The Centenary celebration ends with an explosion Mac

Mineral Area College ended its weeklong centennial celebration Saturday with a nearly 30-minute fireworks display.

As a special treat, the MAC Kicks Band played on stage, set up in the parking lot, as fireworks filled the sky with beautiful colors behind them.

The crowd cheered throughout the show, as many moments in the show were so grandiose that it felt like an ending that just kept on giving.

Before the fireworks show, the crowd was treated to music by GTO and Mountain Mischief. There were also several food trucks serving delicious treats and several bounce houses on site.

MAC President Dr. Joseph Gilgour said he thought the entire week went very well.

“Everything went almost exactly as planned and that never happens,” Gilgour said. “Everything went really well this week.”

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The weather was a concern most of the week, especially Saturday with a 60% chance of rain, which remained in the forecast until Friday night.

“The weather changed, like, this morning (Saturday),” Gilgour said. “We watched the weather all week and we couldn’t have asked for a better day. Today was perfect here. It was actually a little warm, which we didn’t expect.”

Gilgour said honestly that everything went exactly as planned and if he had to change one thing it would have been the gloomy weather forecast ahead of the event.

“I wish the weather had been a little more promising all week,” Gilgour said. “A little bit of rain isn’t bad and I couldn’t control it, obviously, but the only thing I would have liked different is if the weekly forecast had been better. We’ve been worrying all week about this event.”

The possible rain forecast caused the “Motors 4 MAC: Car Show to Benefit MAC Scholarships” to be rescheduled for October 1st.

As for the students’ favorite part of the celebration, Gilgour said, they enjoy anything that has free food.

“When I was a college student, any event that had free food or free T-shirts, that was the event to go to and we had a lot of those this week,” Gilgour said. “The students showed up this week. They came out and took advantage and that’s why they were there, I’d say they appreciated the free stuff.”

Gilgour said no matter the event, you always hear stories from alumni and this week was no exception. He said there have been many alumni sprinkled in the crowds throughout the week.

“We are a family at the MAC and celebrating the 100th anniversary together means a lot,” Gilgour said.

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Victoria Kemper is a reporter for the Daily Journal. She can be contacted at vkemper@democratnewsonline.com

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