WALKATHON 2000 PHOTOGRAPHS

WALKATHON 2000 PHOTOGRAPHS
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Special Moments During MCCSN Walkathon 2000
*The Sundown Panarama*

*Actor Dan Biggers conversing with MCCSN President Jean Kalt. Dan has been with us for two years now and really brings a lot of fun to the program.*		*Miss Tennessee 2000 Beth Hood sings our National Anthem and other selections.*


*Miss Teen Tennessee 1999 Brook Burns from Estill Springs returned this share to share her talents.*		*The Grace Notes have been with the walkathon for a while now. This acapella quartet traditionally opens the survivor lap with "Amazing Grace".*


*Five-year old Winchester native Caleb Norris brings the walkers to a screaching halt in front of the stage as he performs some country hits. And the crowd goes wild...*


*Valley Grass brings us some lively blue grass music.*		*Young Christian rocker Matt Vollimar and company entertain the crowd Saturday.*


*Channel 48 news anchor Liz Hurley, a breast cancer survivor, meets with fellow survivors and newfound friends on Friday night.*		Congratualtions are in order for Walton Duckworth, the first recipient of the MCCSN Walkathon "One Tough Cookie" award. Walton is a 54-year cancer survivor and he still gets around very well.


*Walkers crowd around the stage once more to see young survivor Jordan Turner sing with Spirit Filled.*


We have so many to serve during the walkathon that we are quickly outgrowing our concessions stand. Thanks to Hardee's of Winchester for the continued use of their facilities.		*The Jone's once again man our drink wagon. We would like to thank all of the volunteers that were there to lend a hand.*


*What your step as our local Shriners take their go-karts to the track Saturday morning.*


*The "Circle of Light" honors those who lost their battle to cancer this year. We are sad to report that our community lost 90 loved ones to cancer this year alone.*


They are hard to see in these pictures, but we had over 1800 luminaries this year honoring loved ones past and present. This was enough to encircle Franklin County's High School's track twice.


*36 blood donations were collected on aboard Blood Assurance's "Vein Train".*		*Walkathon 2000's Inside Joke: Carol, I don't even think that you got to see it, but we didn't forget about your special parking situation.*







Meet just a few of the people that made Walkathon 2000 a success.


*Bobby*		*Margie, Wayne, Rodney & Vern*


Beth Hood, M-C Wayne, Brook Burns, and Co-Chairman Jim. Notice how Wayne and Jim are trying to get this picture over quickly because they see their wives rapidly and furiously approaching.		*Diane, past walkathon chair-person and all-around great helper*


*Chaplain Loyd*		*Videographer Juergen*


*The "Three Amigos" - Ian, Tim, and Peter. Without their help, we figured afterwards that the whole thing would have had to been called off.*		*Overnight and early morn' DJ Carollee*


*Rod and Wendy with Hillary*

Too many others were left out of this collection simply because they did not cross paths with my camera. A hardy thanks to Ray, Janet, Sheri, The Edens, Willie and Lily, Mary, Alice, Ethel, Holly, Carol, Frank, all of our ambassadors, our cooks, our concession workers and the whole community. I can't leave out Kathleen. The rest of us, for the most part, just work seasonally to put the walkathon together, but Kathleen works hard year-around making sure that our community receives the help that we set out in 1992 to give.