and tie dye multi-colored fringe on the sides. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

(Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

"Protesters" following the seniors' salute to the 1960s put off "positive" vibes, chanting "Peace, Love and Cubs" as the group adopted the apparel of the late 1960s youth movement. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

The seniors' 1960s salute even included the peace symbol and a couple of Hari Krishna monks on the back of their float to add more ambiance for the period.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Queen candidate and senior Josie Allcock rode in the parade behind her class's float.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Queen candidate and senior Harriet Meyers rode in the homecoming parade.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Queen candidate and senior Natalie Wages rode in the homecoming parade.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Mighty Mite football players threw candy to the crowd in the homecoming parade.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Mighty Mite football players threw candy to the crowd in the homecoming parade.  (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Mighty Mite football players made a big noise as they brought up the end of the homecoming parade. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Mighty Mite cheerleaders shared candy with the crowd at the end of Monett's homecoming parade. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Mighty Mite cheerleaders shared candy with the crowd at the end of Monett's homecoming parade. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)

Mighty Mite cheerleaders shared candy with the crowd at the end of Monett's homecoming parade. (Murray Bishoff/times-news@monett-times.com)