Locals and Big Sandy Alumni are eager to get together once again after a 10-year interval between celebrations due to the cancellation of the 2020 Homecoming due to the pandemic. In anticipation of the event, invitations for Homecoming 2025 have been sent, and you can register either by mail or online, an option that is intended to make the process easier and more convenient for all. The attached QR Code will bring you to the registration page. The homecoming committee is eager to hear from attendees and has a full slate of activities planned for the week. When you register, you can choose to purchase a copy of the 2025 homecoming book.
The Big Sandy Homecoming has been taking place every 5 years since 1950 to celebrate Big Sandy graduates, families, and friends. It is a three day extravaganza bringing Pioneer Alum from around the world. The three day gathering typically swells the town’s population to 3 times its everyday size! Homecoming is a sort of small-town family reunion to get in touch again, meet and greet dear old friends and make new ones as folks gather for a weekend of fun, festivities, and a full roster of activities.
The theme for this year’s event is “All Roads Lead Home,” which is fitting as the event brings friends, neighbors, and loved ones back to our small town. Homecoming is for everyone who has called Big Sandy home (or if you just wanted to call it home!). Even if you aren’t a Big Sandy graduate, Homecoming welcomes you home as a member of the Big Sandy Pioneer family home.
The tentative schedule of events includes a parade, an ice cream social, street dances on Main Street downtown with a DJ Friday night. Saturday’s excitement includes a banquet, a program at the High School gym, a classic car show, a corn-hole tournament, the return of the color run to benefit the Big Sandy Swim Team, Sunday breakfast put on by the Local Masons, a community Sunday brunch, and more. There will also be class reunions as organized by individual classes.
The committee is currently looking for help from someone interested in acting as the Vendor Coordinator. Closer to Homecoming weekend, they will be searching for additional help in various capacities. If you are interested in helping out, contact the Homecoming Committee and let them know how you want to pitch in. In addition, the committee is accepting donations to help defray the costs of putting on the event.
If you have not received a homecoming registration in the mail and want one, you can contact the Homecoming Committee with your current name, address, and email address by visiting their website (BigSandyHomecoming.com), Facebook (www.facebook.com/BigSandyHomecoming). The physical copy of the registration includes a schedule highlighting the major events
If you are interested in remembering a lost loved one or classmate, you can purchase a 1/4 page black and white memorial for $25. Those interested in doing so should mail a check payable to, “Homecoming 2025” to: P.O. Box 427, Big Sandy MT, 59520. Include a photo, the name of the person to be remembered (spelled how you want it spelled in the memorial), the graduation year, as well as the date of birth and death. Alternatively, you can email the photo (preferably in jpeg format) and the required information to info@BigSandyHomecoming.com, then mail a check to the above address.
The 2025 Homecoming Committee is Scott and Heather Pleninger, Brandon and Kristin Gasvoda, Rick and Brenda Darlington, and Steve and Michelle Bahnmiller.
Locals interested in perusing previous years homecoming books can visit the Big Sandy Library, which has a complete collection of the books.
