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Last year’s parade with Dolly and her Wild Eagle float.<\/p><\/div>\n

Tennessee’s favorite daughter Dolly Parton is coming home to the Smoky Mountains again this Friday, in time to be Grand Marshal of the 28th Annual Dolly Parade in Pigeon Forge.<\/p>\n

The parade starts at 6 pm at River Road near Traffic Light #7 and travels north along Parkway to Light #3.<\/p>\n

Dolly’s homecoming parade is a great\u00a0tradition drawing lots of fantastic floats – as well as 50,000 spectators – so get there early with your lawn chairs to find a good spot where you can wave to Dolly as her float comes by. Expect marching bands, costumed characters, local celebrities, entertainers and of course, some outlandish floats.<\/p>\n

Last year Dolly rode a huge Eagle on a float, and the year before that was an aeroplane. What will it be this year? Maybe something to do with the new Water Coaster ride at Splash Country? We’ll see.<\/p>\n

Dolly will be at Dollywood<\/a> Friday and Saturday, May 10 and 11. And Splash Country<\/a> water park opens for the season on Saturday, with a special opening Friday for season pass holders. It should be a fantastic Mother’s Day weekend, with the greatly anticipated launch of River Rush, Tennessee’s first HydroMagnetic water coaster.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for more stories of the Dollywood goings-on soon!<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Here are a couple of quick shots from the parade this year, and of course the theme was RiverRush, with Dolly as lifeguard.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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