Gold Discovery Days Parade July 23. 2016 – Part 2

Gold Discovery Days Parade July 23. 2016 – Part 2

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Sioux Falls Fire and Rescue at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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Fire Trucks on Parade at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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“Ranger Band” Rapid City, SD at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press. Please come back again next year!

 

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“Ranger Band” Rapid City, SD at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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“Black Hills Cabin” at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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No candy for you Doc, at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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Quick kid’s, hide the candy, it’s the tooth fairy at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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More goodies for the crowd at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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The ladies from “4 Mile”at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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One horse power car at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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The “Mouse Mobile”at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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SDSU Hobo Day Committee at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

Gold Discovery Days Parade July 23 , 2016, Part 1

Gold Discovery Days Parade July 23 , 2016, Part 1.

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“Ride of The Valkyries” at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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VFW honor Guard at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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General Custer at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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U.S.Marine Corp League at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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Matalya Bebbington, Queen of Gold Discovery Days at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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Students Against Destructive Decisions at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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Christmas For Kid’s float at the Gold Discovery Days Parade in Custer, SD Saturday July 23, 2016. Photo:Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

Teens Westward Bound Practice Dance Moves at Harbach Park in Custer, SD

By: Herb Ryan

For the most part, Washington street in Custer is a lightly traveled road with the exception of the occasional local traffic and parking for a  Chamber event or bike week. Late Thursday afternoon a group of 82 teenagers and 6 chaperones were dancing in Harbach Park. How I ask, could a person not stop and inquire as to all the cavorting and mayhem ?

The group turned out to be Teens Westward Bound who were on day 18 of a 23 day discovery of the “Great American West” and they were practicing a dance routine to be performed at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, Friday afternoon. Tonight, the group will be the guests of the Custer YMCA and sleep on the floor of the Historic Log Building on Harney Street.

The Teens Westward Bound program founded in 1975 by Dennis Deaton and currently run by his son Grant Deaton and is based in Mooresville, North Carolina. The program is designed especially for exemplary young people who enjoy the challenge of feeling America by getting close to it. Described as an incomparable camping experience, most nights are spent sleeping under the stars when possible.

For more information contact: Teens Westward Bound
e-mail:twb@teenswestwardbound.com

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Teens Westward Bound group at Harbach Park in Custer, SD July 7, 2016. Photo: Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

 

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The “High Kick” dance step practice by the Teens Westward Bound group at Harbach Park in Custer, SD July 7, 2016. Photo: Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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The “Yes I Can Fly Move” by the Teens Westward Bound group at Harbach Park in Custer, SD July 7, 2016. Photo: Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press

 

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Watching the moves, by the Teens Westward Bound group at Harbach Park in Custer, SD July 7, 2016. Photo: Herb Ryan/Custer Free Press