Hope College will host its 81st annual Nykerk Cup competition on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m. at the DeVos Fieldhouse.

The event, one of a variety of activities scheduled during the college’s Family Weekend, will feature more than 200 members of the freshman and sophomore classes competing in song, plays and oration. The participating classes this year are the freshman Class of ’19 and the sophomore Class of ’18, who are being coached by the junior Class of ’17 and the senior Class of ’16 Tickets for the Nykerk Cup competition are $7, and are available while supplies last through Friday, Oct. 30, at the Events and Conferences Office located downtown in the Anderson-Werkman Financial Center.  The office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.  Tickets are also available at hope.edu/tickets for an additional online service fee.  Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door.

The competition, first held on March 16, 1936, is named in honor of the originator of the program, John Nykerk, a professor, college dean and founder of the college’s Department of Music.

For more information about the Nykerk Cup competition, please contact Ellen Tanis Awad, director of student life, at awad@hope.edu or 616.395.7800.