Bank Robbery Re-Enactment 2011: Mr. Grimsley confirms record 2011-10-08 - Food Court, Downtown Days 2011, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Before the world and in the glaring lights of the Bank of Columbia Clock Bank Robbery impresario and official crowd count exactician Charles Grimsley describes the method he uses to determine crowd size, to count off blocks of 50 people and then look over the crowd and see how many blocks there are. This year, at least 17, he said, at least 1700 eyeballs, 850 people, a new record, just as Chief Jason Cross said there were. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Downtown Days 2011: Rising stars, Whitney, Brayden Graves 2011-10-08 - Eunice CoG Barbecue Stand, Food Court, Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Whitney Graves and her handsome son, Brayden were honored guests at the Eunice Church of God Barbecue Stand in the Food Court, 100 block of Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY, during Downtown Days. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Downtown Days 2011: Big River Southern Rock Band 2011-10-08 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The Square was a Sea of People for the Big River Band concert. The Southern Rock band was on stage at The Rusty Nail from 7:30pm-9pmCT, when Joe Diffie was scheduled to take the stage for Downtown Days' grand finale. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Downtown Days 2011: Degary Bailey, personification of Circle R 2011-10-08 - Photo by Ed Waggener. As much as any other person, Degary Bailey, above at the Food Court at Downtown Days Saturday night, October 8, 2011. personified the old Circle R Restaurant. He was often called the most popular man in Columbia, and his old friend, then Senator Doug Moseley, said that there wasn't a person alive who could beat him if he chose to run for political office in Columbia. He's now an employee of Pizza Hut in Columbia and says that's where he intends to stay. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bank Robbery Re-Enactment 2011: An icon, Mr. Edgar Holmes 2011-10-08 - Russell Building, Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Mr. Edgar Holmes, an Adair County icon of the World War II, an icon of the community, a quiet theatrical presence whose role and image evoke so many of Columbia's triumphs and a tragedy which still Green River Cowboys never forget, whittles unemotionally through serene opening scenes and the mayhem of the robbery. Mr. Holmes was given the role following the tragic death of his son, Junior Holmes, in a traffic accident. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bank Robbery Re-Enactment 2011: Kenneth Bennett, tragedian 2011-10-08 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Bank of Columbia teller R.A.C. Martin portrayed by Columbia actor Kenneth Bennett fought fiercely until mortal wounds forced him to slump to the street, still clutching his rifle in his blood stained hands. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bank Robbery Re-Enactment 2011: A new touch 2011-10-08 - 300 Quadrant, Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Barry Jones, veteran Green River Cowboy and re-enactor, said that this was one of the neatest additions to the Re-enactment of the 1872 robbery of the Bank of Columbia: Jerry Parnell as a preaching doctor and Gizmo Loy as the driver of a road wagon carrying a coffin with one of the doctor's patients to the funeral parlor. Delightful anachronisms abound, with the rubber tires on the wagons and the ever present bringing of cell phones to draw spectators out of a 19th century fantasy into these mod'n times. The re-enactment is now more about good theatre than slavish adherence to history. Good theater, not necessarily what was, but what plays best. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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