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Ever since 1935 to 1937 Louisville, Kentucky has had their annual Kentucky Derby Festival. There was a break from 1937 to 1956 because of the floods that happened on 1937. On 1956 the Kentucky Derby Festival started again it was the start of the modern day Derby Festival we have now. This is considered as Kentuckys largest single annual event.
On 1935 was the year the first week long festival and this was also when the Kentucky Derby Festival Association started. The first director of the Kentucky Derby Festival Association was a 1937 gold medalist, Arnold Jackson. It was also at this year that the first Derby Festival king and queen were crowned.
You can expect a lot of activities, activities that your whole family can enjoy in this festival. The festival has had international recognition a spirit of enjoyment and happiness that is unmatched. They have the Great Balloon Race, Great Steamboat Race, Pegasus Parade, Derby Marathon and mini-Marathon and other 70 special events.
The Kentucky Derby Festival usually starts early spring where The Derby Queen together with her Court of Derby Princesses that have been selected from different Kentucky Colleges will attend official events to promote the festival. They will also grace the Pegasus Parade.
The official opening of the Kentucky Derby Festival will start of with the nations largest annual fireworks, The Thunder Over Louisville. The Thunder Over Louisville has been rated as one of the top 100 events to be watched. Top five air show will start the performance at the beginning of the day. They will perform for thousands of audience watching from the business district windows or along the Ohio River Banks. When night time comes this is where the real fun begins. For a wonderful thirty minutes music will blast together with the fireworks creating a cascade of waterfall light from the bridge.
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