To: kingattax
Blackburn said he watched the show when March 26 and was shocked that Pikeville was portrayed as a hillbilly haven, a stereotype people throughout the region have fought vigorously to overcome.Yeah, I can see from the Visitor Page on their official website, and their web page dedicated to their biggest annual happening, "Hillbilly Days", how they are 'vigorously fighting' that stereotype.
8 posted on
04/28/2005 9:23:46 AM PDT by
Antonello
To: Antonello; dighton; aculeus; hellinahandcart; Happygal; BlueLancer; Tijeras_Slim; ...
Yeah, I can see from the Visitor Page on their official website, and their web page dedicated to their biggest annual happening, "Hillbilly Days", how they are 'vigorously fighting' that stereotype. "Pay no attention to the man with the banjo!"
11 posted on
04/28/2005 9:29:04 AM PDT by
general_re
("Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith, but in doubt." - Reinhold Niebuhr)
To: Antonello
Hillbilly Days is like the World's Fair in Pikeville. I used to work at one of the law firms there. When Hillbilly Days rolled around, it was time to take off. Even the local school systems always find a reason to cancel school at least one day of Hillbilly Days.
16 posted on
04/28/2005 9:37:46 AM PDT by
LanPB01
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