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Carolinas' Carrousel Parade
The Novant Health Thanksgiving Eve Parade, previously known as the " Novant Health Thanksgiving Day Parade" from 2013 until 2020, Carolinas' Carrousel Parade and in 2008 and 2009 as the Carolinas' Thanksgiving Day Parade, is a Thanksgiving Day parade held in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina the night before Thanksgiving Day. The parade was founded in 1947, and in 2013 Novant Health became the parade's title sponsor, taking over sponsorship from Belk. It was moved from Thanksgiving Day to Thanksgiving Eve in 2021. Starting in 1967, Carolina's Carrousel, Inc. has held a scholarship program for students recognizing those with outstanding academic achievements and community involvement. From 1998 to 2012 scholarships were also awarded to outstanding marching band students. The Carrousel Queen title was awarded to the high school senior girl with the top scholarship in the program; however, the title was changed to Carrousel Scholar in 2011. Traditionally, Carolinas' Carrousel Parade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Novantae were a people of the late 2nd century who lived in what is now Galloway and Carrick, Scotland, Carrick, in southwesternmost Scotland. They are mentioned briefly in Ptolemy's ''Geographia (Ptolemy), Geography'' (written c. 150), and there is no other historical record of them. Excavations at Rispain Camp, near Whithorn, show that it was a large fortified farmstead occupied between 100 BC and 200 AD, indicating that the people living in the area at that time were engaged in agriculture. Their ethnic and cultural affinity is uncertain, with various authorities positing different links, beginning with Bede, who referred to the Novantae as the Niduarian Picts, and including the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), which described them as ''"a tribe of Celts, Celtic Gaels called Novantae or Atecott Picts."'' Scottish author Edward Grant Ries has identified the Novantae (along with other early tribes of southern Scotland) as a Brittonic languages, Brythonic-speaking culture. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
