Friday, February 5, 2021

Lumumba Cancels Dixie National Parade

 Ag Commish Andrew Gipson issued the following statement. 

Today, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce will host a memorial processional for the late Lecile Harris, professional rodeo clown and longtime performer at the Dixie National Rodeo, on Saturday, February 13, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. The processional around the State Fairgrounds will include family members of Lecile Harris, special dignitaries, mounted horse groups and the famous Dixie National Wagon Train.

“The City of Jackson denied the permit for the 2021 Dixie National Parade,” said Commissioner Gipson. “In its place, we are continuing with our celebration of the life of Lecile Harris with a memorial processional around the very Mississippi Fairgrounds Complex where he performed for so many years. The procession will take place one year from the day Lecile completed his final performance of the 2020 rodeo, and then passed away later that night. I invite folks to come out and pay their respects this Saturday as we celebrate the life of the late Lecile Harris and pay homage to the impact he left on the city of Jackson, our state and rodeo communities across the nation. We are looking forward to holding the Dixie National Parade with all of our regular participants in 2022.”

The procession will begin on Mississippi Street on the State Fairgrounds, pass through the viewing area at Gate 7, turn onto Greymont Street through Gate 7, continue onto Madison Street, turn right onto Jefferson Street and turn right back onto Mississippi Street through Gate 14 onto the Fairgrounds. For those wishing to view the processional, seating will be available on the State Fairgrounds near Gate 7 on Mississippi Street.

Following the processional, Commissioner Gipson and the Harper Morgan Rodeo Company will hold a brief service and mural unveiling of Lecile Harris in the Mississippi Coliseum at 11:00 a.m. The public is invited to attend. The extensive mural featuring Lecile Harris is located inside the front lobby on the north side of the Mississippi Coliseum where visitors can see and learn about the renowned rodeo clown.

The annual Dixie National Rodeo takes place Thursday, February 11, through Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at the Mississippi Coliseum. The seven-day event produced by Harper Morgan Rodeo Company features bull riding, barrel racing, team roping, steer wrestling, bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding and tie down roping. Musical artists performing following the rodeo competitions include The Oak Ridge Boys Elvira40, Parker McCollum, Moe Bandy, John Conlee, Sawyer Brown, Justin Moore and Riley Green. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com.

Also, for the first time, the Mississippi State Fairgrounds is hosting the Dixie National Rodeo “Cowboy Up” blood drive, to assist with the shortage of blood supplies caused by the pandemic. The blood drive will be held Friday, February 12, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 13, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Mississippi Farmers Market parking lot. All CDC guidelines will be in place for protection of the donors, staff and blood supply. All donors will receive the first annual Dixie National Rodeo blood drive t-shirt.

For more information on the Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo, visit www.dixienational.org, download the mobile app, “like” the Dixie National Livestock Show & Rodeo on Facebook or call 601-961-4000.

Kingfish note: Yet the Mayor can approve a block party to celebrate the life of Charles Evers.  


56 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mostly white people go to the rodeo. The mayor hates white people, so ...

Anonymous said...

Shouldn't have called it a parade. Should have called it a peaceful protest.

Anonymous said...

@3:36
Your comment doesn’t make any sense.

Mayor Lumumba lives in the whitest neighborhood in the whitest Ward of the City of Jackson!

Anonymous said...

"Dixie" anything is not going to be approved in Jackson anymore. Or many other places.

Anonymous said...

Making life difficult for state government sure flies in the face of David Gerrymander Blount's efforts to consolidate more state operations inside of Jackson.

Anonymous said...

The Dixie National brings in a lot of money to the area...a LOT!
Lamumba is an idiot.
The City of Jackson has never done much to promote the rodeo.

Anonymous said...

I knew the race baitors would make their way on here, but the first comment? You guys are exceeding even my expectations!

And kingfish, I assume that the block party was outside and during a lull in COVID cases, correct? Why wouldn’t that make a meaningful difference?

Anonymous said...

That’s right, 4:05. The State of Mississippi doesn’t have a very long history of doing exactly the same thing to the federal government, which continues today.

So why does the eagle on the Capitol Building face south again?

Anonymous said...

The only hope for Jackson is a complete takeover by the State.

Kingfish said...

I can assume that Mardi Gras and the resulting overloading of NOLA hospitals freaked everyone out.

I think the MLK parade took place BUT it was a motorcade.

Anonymous said...

@3:36
Mayor...!?? Ha! That's funny. Of course Choke the Joke does. You think he's gonna live in a neighborhood over there on the other side of the railroad tracks? Hell no. He's gonna reside in the most well maintained and safest part of Jacktown. Bullets are flying these days all around Jacktown. BTW, a rodeo with the word -'Dixie'!!??? That's just racist!!!

