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Hillbilly De-Lux
Pikeville Hillbilly Days in Full Throttle

Yesterday, they started arriving in downtown, swarming like bees to honey. Street vendors, exhibitors, and the Shriner Hillbilly Clans. The city parking structure was a bee hive of activity with locals and tourists vying for the best spots.

Today, the crowd started arriving early. At eleven, Main Street was crowded with folks looking for funnel cakes, lemonade, and fried oreos. Most local businesses are running with a tag-team crew. That is to say, Bubba goes to take a walk around town, while Billy Bob keeps the office open....then they switch places. That's what we are doing here at Charlie Pinson Insurance, except its Heather and I "manning" the office. Charlie is out frying fish at the Rotary booth on Main Street, and Mark has gone to his Kiwanis meeting. I'm thinking of hanging a sign on the door that says "Joyce Pinson Insurance" just for giggles.

In talking with folks over at the Pike County Chamber of Commerce, we are expecting to break last years attendance of 80,000 visitors. Y'all come and be a part of the fun down here in the mountains! (Hillbilly Days is second only to Louisville's Kentucky Derby Festival in attendance.)

Tomorrow, we will close the office down at lunch and join in the fun. If you are coming in for the weekend, the highlight of Hillbilly Days is the annual parade which is scheduled to start at 2 pm on Saturday afternoon along Hambley Blvd. Now, the parade is great, don't get me wrong but our receptionist Heather Stiltner moonlights with a band called "Downtown Groove." They are scheduled to perform at 2 PM in front of the Expo center. More about that tomorrow.

Want to see what's actually shakin' downtown? Check out the Hillbilly webcams at www.kywebcams.com. The camera featuring Hambley Blvd is located just behind our office, near the ninety nine stairs of Pikeville College.

Charlie Pinson Insurance Pikeville KY Office will close at 12:30 on Friday, April 18.
Our website at www.pinsoninsurance.com
will remain open for business.

Charlie Pinson Insurance is headquartered in Pikeville, Ky. We are proud of our mountain heritage and proud of the great strides of progress here in Pike County.We love the River City and Louisville's Derby, we love our Alma mater UK Lexington KY, but home is always where the heart is.