Hillbilly Days 2008 April 17-19 Pikeville KY

Bringing the Family Home

Laugh at the name all you want, Pikeville's Hillbilly Days is the second largest festival in the state. (Louisville's Derby Festival being the largest) The festival brings in thousands of dollars for Lexington's Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children ..and our own Pike County Chamber of Commerce.

Hillbilly Days celebrates mountain culture. And culture we do have...before you picture gun toting, illiterate bare foot ruffians consider this. Pikeville is the third-largest banking center in the Commonwealth. We have Pikeville College, Pikeville Osteopathic School of Medicine, and the new Expo Center. We have a Technical School as well. Don't laugh at us; perhaps you need to reconsider us Hillbillies.

So come on down!

We'll have Bluegrass pickin' in the park. They'll be cloggers that put them River dance folks to shame. They'll be more performances over at the courthouse, and a few pesky politicians too. Folks we haven't seen all winter, will come on off the mountaintops and sit and talk, chew, whittle, pick a guitar, pass around baby pictures, and ride around town on their brand new Harleys.

The folks you see in mock Hillbillly garb are Shriners, or a few "brought on" hillbillies dressing up for fun. (Mostly we don't wear bib-overalls to to office down here....but they are handy when there is some weed eating to do on the hillsides. )You'll see some of the darnedest dare I say "cars" that sputter around in our hillbilly parade. (No we don't insure hillbilly jalopies)

If you get hungry, there is always lots of choices. On Main Street, Charlie Pinson will be frying up fish in the Rotary Club booth. They'll be gyros, Greek salads, Mexican tortillas, elephant ears, funnel cakes, and fried oreos throughout the downtown vendor sections. There is a carnival for the kiddies on the river fill.

Charlie and I look forward to Hillbilly Days, as many of the family members who have left here come on home. We'll get to visit with his brother, his nephews and nieces, and even a new great nephew! On Friday, we'll even shut the office down early. It's not so bad to be a Hillbilly. You ought to try it sometime. It can be enlightening!

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12:30 on Friday April 18

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Charlie Pinson is a member of the Pikeville Rotary Club and the Independent Insurance Agents of Kentucky. Headquartered in Pikeville, Charlie Pinson Insurance offers a variety of insurance products including Kentucky Auto Insurance, Motorcycle Insurance, Homeowners Insurance, and Business Insurance including Workers Compensation. Through our sister agency, Triple B Insurance, we offer Kentucky health insurance for groups, individuals, and families. If you can't come to see us at Hillbilly Days, visit our website at www.pinsoninsurance.comfor online Kentucky Insurance quotes and information.