To make things easy for you -- I'm going to publish four posts over the next 48 hours that break down who will be appearing on our 29 HOUR Notre Dame Day broadcast.
The show begins tomorrow night (Sunday, April 24th) at 6:42 PM ET -- which is 18:42 Military Time -- which just happens to be the year the University of Notre Dame was founded -- 1842.
Our team has been working tirelessly the past few weeks to put the finishing touches on a pretty wonderful show -- here's some FUN FACTS:
- We will tell 207 stories over the 29 hours
- We will have 27 LIVE musical performances
- We have 863 guests scheduled to appear
LINK: WATCH ALL 29 HOUR LIVE -- RIGHT HERE!
YOUR TV GUIDE FOR SUNDAY NIGHT'S LIVE BROADCAST
6:42 PM ET HOUR – START OF SHOW
6:45 PM: REV. JOHN I.
JENKINS, C.S.C. – President, University of Notre Dame
6:47 PM: JOHN &
AILEEN CROWLEY – Their efforts to keep two children alive
6:54 PM: MOLLY SEIDEL
– ND student, Four time NCAA Champion
7:01 PM: TWO ND
STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS – a successful business start-up
7:06 PM: NOTRE DAME
GLEE CLUB – LIVE PERFORMANCE
7:12 PM: PATRICK
VASSEL -- Assistant Director of Broadway smash hit Hamilton
7:18 PM: FISHER
REGATTA CHAMPS – ND students
7:21 PM: LOU HOLTZ –
Hall of Fame Football Coach
7:28 PM: HALFTIME – a
ND a cappella group, LIVE PERFORMANCE
7:33 PM: JOHN
AFFLECK-GRAVES – ND Executive Vice President
7:38 PM: SKYLAR
DIGGINS – ND alum, WNBA star and ND all-time great
7:44 PM: EMILY DALY –
ND student who learns differently
8:00 PM ET HOUR
8:05 PM: KILEY ADAMS
– ND student, the world’s most interesting college coed
8:10 PM: SAM GREWE – Lost leg to
cancer -- still set world record in high jump
8:16 PM: HON. JACK
BLAKEY – ND alum, Federal Judge
8:21 PM: LIVE REMOTE
FROM SORIN’S WINE ACADEMY – JOE KURTH, Morris Inn
8:24 PM: CELEBRATION CHOIR – ND students, LIVE
PERFORMANCE
8:29 PM: JUSTIN &
LAURAN TUCK – ND alums, former NFL great
8:34 PM: DAVID ROTH –
ND alum, getting ready to walk across America
8:39 PM: ZACH DUBOIS – Country music singer,
songwriter – LIVE PERFORMANCE
8:45 PM: COREY
ROBINSON – ND student body President
9:00 PM ET HOUR
9:05 PM: MISS RODEO AMERICA – ND alum
9:09 PM: TERRY HANRATTY – ND alum, all-time great QB
9:15 PM: LITURGICAL CHOIR – ND students, LIVE
PERFORMANCE
9:20 PM: JAREK NABRZYSKI – ND faculty, will do a LIVE
3D scan of Golic’s head
9:24 PM: ND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – LIVE PERFORMANCE
9:29 PM: ANNE THOMPSON – ND alum, NBC News
9:34 PM: TYLER EIFERT – ND alum, NFL All-Pro tight end
from the Cincinnati Bengals
9:39 PM: SUB SANDWICH MAKING COMPETITION
9:46 PM: NAT GEO NETWORK – ND student, created TV
series for their network
10:00 PM ET HOUR
10:05 PM: PETE MOKWUAH & KINTAE LARK – gets a ND haircut LIVE
10:08 PM: KEVIN CORRIGAN – Head Coach of ND’s #1
ranked Men’s Lacrosse team
10:14 PM: DR. PATRICIA CURTIN WHITE, MD – ND alum
10:18 PM: BELLA-CAPELLA – Saint Mary’s College singing
group – LIVE PERFORMANCE
10:23 PM: KELLY TRIPUCKA – ND alum, all-time ND &
NBA hoops great
10:28 PM: MABREY SISTERS vs. MCGLINCHEY & VANGORDER
– hoops competition
10:34 PM: NOTRE DAME FENCERS TAKE ON MIKE GOLIC – fencing demonstration
10:40 PM: NOTRE DAME CLUB OF THE MID-HUDSON VALLEY
10:44 PM: PHIL SKLAR – ND alum, founder of the National
Bobblehead Hall of Fame
11:00 PM ET HOUR
11:05 PM: HANK ASSAF – ND student, who is a successful
entrepreneur
11:11 PM: ROBOT FOOTBALL GAME – ND Robotics Club
11:17 PM: PETE MOKWUAH – check back in with the ND DL
and see finished haircut
11:20 PM: NOTRE DAME FIGURE SKATING CLUB – ND students,
LIVE PERFORMANCE
11:24 PM: CLAIRE AND THE BOYS – ND
Talent Show winners – LIVE PERFORMANCE
11:28 PM: SARAH BRENZEL – ND alum, with brain tumor who
creates video games
11:33 PM: ZACK MARTIN – ND alum, NFL All-Pro Guard with
the Dallas Cowboys
11:39 PM: KILEY ADAMS – ND student, will break
bricks and boards
11:43 PM: LAN ZHAO – ND student, 1 million YouTube
views of her music video in China
MIDNIGHT AM ET HOUR
12:05 AM: MOLLIE LIMB – ND student, assists cancer
patients in Michiana
12:10 AM: LINDSEY HORVATH – ND alum, Former Mayor of
West Hollywood, CA
12:15 AM: THE DERULOS – ND students (comedy / singing
act) from ND Talent Show
12:19 AM: CAFÉ FAR FAR / FARLEY HALL – LIVE REMOTE
12:22 AM: P-FRESH – ND students, hip-hop dance troupe –
LIVE PERFORMANCE
12:30 AM: THE SHIRT COMMITTEE -- ND students leading the sale of The Shirt
12:33 AM: RODNEY PIERRE-ANTOINE – ACE Academies
12:39 AM: FIELD TRIP TO INDIA – five ND students were
invited home for winter break in India
12:44 AM: NOTRE DAME CLUB OF SPOKANE