by Judy Frank
posted May 10, 2008
It was standing room only in downtown Red Bank on Saturday morning when thousands of area residents crowded together to celebrate the community’s 29th Jammin’ Jubilee.
Police closed Dayton Boulevard, the town’s main thoroughfare, well before the parade scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Visitors lucky enough to have already secured parking places lined the sidewalks to watch the festivities while latecomers circled through back streets, determined to get to the scene of the action one way or another.
Some of those cars were considerably older than the drivers piloting them, on their way to the town’s fifth annual car show – which began soon after the parade ended.
Throughout the morning, celebrants enjoyed live music by The Stratoblasters with Scott Chase, an arts and crafts show, the McDonald's Kidz Korner and a variety of food.
Friday night, many of the same people had gathered at Meeks Auction House for a special auction.
The two-day Jubilee is sponsored by the Red Bank Council of the Greater Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce.
Proceeds are divided between the four schools in the community: Red Bank Elementary, Alpine Crest, Red Bank Middle and Red Bank High.
In addition to official Jubilee activities, many Red Bank residents and organizations hold their own special events during the annual celebration.
White Oak United Methodist Church on Lyndon Avenue, for example, held its annual youth rummage sale from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., offering bargains on everything from furniture to books to housewares to toys.
“And we have clothes down in the basement,” a beaming clerk told shoppers.
Red Bank United Methodist Church – located on Dayton Boulevard, right beside the parade route – also took advantage of the opportunity to draw bargain hunters.
Early Saturday afternoon, a woman helping with the sale approached shoppers in the church basement and offered them all plastic shopping bags.
“We’re trying to empty this place out,” she explained, time after time. “It’s $1 for everything you can fit into a bag.”
Shoppers, delighted, renewed their Jubilee bargain hunts with enthusiasm.
“I come here every year,” one woman said as she searched happily through piles and piles of women’s jeans. “They have great bargains.”
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