The Michigan City Soul Steppers Drill Team and Drumline, Southern Heritage Classic Parade, Orange Mound, Memphis TN, 9/8/12
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Spectators Dancing With the Michigan City Soul Steppers at the Southern Heritage Classic Parade
Spectators began to dance as the Michigan City Soul Steppers drumline marched down Park Avenue in the Southern Heritage Classic Parade in Orange Mound, Memphis TN, 9/8/12
Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell at the Southern Heritage Classic Parade
Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell, Southern Heritage Classic Parade, Orange Mound, Memphis TN, 9/8/12
JSU’s Sonic Boom of the South at the Southern Heritage Classic Parade in Orange Mound
The Jackson State University Sonic Boom of the South marching band, Southern Heritage Classic Parade, Orange Mound, Memphis TN, 9/8/12
Getting ready for the parade, Orange Mound, Memphis TN, 9/8/12
Although Memphis is known for basketball, the city has turned out a number of great football players, and much of it began with youth football programs like this one at Melrose Stadium in Orange Mound on Saturday mornings. On Southern Heritage Classic Parade day, the excitement is ramped up a notch, 9/8/12
Club Memphis on the Morning of the Southern Heritage Classic Parade
Club Memphis is a Mound institution on the corner of Park and Pendleton. On parade morning, the DJs post up outside, blasting the street with the feel-good sounds of Maze, Mel Waiters, Tyrone Davis and Johnnie Taylor. Orange Mound, Memphis TN, 9/8/12
The sweet, smoky smell of barbecue stretches all along Park Avenue on the day of the parade, Orange Mound, Memphis, 9/8/12
Early morning before the parade, Orange Mound, Memphis, 9/8/12
Local law enforcement gets ready for the parade too, Orange Mound, Memphis, 9/8/12