In August, the L.A. Horned Frogs
brought together more than 150 alums from all the Big 12 Conference schools to
meet and mingle at The Parlor Hollywood and celebrate TCU’s (and West
Virginia’s) debut in the league.
“It was just one massive Big 12 mixer,”
said Tricia Williamson ’09, vice president for communication for the TCU L.A.
Chapter and daughter of TCU football offensive line coach Eddie Williamson.
“All the chapter presidents spoke, and we had games as well as football
highlight footage to get everyone excited for the season! We had an amazing
turn out, and we are definitely planning on having more Big 12 Mixers in the
future.”
The smack talk flowed and the Big 12ers
battled it out for conference braggin’ rights in a flip cup tournament.
“We now
have a Big 12 L.A. Alumni group on Facebook where all of the Big 12 schools keep
in touch (and dish out friendly banter haha),” Williamson wrote us. “We've had
requests to put on another Big 12 Mixer at the end of the season just to wrap
things up and have an excuse for everyone to get together again. Many schools,
including us, have now started to have joint football watching parties as
a result of the mixer as well. We have had Baylor, Texas Tech, and Texas all
reach out to us and ask if they could come watch the game with us. The
mixer actually made situations like that more comfortable, because instead
of there being big rivalry tension, we end up shaking hands at the end
of the game and giving each other a "hope to see you soon!"
In September, the chapter hosted the TCU L.A. Alumni Entertainment Panel, welcoming six Hollywood insiders for a night of networking and talking about the TV-film-entertainment industry.
About 100 Frogs and their friends
crowded into Creative Artists Agency (CAA), the world's biggest talent agency,
which counts among its roster of clients Tom Cruise, George Clooney, Sandra
Bullock among others.
TV journalist and host Marc Istook ’98,
whose credits include BBC, Yahoo!, TV Guide and ABC.com, moderated the event, interviewing on
stage a group of six casting directors, producers and writers on their rise in
the field and what it takes to make it in Hollywood.
The panel included:
Brent Morley - Talent Agent, William
Morris Endeavor
Ron G. Smith - Independent Film
Producer
Mike Heard - President, The Crowd
Effect Production Company
Karina Walters - Casting Director and
Partner, Mockrin/Walters Casting
Marqui Jackson - Television Writer
Lindsay Graham - Casting Director,
Betty Mae, Inc.
“We had many follow ups about the Networking Mixer of people thanking us
for putting it on. For many people who came, it was the first TCU Alumni event
they had gone to,” Williamson wrote us.
“Many of the first
timers made it out to the football watching party that weekend and now attend
on a regular basis! They just shared with us about how great they thought it
was that we were encouraging a sense of community when it comes to working in
the industry. It was a good opportunity to remind people to help a fellow Frog
out if possible, and for people to keep an open line of communication about
what they have going on so they can get the support of their fellow alumni.”
The night also featured an appearance
by Neeley School of Business dean O. Homer Erekson ’74. Sponsors La Fenetre and VeeV Spirits
helped make it possible.
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