72nd annual Soybean festival deemed successful

Portageville, Mo. - Officers with the Portageville Chamber of Commerce were still very enthusiastic Thursday evening after the Grand Parade.

In a Facebook post, Thursday evening from the Chamber officers said,” THANK YOU to all who came out and supported our GRAND PARADE. A big thanks to all of our entries! Everyone looked great, and we appreciate your hard work. We are a little worn for the wear but had a great time seeing everyone!”

The winning floats and entries are as follows:

Taking First Place in the Grand Parade floats category is The Old Broads, Second Place goes to North Pemiscot FBLA, and in Third Place is the Fisher Delta Research Center.

The winning entries from Tuesday’s Kiddie Parade were able to participate and be judged again with a different set of judges. Earning the First Place title was the Little Red Riding Hood. They received Third in the Kiddie Parade.

Taking Second Place was the “They’re off to see the Wizard” float. In the Kiddie Parade, they received First Place Honors.

Lastly, the Third Place float went to Charlotte's Web. In the Kiddie Parade, they received Second Place.

This past weekend was Portageville High School’s Football Homecoming. Each Classification entered their own float and was also judged.

The First Place float goes to the Junior Class, Second Place goes to the Freshman Class, Third Place goes to the Sophomore class and Fourth Place went to the Senior Class.

Several area high school and junior high school bands also participated in this year’s Grand Parade.

The winners in Class 3A are Kelly High School with First Place and East Prairie with Second Place.

For Class 2A, the Bloomfield High School Marching received First Place, South Pemiscot with Second Place, and Campbell received Third Place.

Non-MSHAA high school bands, North Pemiscot received First Place, Richland received Second Place, and Holcomb received Third Place.

In the Junior High Bands, First Place goes to South Pemiscot and Campbell with Second Place.