The Memphis Music and Heritage Festival is a 26-year-old free music festival held each year on the Main Street Mall in downtown Memphis. Sponsored by the non-profit Center for Southern Folklore, the event offers four stages of local Memphis music and a fifth stage for regional cooking demonstrations. Various vendors display regional folk art, and there is plenty of food and drink from vendors and nearby restaurants.
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Westwood at BTW, Memphis, 2012
At the Booker T. Washington vs. Westwood game at BTW Stadium in South Memphis, 8/31/12
The Booker T. Washington Drumline Performs at BTW Stadium
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The Booker T. Washington High School drumline performs in the stands at their game against Westwood at Booker T. Washington Stadium in South Memphis, 8/31/12
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Westwood High School Drumline Plays a Cadence at BTW
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The Westwood High School drumline performs at Booker T. Washington Stadium, Memphis TN, 8/31/12
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Booker T. Washington Drumline Marches Into BTW Stadium, South Memphis
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The Booker T. Washington High School band marches into BTW Stadium to the cadence of their drumline, South Memphis, 8/31/12
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Westwood High School Drumline at BTW
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The Westwood High School drumlines plays a cadence toward the BTW stands at Booker T. Washington Stadium in South Memphis, 8/31/12
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The Westwood High School Longhorn Band Marches Into BTW Stadium
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The Westwood High School drumline leads the band into Booker T. Washington stadium in South Memphis, 8/31/12
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MIAA Football: Westwood at BTW, Memphis
Memphis’ Booker T. Washington Stadium is arguably the second-oldest in the city after Crump Stadium, behind Central High School, although the latter has had a complete renovation in recent years. Much has changed in the surrounding neighborhood, including the demolition of Cleaborn Homes and Foote Homes, but crowds still turn out to support the Booker T. Washington Warriors, the oldest Black high school in Memphis. This year, BTW seems to have a decent marching band, with a first-rate drumline. Westwood, on the other hand, is a pathetic shadow of its former life, when, in the 80’s and early 90’s, it used to march over a hundred band members. Open enrollment, and outmigration from the neighborhood have devastated it. Still, the Longhorns have a small marching band that seems well-trained and which might become the foundation of a rebuilding. Only time will tell.
Whitehaven vs. Fairley at JP Freeman, 2012
At the Whitehaven vs. Fairley game at J. P. Freeman Stadium, Memphis, 8/25/12
Whitehaven vs. Fairley at J.P. Freeman, Memphis, 2012
High school football (and the marching band battles that go with it) are a big part of the culture of Memphis, and there are few rivalries bigger than Whitehaven High School and Fairley High School. Their game this year, played at J. P. Freeman Stadium because Whitehaven Stadium is being renovated, was a rare Saturday game and it drew a crowd as big as one might expect for a college game.The weather was perfect, the bands were great, and there were no fights.