Please vote for your favorite theme for the Mary Breckinridge Festival. Theme winner will win a cash prize. Message the page if you would like for your theme idea to be added.
1. Heart of the Mountains
2. Leslie County –Through the Years
3. Mountain Pride, Standing Side by Side
4. Rock Around the Clock, the 50s
5. Mountain Heritage- celebrate everything that makes Leslie County special and unique from Mary Breckinridge to Bluegrass Music.
6. “You should have seen/scene it in color.” Scenes from Mary Breckinridge history. Reenactments of iconic black and white photos from Mary Breckinridge history.
7. How about “Mary Breckinridge, Trailblazer” OR “Mary Breckinridge, Never Forget” ( the window of course).
8. Our home is Leslie County southern born, southern raised and southern loved.
9. Hillbilly proud.
10. Kentucky strong
11. Ky Strong #606 theme in honor of our family and friends who have been devastated through the storms.
12. She was a Pioneer nurse, why not celebrate the nurses and midwives in the area past and present? I can name several good ones!
13. Hyden in Appalachia. Displaying all the awesome stuff our town is known for and traditions we have had here.
14. Coal Dust and Cornbread!
15. Heritage, Harmony, Hills, and Hollers
16. Our Mountain Heritage it’s People
17. Neighbor Kindness…Hell or High Water!!
18. Trails and rides and all things country have pride!!! From mud boots to work boots...cowboy boots to hunting boots..
19. Healthcare HEROES and HEROINES
20. A blast from the past.......like a tribute to Mary Breckenridge and the years she worked.....go all old school
21. Hyden: Heritage, Hills, and Hollers
22. Blame It All On My Roots
23. Celebrating Our Roots
24. John Snider Dukes of Hazard
25. Thrive to survive
26. Beauty of the Mountains
27. “You color my world bright!”
28. Together we will rise again
29. Hollar 'bout your Hollar!
30. 70s! Woodstock
31. Mountain Proud-Born and Raised
32. Stronger than ever before
33. Riding To Hyden
34. Mary Breckinridge - OUR HERITAGE
35. Family Traditions
36. I love the 80’s Retro Theme
37. Leslie’s Gold, was coal, but Mountain heritage is her Heart and soul! Shorter version: Mountain Heritage our Heart and Soul
38. For a festival theme, how about, Friends of Fall. Some friends of fall could be scarecrows and decorated gourds and pumpkins.
39. Wide Neighhoods… the title of her book. I would suggest displaying photos of the different nurses stations and a map of the county showing where they were located and then the parade always has folks from different communities because of the fire departments and schools so let them focus on that.
40. With the flooding and all the people who have helped I think, Neighbors helping Neighbors would be a good theme.
41. Suggestions for festival theme: United we Stand, Divided we FALL or 90s theme.
42. My theme idea for the Mary Breckinridge festival is Appalachian Strong.
43. The mountains is home…
44. Nothing will take our heritage or our strength away!
45. Mary Breckinridge calls for fall
46. Colors of the Mountains
47. Retro
48. Nothing hidin’ in Hyden
49. Come Hell or High Water
50. Let’s rock and fall
51. Country proud
53. Heart of the mountains neighbors helping neighbors
54. "Mary Breckenridge - Her Heart moved Mountains, her Soul lives on. "
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