1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 September Voice | Page 53
JITTERS OVER . . . PLANS
BEGIN FOR 1965
By Ben A. Green
“Now that the tension is over,
we hope to have a meeting of our
Board of Directors soon and may
be decide upon some plans for next
year,” remarked President Bill
Tune of the Tennessee Walking
Horse National Celebration when
asked if there is anything new in
mind for the 1965 big show that
starts on Aug. 28 and ends on Sept.
4, having eight nights just like the
1,295-horse show this year.
To most of us it seems that the
Celebration was held “ages ago”
because so many things happened
since the big Stake Night on Sept.
5.
But to the Celebration “tension
workers” the relief from pressure
of this gigantic event comes more
slowly. It had been building up
since early in the horse show sea
son, and hundreds of horses were
being primed especially for the
Celebration classes.
Tension first hits the directors
who must decide what to start do
ing in the spring. All seven are
working on Celebration duties
shortly after New Year, in one way
or the other. Bill Tune, with var
ied duties; Bill Parker, vice-presi
dent over a wide realm. Phil J.
Scudder, secretary-treasurer with
emphasis on grounds and facilities;
Henry C. Tilford, Jr., concessions
with a helping hand to Scudder
also in many ways; Evan Lloyd
Adamson, many details with the
show itself; Robert M. Thomas (as
sisted by Morgan Lorance) with
the advance publicity program
that has been greatly expanded;
and Henry J. Thompson, with the
street decorations and plans for
social activities.
A “ticket crisis” comes early for
Chairman John Castleberry and
office assistant, Mrs. Clark C. Ro
binson—because all boxes for next
year are already sold, there is a
waiting list — and more and more
folks clamor to be among the 80,-
000 and more will attend in 1965
like they did this year.
Then the tension piles up at the
office of Mrs. J. Ivan Potts, Jr., as
advertising comes in for the Blue
SEPTEMBER, 1961
Ribbon Yearbook, and entry lists
must be sent to all possible exhi
bitors wanting to enter horses, etc.,
etc. Manager Sam Gibbons at
Athens, Ala., is preparing editorial
material for the Blue Ribbon and
doing countless things in advance
— many weeks of preparation go
into his activities. And in Jackson,
Tenn., there is Master of Cere
monies Emmett Guy building up
his storage book of prime jokes,
and taking precautions to “be in
good voice at Celebration time.”
Organist Jimmy Richardson prac
tices at other shows all season to
be in perfect shape for the Cele
bration, music-wise.
Barn Managers Scope Carney
and Ike Bull start to work weeks
ahead, and get virtually no real
sleep, night or day, during Cele
bration Week.
Grounds Supt. E. J. Nowlin
keeps a crew busy on the facili
ties virtually all year, and an im
mediate job is to put a roof on
those additional 20 stalls erected
this year with a temporary top to
care for the horse overflow three
weeks ago.
So now what may be called the
“Celebration Jitters” period has
passed — and thoughts turn to next
year. As usual, somebody suggested
a roof over the site for the
world’s greatest outdoor horse
show. Aside from the hundreds of
thousands of dollars involved,
there were some 23,000 persons on
hand Stake Night who wanted to
be outside of four walls. They
wanted to see Walking horses and
the moon.
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