{"id":816,"date":"2008-09-03T14:44:36","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T14:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2008\/09\/03\/delta-state-to-celebrate-23rd-annual-pig-pickin\/"},"modified":"2013-09-03T12:55:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T12:55:39","slug":"delta-state-to-celebrate-23rd-annual-pig-pickin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2008\/09\/delta-state-to-celebrate-23rd-annual-pig-pickin\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State to celebrate 23rd annual Pig Pickin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"287\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" src=\"\/Images\/univ_relations\/01pp.jpg\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Delta State University will celebrate its 23<sup>rd<\/sup> annual Pig Pickin&rsquo; on Saturday, Sept.13, in Statesmen Park located at the north side of the football stadium. Events begin at 1 p.m.&nbsp; prior to the Statesmen&rsquo;s 6 p.m. kick-off versus Arkansas-Monticello at Parker Field-McCool Stadium.<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><span>Barbecue isn&rsquo;t the only thing on the day&rsquo;s menu. Activities include a KidsZone, live entertainment by Delta State&rsquo;s &ldquo;Ol&rsquo; Skool Revue&rdquo; band, pep rally with the DSU cheerleaders, marching band, and football team. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><span>Barbecue tickets are $5 each and are available for purchase at the Hugh Ellis Walker Alumni\/Foundation House. Serving lines will be open from 3-5 p.m. In case of rain, barbecue plates will be available for pick up at the Young-Mauldin Dining Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span>Game tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at the Chadwick-Dickson Field House.&nbsp;For more information, visit <\/span><a title=\"http:\/\/www.gostatesmen.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gostatesmen.com\/\"><span title=\"http:\/\/www.gostatesmen.com\/\">www.gostatesmen.com<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span>Pig Pickin&rsquo; t-shirts will go on sale Monday, Sept. 8 at the Alumni-Foundation House at the cost of $10 for short sleeve and $15 for long sleeve.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span>For more information on this Alumni-Foundation and Athletic Department sponsored event, please contact the alumni office at (662) 846-4660 or e-mail <\/span><a title=\"mailto:alumni@deltastate.edu\" href=\"mailto:alumni@deltastate.edu\"><span title=\"mailto:alumni@deltastate.edu\">alumni@deltastate.edu<\/span><\/a><span>. <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State University will celebrate its 23rd annual Pig Pickin&rsquo; on Saturday, Sept.13, in Statesmen Park located at the north side of the football stadium. Events begin at 1 p.m.&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41851,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions\/41851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}