77th Annual Soybean Festival Grand Parade

Youngsters wave at a float as it travels down Main Street during the 77th Annual Soybean Festival's grand parade. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Olivia Gadberry, Miss Soybean Queen, arrives to the Main Stage in style during the 77th Annual Soybean Festival parade on thursday. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Rodney Walls served as Grand Marshal of the 77th Annual Soybean Festival's grand parade on Thursday, Oct. 10., in Portageville. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Marching bands from across the Bootheel competed for honors during the 77th annual Portageville Soybean Festival's Grand Parade on Thursday. The Kelly High School band took top honors in the MSHSAA class. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Celebrating pirates and mermaids, the Portageville Health Center's float cruised into third place in the grand float division of the Portageville Soybean Festival's grand parade on Thursday. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

There were pirates of all sorts and sizes at Portageville's grand parade on Thursday. Two young pirates with the Family First float danced for the judges and took home second place honors in the kiddie division of the parade. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

The float by the First Assembly of God won first place in the kiddie division of the Portageville Soybean Festival's grand parade on Thursday. This year's theme was Pirates and Mermaids, Mystics of the Mississippi. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Little pirates on the First Assembly of God's float in the Kiddie Division of the Grand Parade steered their way to a first place win. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Youngsters wave at the passing firetrucks and police cars as the Portageville's 77th Annual Soybean Festival's grand parade gets under way on Thursday. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

The crowds lined both sides of Portageville's Main Street with youngsters crowding up to the front in hopes of catching the first glimpse of the more than 100 entries in the parade and gathering up the most pieces of candy. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Noah Hodges decided a horse would be the perfect toy to purchase prior to the Soybean Festival's grand parade on Thursday . Noah's mother, Latasha Hodges, purchased the inflatable from Victoria Hamm, one of the volunteers assisting the Portageville Chamber of Commerce at the event. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

August Christen, left, and Madison Allgier put on their pirate and mermaid hats and were eagerly awaiting the start of Thursday's grand parade for Portageville's 77th Annual Soybean Festival. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Winning first place and $1,000 in the Portageville Soybean Festival's grand parade on Thursday was the float Crew and Eberleigh. This year's theme was Pirates and Mermaids, Mystics of the Mississippi. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Rodney Walls served as Grand Marshal of the 77th Annual Soybean Festival's grand parade on Thursday, Oct. 10., in Portageville.

Marching bands from across the Bootheel competed for honors during the 77th annual Portageville Soybean Festival's Grand Parade on Thursday. The Kelly High School band took top honors in the MSHSAA class.

Celebrating pirates and mermaids, the Portageville Health Center's float cruised into third place in the grand float division of the Portageville Soybean Festival's grand parade on Thursday.

There were pirates of all sorts and sizes at Portageville's grand parade on Thursday. Two young pirates with the Family First float danced for the judges and took home second place honors in the kiddie division of the parade.

The float by the First Assembly of God won first place in the kiddie division of the Portageville Soybean Festival's grand parade on Thursday. This year's theme was Pirates and Mermaids, Mystics of the Mississippi.

Little pirates on the First Assembly of God's float in the Kiddie Division of the Grand Parade steered their way to a first place win.

Youngsters wave at the passing firetrucks and police cars as the Portageville's 77th Annual Soybean Festival's grand parade gets under way on Thursday.

The crowds lined both sides of Portageville's Main Street with youngsters crowding up to the front in hopes of catching the first glimpse of the more than 100 entries in the parade and gathering up the most pieces of candy.

Noah Hodges decided a horse would be the perfect toy to purchase prior to the Soybean Festival's grand parade on Thursday . Noah's mother, Latasha Hodges, purchased the inflatable from Victoria Hamm, one of the volunteers assisting the Portageville Chamber of Commerce at the event.

August Christen, left, and Madison Allgier put on their pirate and mermaid hats and were eagerly awaiting the start of Thursday's grand parade for Portageville's 77th Annual Soybean Festival.

Winning first place and $1,000 in the Portageville Soybean Festival's grand parade on Thursday was the float Crew and Eberleigh. This year's theme was Pirates and Mermaids, Mystics of the Mississippi.