Anonymous said...

Goofy giant "Cowboy Hat" aside, I'm starting to like Gipson.

He laughs ( indirectly at the lil' Mayor . . . and Gipson still has a parade within Jackson ).

I love it !



Anonymous said...

Who gives a crap? I'm so tired of listening to all the damn whining from both sides. We're worried about a parade when people are coming HERE from other states to get vaccinated. Many who probably were all over social media saying COVID was a hoax. Sick of everyone. Grow up already.

Anonymous said...

They should move the Parade to Pearl, not that far from the Coliseum. Parade down Bass Pro Drive. Then send a personal invitation to the Jxn Mayor inviting him to ride in the Parade!

Anonymous said...

I was planning on eating at Lou's Full Serve tonight (bringing Madison County money to Jackson). It's temporarily closed for a broken water main. Maybe the Jackson leaders will continue to run off economic development, without ever figuring out that the only thing that fixes infrastructure is money. The rodeo is big business for Jackson businesses.

And @3:51 has the best post on this entire thread.

Anonymous said...

4:11, a parade is outside just as the block party was. There has been no meaningful “lull” in cases since March 2020. So, what other reasons do you think there might be?

Anonymous said...

The mayor blames the crime wave on COVID, saying people have been cooped up indoors without the usual outlets for socializing. Now, once again, he's ordering people to spend even more time at home. Must make sense to him. Nobody else, though.

Anonymous said...

Why are you here 4:48?

Mciah Gober said...

4:48 PM I could careless who gets the covid shot. I'm tire of my freedoms being taken away for some so called experts who claim they are doctors and claim its the best interest of my life. It was doctor who gave me a covid virus, and I lived through it, and I have underlying conditions too. This virus is bull shit just like Jackson's Mayor Butt Wipe which is his new name. People die everyday in Jackson and I really don't care. I want to live my life. I want to see the the Dixie National Parade and if this make me a racist good you can't do anything about it!!! If you could I dare you!!!

Anonymous said...

Have the full parade anyway. How on earth could anyone stop it?

Anonymous said...

It looks like our fearless leader just sold his place off pear orchard. Wonder where he went?

Cow Pattie said...

Not only should 'they' move the parade, but, they should move the whole damned rodeo out of God forsaken Jackson, just like 'they' moved the children's rodeo to Hattiesburg eight years ago due to safety concerns with Jackson.

But, speaking of Ro-Day-Os...what about the upcoming black rodeo? Will that annual parade suffer the same death knell. Most mayors have ridden a horse in that parade...Will puss-mayor mount up or stay in the barn?

Anonymous said...

Are there that many robots posting on Jackson Jambalaya?

Anonymous said...

The state doesn’t want to give anything to Jackson so Jackson shouldn’t give anything to the state.

Anonymous said...

Where have you been 6:50? He's living in a 4000+ sq ft mansion on Eastmont Place.

Anonymous said...

Lumumba is the mayoral equivalent of Greta Thunberg.

Anonymous said...

most likely the same 30 people every day

Anonymous said...

Lumumba will replace Bennie as your next congressman when Bennie retires or croaks. Mark it down.

Anonymous said...

Free the Land. He said it right there in his inaugural address. So why should anyone be shook here?

Anonymous said...

We all know that the Mayor is the adult in the room, it sho ain’t Gibson walking around with boots and his cow hat.

Anonymous said...

AND WE WAKE UP SATURDAY MORNING TO AN AWFUL NIGHT OF KILLING IN GOOD OLE JACKSON! SHUT THE WHOLE CITY DOWN AND CLEAN UP THIS MESS!!! How many died last night? Do we know???

Anonymous said...

9:44, 7:07, 3:55, 4:12 - You should know about the 'same people' posting multiple times, since all of those I just listed are YOU.

Anonymous said...

Lecile Harris was a treasure......that memorial of him should be placed somewhere that those future fans of rodeo will be able to enjoy it. Putting it in Jackson, MS is short sighted - Jackson will be so ghetto in the future nary a person will know or care who he was, and the joy he brought to hundreds of thousands over his career.

Anonymous said...

5:02pm, They could have it in Pearl and invite him to ride in it but I would be willing to bet that you couldn’t get him east of the Pearl river in Rankin County. The State needs to move all of the State agencies out of Jackson and just let it continue to deteriorate. Oh wait! They are already doing that!

Anonymous said...

Have the parade because who is going to stop it? JPD can't even do low speed pursuits.

Anonymous said...

@6:00 AM
Who cares? I woke up and enjoyed a scene of serenity on my gated community’s private lake, here in Flowood.

