We All Come From Somewhere
This post written by Eric Peden, Director of Operations & Analytics
“We all gotta come from somewhere.”
I remember this line from an old album my grandmother used to play. The search engines aren’t helping me find the song or its author; somehow, I’m not surprised that Grandma’s record collection isn’t fully catalogued on the Interwebs.
The “somewhere” my family comes from is Belzoni, Mississippi, also known as the Catfish Capital of the World. On Saturday, my son and I visited Belzoni for the 34th Annual World Catfish Festival.
I love small-town festivals, and my home state of Mississippi is replete with them. From the Kudzu Playhouse in Hernando to the Southern Strings Dulcimer Festival in Hattiesburg, we’ve thought of dozens of excuses — and non-excuses — to celebrate.
So, on Saturday, my son met Captain Catfish, witnessed a fantastic local production of Little Red Riding Hood, and scored a multi-colored marshmallow gun from a street vendor. I’ll be sure to take him again next year, but not before we hit up the Ol’ School Car and Bike Festival in Inverness and the Mississippi Delta River Mud Run & Hot Tamale Festival in Greenville.
What’s your locale’s reason to celebrate?
