Majorettes and drummers march in the Southern Heritage Classic Parade, Orange Mound, Memphis TN, 9/8/12
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The Southern Heritage Classic Parade Gets Underway
The Southern Heritage Classic Parade gets underway on Park Avenue in 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
The Southern Heritage Classic parade is always held in Orange Mound on Saturday morning of game day. People start gathering and picking places to sit down by 9 AM, and those in the parade begin assembling at Melrose High School. There’s always a feeling of excitement in the air. Orange Mound, 9/8/12