Anonymous said...

I'm almost 45 years old, grew up going to the rodeo, and never knew that a "rodeo parade" was a thing, much less some sacred holy thing. Who cares?

Anonymous said...

Real smart to expose many to a deadly disease to honor a dead man. Let’s hope and pray it doesn’t cause some to join him.

Anonymous said...

Lumumba will replace Bennie as your next congressman when Bennie retires or croaks. Mark it down.

We'll mark it down as your bet but don't expect to collect. There are a number of formidable Democrats living in that District. AND if George Flaggs wants that seat, he wins in a walk off.

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't come in to Jackson for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

Anonymous said...

Currently laughing at Lamumba’s 12 o’clock curfew. What hogwash! He will take that mess to Washington DC when he takes over for Benny. Meanwhile, the kids the curfew is set for keep on terrorizing Jackson. Yep! Lumumba is just the answer to all of our problems! *sarcasm*

Anonymous said...

The mayor should focus on the fact that he’s currently overseeing the deadliest and most violent era in the history of Jackson.

Anonymous said...

CL is a deep state plant that is running Jackson into the ground so the state has to take it over and remake it.

Anonymous said...

Change the name to the Soros-Bloomberg Progressive Gun Control Parade and the permit would be approved.

Anonymous said...

7:26 am Have you looked into moving 2 Capitol Buildings and 3 major hospitals?

Jackson is not "deteriorating". We are seeing more improvements than in decades.

Yes, there are still problems and areas that need attention but I travel to other cities and that is the case everywhere with every city that has an area of poverty.

Sadly, like many suburbs before it, Madison is making the same mistakes as Sugarland. Hate to see it...could have done Cary,NC. or continued with Roswell, GA. The latter is where Mayor Mary got her initial plan. I should know, I sent her there and she copied ordinances. Wish she'd included building construction and better zoning.

Oh well...the money matters more.

At any rate...tend to your own business. We are managing as best we can under difficult circumstances, including busybodies like you who imagine a State's Capitol city is replaceable and doesn't advertise the entire State.

You and those like you are holding this State back. About the time something positive is noticed, you folks gotta find a way to air dirty laundry or embarrass us all.

Anonymous said...

The mayor was likely worried about all of the gang member criminals who would be driving their donut cutting stolen cars in the parade. I don't blame him for cancelling it. Any idiot should know Rodeo criminals belong inside the fairground fencing.

Rodeo Know? Yes I am a poet who don't know it, cause I can make a rhyme every time.

Anonymous said...

I could not care less. Rodeo: strapping, spurring, shocking innocent animals for a crappy show. As boring as baseball, but that at least does not inflict pain and injure animals. I am always wondering why people watch that shit. Ah, for the hot dogs. Eat your hot dogs at home and study with your kids! (I know what you call me now... but me and my kiddos have and will have the better jobs, you just cannot admit it)

Anonymous said...

Where's the sluggard who posts about no jobs for college graduates and he's moving out of state as soon as they graduate?

Anonymous said...

"Mayor Lumumba lives in the whitest neighborhood in the whitest Ward of the City of Jackson!"

So do a lot of racists. What's your point?

Roll w Red said...

It’s time for a change. He’s cra cra. He didn’t stop the fair in October so why stop a parade??? It’s time for Jackson to wake up and vote for Charlotte Reeves. She’s the one that can turn Jackson around.

Anonymous said...

February 6, 2021 at 3:18 PM
In your opinion is everyone who's white a racist? Regardless, 'whitest neighborhood in Jackson' is a low bar to hurdle when Jackson's demographics is 80+% black.

Anonymous said...

@ 5:14 - Group of us tried to eat at Lou’s Tuesday and Thursday, but closed all week for water problems.
Surely all the State legislators who frequent Lou’s are taking notice of how sad Jackson’s situation is.

Anonymous said...

12:05 actually posted this: "Jackson is not "deteriorating". We are seeing more improvements than in decades."

Name three. Or two. Hell, just ONE.

Anonymous said...

To the "we're no worse than other cities" crowd, here is a list of the worst-run cities in the Unites States. Scroll all the way down to number 3, and you'll find Jackson (right behind Detroit and St. Louis).

https://stacker.com/stories/3283/worst-run-cities-america

The first step in correcting a problem is admitting there is a problem. Hint: Criticism from white folks is NOT what's wrong with Jackson.

Anonymous said...

@7:29, Lou’s is in Chicago buddy, CLOSE, but wrong city

Kingfish said...

Lou's problems aren't because of the city. The buildings pipes are old. The grocery store has had problems too and need an overhaul.


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