Celebration gives free ticket to all Bedford County students
Monday, August 20, 2018
The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration recently donated over 9,000 tickets to students in Bedford County schools. Each student was given a free ticket to the attend the 80th Annual Celebration.
Each Bedford County school was issued tickets for a particular night that affords that student free admission to the horse show. Many of these schools participated in the Equine Education Day, held in March, where children in Bedford County and surrounding counties attended an educational day about the Tennessee Walking Horse in Calsonic Arena on the show grounds of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Many children had their first experience riding a horse at this event.
The list of schools receiving tickets and the night those tickets can be utilized is as follows:
Eakin Elementary – 8/23 - # of tickets 676
East Side Elementary – 8/23 - # of tickets 429
Thomas Magnet – 8/24 - # of tickets 428
South Side Elementary – 8/24 - # of tickets 430
Cascade Elementary – 8/25 - # of tickets 576
Cascade Middle – 8/25 - # of tickets 420
Cascade High School – 8/25 - # of tickets 478
Harris Middle School – 8/26 - # of tickets 1,030
Shelbyville Central High School – 8/27 - # of tickets 1,510
Bedford County Learning Academy – 8/27 – # of tickets – 30
Community Elementary – 8/28 - # of tickets – 909
Community Middle School – 8/28 - # of tickets – 430
Community High School – 8/28 - # of tickets - 540
Learning Way Elementary – 8/29 - # of tickets – 525
Liberty Elementary – 8/29 - # of tickets – 720
The 80th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration will be held Wednesday August 22nd through Saturday September 1st.
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