Liberty Bowl Parade
January 9, 2016 9 p.m.
The procession on Beale Street in Memphis from roughly Second to Fourth streets was just one of several designated events around the Liberty Bowl on Jan. 2. The New Year's Day parade featured two AutoZone semi-trucks, high school marching bands from as far away as Ohio, a couple of New Orleans-style krewes, and a Chevy Camaro car club. One float advertising pizza featured a few unskilled dancers plodding their way through the Cha-Cha Slide. Another for Gun Oil featured plaid-clad dudes pitching Mardi Gras beads. By the time the Razorbacks’ spirit squad and marching band came through, spectators clapped their approval because this, at least, had something to do with something.
