With the Merry Christmas Memphis Parade cancelled this year by the Downtown Memphis Association for no reason they cared to share with the public, the Whitehaven Christmas Parade took on extra importance as the only Christmas parade that would be held in Memphis. People started lining the parade route early last Saturday November 19.
More scenes from last Wednesday’s rehearsal for the Al Kapone/Memphis Symphony performance at the New Daisy Theater.
#087 Lake Providence High School Band.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
The Lake Providence High School band marches in the Grambling Homecoming Parade, October 22, 2011
#084 United Christian Percussionists Drumline.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
The United Christian Percussionists from Shreveport, LA march in the Grambling Homecoming Parade, October 22, 2011
#083 Madison High School (Tallulah) Band.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
The Madison High School Band from Tallulah, LA marches in the Grambling Homecoming Parade, October 22, 2011
#082 Beat the Streets Drumline.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
The Beat The Streets Drumline from Shreveport marches in the Grambling Homecoming Parade, October 22, 2011
#076 Tulsa Douglass High School Band.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
The Douglass High School band from Tulsa, OK marches in the Grambling Homecoming Parade, October 22, 2011
#067 Lancaster TX High School Band.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
The Lancaster High School band from Lancaster, TX marches in the Grambling Homecoming Parade, October 22, 2011
The aftermath of the Grambling homecoming football game is always something of a custom car show, and this year was no exception. On the site of the old Martha Adams Hall, I ran into my homeboys from An What Entertainment in Shreveport, including DJ Hollyhood BayBay, who were sponsoring a party for a motorcycle club. Further down on RWE Jones Drive were the people from Louisiana Cash’s camp who were selling T-shirts that read “B_tch, I’m From Louisiana”. Getting out of the traffic nightmare and back towards Monroe proved to be difficult.Â
The Grambling Homecoming Parade ended near Eddie Robinson Stadium and the new Conrad Hutchinson Performing Arts Center, and the high school bands gathered there and had a sort of informal battle between the parade and the football game.Â
