By: Charles Romans
Carter County Times
Grayson Memory Days is here again, and event coordinator Michelle Boggs couldn’t be happier.
“This is going to be the biggest one we’ve had yet, and there is so much to see and do,” Boggs said.
The full schedule of events is available at graysonchamber.com, but Boggs shared a few highlights people can look forward to this year.
“The Veterans Float is going to be really special,” Boggs said of one entry in the Memory Days Parade. “We’re going to bring Wes Boggs down first, then the guys from Genesis will come down and bring the flag. The veterans will be walking, and when they get to the Veteran’s Square they will stop and someone will play Taps. Then we will have prayer for the country, and we will have kids holding miniature flags (Boggs said she ordered 500 in anticipation of a huge turnout) lead the Veterans through the parade.”
“We have Jason Crabb Thursday Night,” Boggs said of the entertainment.
Crabb is a big name in bluegrass music, she said, and he will help make the event’s Gospel Night amazing.
“He is a national gospel singer, so he’s going to be amazing,” Boggs said. “Churches are going to set the tables up on Main Street so they can pass out their information whether it is for Vacation Bible School, their food banks, or whatever they have going on.”
Boggs said that a lot of area churches are going out into the community and working on people’s houses who can’t do the work themselves.
“Right up the street at the gazebo, Center Stage Studio is going to be dancing this year at the Veteran’s Park. Dance With Hope dancers will be doing the same thing on Friday night,” Boggs said, with both groups of dancers beginning their performance at 5 pm. Dancing With Hope will also be performing patriotic numbers before the parade begins, Boggs said.
“Sundy Best will be performing Saturday night,” Boggs said. “There will be an amazing turnout for that.”
“The high school bass team is having a huge bass tournament at Grayson Lake,” Boggs said, though the Saturday event obviously isn’t part of the Main Street attractions. “It starts at 7 am and the prize is going to be based on how many entrants they have. Even if you don’t want to come to Grayson for Memory Days, go up there and support those boys. You don’t have to be in the tournament, but donate a little money to their sports teams.”
“There will be a 5K early Saturday morning on Main Street,” Boggs said, returning to the Memory Days event and what it has to offer.
Boggs said she wanted to remind everyone that the merchant’s parking lot will be closed down on Wednesday at 4 pm to accommodate assembling the stage. The event will also have 21 food trucks and 30 to 40 vendors to serve Memory Days patrons, she said. Boggs said she encourages everyone to check out the event on the Chamber of Commerce website so that they will know for sure when their favorite thing is happening and where their favorite thing is located.
Contact the writer at charles@cartercountytimes.com
