LITTLE MOUNTAIN — The Little Mountain Reunion will take place this Friday and Saturday and spectators will have plenty to do with food, music, carnival rides, crafts, a parade and other activities.
Chris Graham, chairman of the Little Mountain Reunion Association, said people come around from all over to attend this festival. Many individuals have made a point to attend the reunion since they were children.
“I have such fond memories of the Little Mountain Reunion. As a young child, I knew it was getting close to time for school to come back. You would get to see all your friends you had missed seeing all summer. I love the parade, the speakings, the craft vendors, and of course the Ruritan barbecue,” said Vicki Wicker Amick of Chapin.
The festivities begin at 7 p.m. Friday with food vendors and children’s rides by Palmetto Amusement of Lexington. Rides will include a swing, Ferris wheel and a bouncy house for the younger children. Tickets will be sold for the rides, either single tickets or a day pass. The main event for Friday will be the Keith Dominick Band, which will play from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
The Saturday festivities will kick off at 10 a.m. with the parade. To date, there are 92 entries in the parade.
The line-up for the parade is as follows:
1. Boy Scout Troop 61
2. Grand Marshal Bobby Glasgow
3. Junior Grand Marshals Wyatt Fulmer and Peyton Amick
4. Joe Pinner, Emperor of Little Mountain
5. Rep. Walt McLeod
6. Sheriff Lee Foster
7. Sen. Ronnie Cromer
8. Little Mountain Beauty Queens
9. Little Mountain Rescue Squad M-181
10. Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church
11. Little Mountain Elementary
12. Cub Scout Troop 111
13. Donna Lominack, county auditor
14. Sam Berry — 1947 Ford F8N Truck
15. United Country Major and Company
16. Mt. Zion AME Church
17. Dutch Fork Historical Society
18. S.C. Department of Natural Resources
19. Friends of Chapin Library
20. Karen Lindler, Treasurer
21. Dr. Ben Carson
22. Macedonia Lutheran Church
23. Richard Martin
24. Wilson’s Refrigeration
25. Little Mountain Fire Department
26. Shealy Plumbing
27. Prosperity Drug
28. Sam Frick Tractor
29. Sam Frick Tractor
30. Pomaria/Garmany Archery Team
31. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
32. Newberry Fire Department
33. Berries & Kreme
34. Mid-Carolina High School Varsity Spirit Squad
35. Chad All Care
36-46. Goldwings Road Riders
47. 911
48. Kaminer Heating & Air
49. Dillon Cromer
50. Mid-Carolina High School volleyball
51. Rodney Chapman Tractor
52. Rodney Chapman Tractor
53. Mid-Carolina Little League Intermediate All-Stars
56. Little Mountain Fire Department
57. Kitfield Creek Outlaws
58. Chapin Fire Department Ladder 11
59. Callie Shepherd, Young Miss Newberry County
60-64. Little Mountain Rescue Squad
66. Miss Travelers Rest Matalyn Mills
67. Bearing Burden Queens
68. S.C. Highway Patrol recruiter
69. 2015 Teen Faith Mission Group
70. Prosperity Payroll Services LLC
71-75. Frank Shealy Tractor
76-86. Newberry Shrine Club
87. Newberry County Humane Society
88. Mid-Carolina High School Varsity Competition Team
89. Sheriff’s Department
90. Mid-Carolina High School Band
91. Little Mountain Fire Department
92. Sheriff’s Department