A stormy and rainy night came to a halt at 10 a.m. Saturday, three hours before the
Grand Parade commenced at the 41st annual Wood Festival. The crowd came out
for a fine parade.
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Jim Bell is honored as the Parade Marshall,
after helping with the festival all
these years
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Queen Flora XLI, Victoria Lamont (rear) and her Court, Melissa Hartshorn (center) ,
Amber Williams (right) and Susan Sullivan (left)
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CHS Red Devil Band, a ritual of parade performing
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Heartwood in the Hills returns with the annual street performance
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"I love those horsies"
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Ruby Shock is Calhoun's 2003 Folk Festival Belle
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Queen Flora contestant - Katie Hupp
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Miss Congeniality - Brittany Church
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"I wanna be a fireman"
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Calhoun's most famous race car
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The old man and woman come to town from Heartwood
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Victory Baptist's puppet show
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VFW Post honors America's Vets
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The rain went away ... a sunny day
More Wood Festival pictures and stories to follow, plus coverage of the Appalachian Bike Classic.