Jay Kelliher experienced his first Family Weekend.

Kelliher, freshman music education major, attended a variety of events and ended the weekend with the Family Weekend Breakfast Buffet on Sunday morning with his mother, Donna Kelliher.

The buffet drew Family Weekend 2007 to a close.

The meal gave students the last chance to spend time with their families on campus for the weekend.

The breakfast took place in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union from 9 a.m. to noon.

The buffet menu consisted of traditional breakfast foods, including bacon, sausage, waffles, pastries and a variety of juices.

Over the course of the weekend, Kelliher participated in many activities.

He played trumpet in Eastern’s Jazz Ensemble, which was a big part of his weekend experience.

The ensemble performed with the Wind Symphony in the concert titled “Life in the Groove: The Influence of Jazz” Friday night in the South Gymnasium of McAfee.

Kelliher also went with his mother to another breakfast this weekend.

“We went to the VFW breakfast, sponsored by the ROTC,” Donna Kelliher said.

Both Jay and his mother also attended the “Family Feast,” a dinner hosted Saturday night in the Grand Ballroom of the Union.

“Overall, it was a very good experience,” Jay said.

This year’s family weekend offered an array of events, and the buffet was the culmination of these.

Bob and Stephanie White get food at Sunday morning’s breakfast buffet in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr Union. The Whites were visiting Samantha, a freshman biology major, for Family Weekend. Eric Hiltner/The Daily Eastern News

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