Halloween is the one day of the year for children (and adults) to be a completely different personality then their usual self! It brings out the creative and artistic nature in children as they prepare costumes and actions for the big day. Cane Ridge Elementary and North Middletown Elementary had a costume parade in their gym as each class walked around for classmates, parents and friends to see all their efforts. Classroom Halloween Parties are a part of the day in each school as well. Staff members of each school participated in the dress up activity with many departments dressing according to a theme. The students love to see staff members joining in the fun.  

On Saturday November 10^th, the Bourbon County High School Marching Colonels entered the tunnel at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis with a few goals in mind: wake the judges up, have the performance of a lifetime

and butter their bread!

The Bands of America Grand National Championships are no easy feat for a small school like Bourbon. The band began competition on Thursday with an 8:30 AM performance time. For the band, that meant waking up at 5 to get to the stadium on time. After returning to school and then making the trek back to Indianapolis on Friday evening, the band learned that they were one of the two Kentucky bands selected to perform again on Saturday. This performance time came with a much earlier wake up call, 2:45 AM for their 6:30 AM performance time.

This year’s program was entitled “Paradise Lost.” The production told the story of a young captain set out to sea in search of more from life. This year was the biggest band in recent years with 120 students on the field, 42 of which are first-year marchers. Even with such a drastic number of new marchers and families, the Bourbon County Band holds to its tradition of success.

There were lots of turkeys, pilgrims and Indians present for the annual Thanksgiving Program presented by the first grade classes at Cane Ridge Elementary. The various classes presented skits, songs and poems as follows:
 1st Grade Turkeys-Thanksgiving Day and Ships, 
Mrs. Hurter’s Turkeys-Hooray For Thanksgiving and I Ate Too Much Turkey, 
Mrs Sturgeon’s Turkeys- Patriotic Turkey and Al Pavo Pavito Pavo, 
Mrs. Vinson’s Turkeys-Thankful and A Thanksgiving Dinner.  
Mrs. Brown’s Turkeys- Gobble Gobble,
 1st Grade Turkeys- Let’s Be Thankful, 
All The Turkeys-Turkey Pokey.
 Following the program the students enjoyed a Thanksgiving Feast in the cafeteria.