Hope Watermelon Crawl - with 1926 film from Hope, Arkansas

Tracy Byrd's Watermelon Crawl sung by Brad McKinnon for the Hope Watermelon Festival in Hope, Arkansas. The video features film of the Hope Watermelon Festival in 1926. The Hope Watermelon Festival is Arkansas' oldest festival.

Brad McKinnon is the son of Randy McKinnon of Hope who recorded 'Roses and Loves Songs' that scored high on the country charts some years ago. Brad is attending SAU in Magnolia. His MySpace page is http://www.myspace.com/bam8706

Tracy Byrd will perform at the Hope Watermelon Festival on Saturday, August 8th, 2009. Contact the Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce for ticket information. Their website is http://www.hopemelonfest.com.

Vintage film was taken by Talbot Feild and provided for use on this web site by Carlene Feild.

The 1926 Watermelon Queen shown in the film was Laurine Lewis, daughter of W.H. Lewis of Hope.

To learn more about Hope, Arkansas' heritage in growing big watermelons go to http://www.giantwatermelons.com.

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Dude I live in Hope, its boring here though lol