Rural Texas Parades is an examination of small-town festival life in south central Texas.
This project explores rural parades as cultural expressions of small-town identity, where history, community, and tradition converge. These celebrations offer a lens into how rural communities honor their past while affirming their present and imagining their future.
Cuero Royal Court at the Kolache Fest Parade
Yoakum Royal Court before the Yorktown Western Days parade
Yoakum Royal Court at the Kolache Fest Parade
Flatonia Royal Court at the Kolache Fest Parade
Goliad Royal Court before the Yorktown Western Days parade
Goliad Royal Court at the Kolache Fest Parade
Helotes Royal Court at the Luling Watermelon Thump
Shiner Royal Court before the Yorktown Western Days parade
Shiner Royal Court at the Yoakum Tom Tom Festival
At the Kolache Fest Parade
Luling Royal Court before the Flatonia Czhilispiel parade
Luling Royal Court at the Kolache Fest Parade
Hallettsville Royal Court at the Kolache Fest Parade
Hallettsville Football Team and Cheerleaders at the Kolache Fest Parade
Colorado County Fair Royal Court at the Kolache Fest Parade
Hallettsville Football boosters at the Kolache Fest parade
Schulenberg Royal Court at the Kolache Fest parade
McDade Royal Court at the Kolache Fest parade
Luling High School cheerleaders at the Luling Watermelon Thump
Blanco County Royal Court at the Luling Watermelon Thump parade
at the McDade Watermelon Festival parade
Moulton Royal Court before the Yorktown Western Days parade
Moulton Royal Court at the Gonzalez Come and Take It festival
At the Gonzalez Come and Take It festival
Flatonia High School Cheerleaders at the Czhilispeil parade
Flatonia Middle School football players at the Czhilispiel parade
At the Weimar Gedenke Festival
End of the Cuero Turkey Fest Parade