Dolly Homecoming Parade 2010

One of the many things I like about living in Sevier County is that it's like a small town and yet still is very obviously a tourist. Also it's close enough to Knoxville for any of the larger city things one might want, but that is off point.

The parade showed some examples of the odd mix between tourist town and small town.

First example of small town... the local boy scouts carried the parade banner at the beginning of the parade.


First example of tourist town...this was followed by Dolly Parton's elaborate float. See the previous post for the video of Dolly on her float.

The short video shows a couple more examples...


I just thought these tractors driving in the parade were just funny. I just really felt like this was one of the proofs that they would let ANYTHING into this parade. (I actually lost count of how many cheer/baton squads we saw.)



And yes, this was in May... with Santa in the parade. I mean what else would a year-round Christmas store put in a parade, even if it 93 degrees outside this day.

I just liked how this horse and carriage looked. It was actually there for the Wells Fargo Bank.

And yes, if you look closely at the right hand side of the image, those are pooper scooper men following the carriage. What I thought was a trip... there was actually little tractors following which had seats attached so they sit. And the seats were actually labeled "Pooper Scoopers".

Anyway so that is all the pictures that I took. I did enjoy the parade, although I don't feel I really need to see it for another 5 years or so. It was just really on the long side.