Retired Ashdown Band Director to Lead Homecoming Parade

Retired Ashdown Band Director, Mark Pounds will lead the 2022 Ashdown High School Homecoming Parade as Grand Marshall on Friday, October 21.

The annual Homecoming Court presentation and pep rally will begin at noon in Dick Hays Stadium, the parade will immediately follow.   It will begin at the high school, head south on Locust Street, turn left on Hagan Drive, left on Ellen, left on Locke Street, and arrive back at AHS.  The parade will include the homecoming court, football teams, class floats, Purple Pride Marching Band, and alumni who graduated in years ending in “2” will each have floats.

Alumni and community members are invited to line the route and cheer on the Panthers.

The evening coronation will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the kick-off against Arkadelphia at 7 p.m.

The parade lineup will be along East Richmond Street starting at South Locust and East Richmond Intersection.