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Harvest Homecoming is a group of volunteers
dedicated to providing a family oriented
festival. It unites the community in a
spirit of fellowship and is committed to
continuous improvement.
Honored by the Library of Congress
Bicentennial Local Legacies Project in 2000,
Harvest Homecoming, a festival drawing
hundreds of thousands of visitors to New
Albany, Indiana, has been thriving and
growing for 41 years. It was conceived as a
means of bringing the people of southern
Indiana together to share in its wealth of
talent, historic background and beauty.
What is now over a week of events began as a
three-day "Pumpkin Festival," a civic effort
by the Tourism Bureau of the New Albany
Chamber of Commerce, and is now run
exclusively by Harvest Homecoming, Inc.
The 42nd Harvest Homecoming Festival will be
held in October of 2009. Opening ceremonies
include a parade featuring over 200 units
(Parade grand marshals have included Olympic
bronze medalist, Doug Sharp, basketball
great David Robinson, Colonel Harlan
Sanders, Davy Jones of the Monkees, Hans
Conreid, Archie Campbell, James "The
Virginian" Drury and Tom "Dukes of Hazard"
Wopat). |
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Thanks
to Randy Coe - Potentate, and Troy "The Rickster"
Royalty for submitting these photos. |
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Ceremonial
Directors Staff serving breakfast with no singing for
your meal required ... this time. |
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Don, Mike
and Julie of Family Dollar along with Potentate Randy
enjoy the morning (cold) air. |
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Keith and
Bill cooking "Arnold the Pig" for fine country ham - Our
condolences to Mr. & Mrs. Ziffel. |
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Shakie D
and Doc at the Harvest Homecoming with a Kosair Kid -
Photo
Courtesy - Brenda Mattox |
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Doc and
other Funsters hanging out at The Harvest Homecoming -
Photo
Courtesy -
Duke Marsh |
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Doc and
other Funsters hanging out at The Harvest Homecoming -
Photo
Courtesy -
Duke Marsh |
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Let's get
this show on the road! |
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Ceremonial
Directors Staff
from Kosair
gathers to pose for a mug shot, err, I mean a group
photo. |
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More of
Kosair's finest along with Potentate Randy pose for a
photo before the parade starts. |
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OK, one of
them serves the food, and the other one eats it. Guess
which one is which. |
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The Kosair
Oriental Band Unit gets prepared to take part in the
parade, well all but one it seems. |
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The Kosair
Sand Bugs Club members arrive just in time to spice up
the parade! |
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More of
Kosair's finest gather for a group photo before the
parade starts. |
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The Kosair
Flying Fezzes Unit is also on the scene, but they'll
stay on the ground for this event. |
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It's all
smiles now, but someone is going to jail eventually.
Never bring a sword to a gunfight. |
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OK, enough
of all the "clowning around", it's time to get this
parade on the move! |
