Rowan University went "Back to the Future" for their annual homecoming parade.
GLASSBORO -- Doc Brown sent Rowan University back to the Glassboro State days, as his DeLorean DMC-12 hit a whopping 8.7 mph along Rowan Boulevard on Saturday morning.
Sports cars, marching bands, elaborate 1980s-themed floats and banners flooded the streets of Glassboro for Rowan University's annual Homecoming Parade. This year's theme: '80s sci-fi classic "Back to the Future."
It turns out where they were going, they did need roads.
The parade kicked off shortly after 10 a.m., as students from fraternities, sororities, athletic clubs and theater groups displayed their Prof pride as they traveled down Rowan Boulevard, Route 322, Carpenter Street and finally to Lot D next to Richard Wacker Stadium.
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Crowds of students, alumni, faculty and family gathered to fill the bleachers in Lot D as the student group showcased their banners, floats, dance moves and performed 80's themed skits that ranged from "Grease" to Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
The parade came to a close as Doc Brown and Marty McFly -- portrayed by Joe Zaccaria, a senior urban planning major, and Bobby Samuel, a junior mechanical engineer major -- arrived on the Office of Student Activities float and took the crowd back to present day 2015 by dancing to "Shut up and Dance with Me" by Walk the Moon.
Although there are still a few months left in 2015, no hover boards or flying cars were present.
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