All the parade and celebration details are below, but you have to know 2 things:
- Reynolds Road will be shut down for about 20 minutes for 8 blocks in the old town section, and
- You can watch the parade in person (that’s the best way) or if you can’t make it,
you can watch it on MySaline LIVE, beginning at 5pm Friday night!
Shelli will be live-streaming video of the #TravisWood parade at 5PM at www.fb.com/mysaline
The City of Bryant and Bryant Public Schools will host a Homecoming Celebration to welcome home its native son and 2016 World Series Champion of the Chicago Cubs, Travis Wood. The celebration will be on Veteran’s Day, Friday November 11th.
SCHEDULE:
11:00am @ Saline County Courthouse, downtown Benton.
- Veteran’s Day Service hosted by Saline County VFW Post 2256 at the Saline County Courthouse
11:30am – 6pm @ between 3rd & 4th Streets, old town Bryant.
- City of Bryant will host a Pop Up Reynolds Road event. Celebrate, eat, shop
- Food vendors David’s Burgers and Jordan’s BBQ
- Stated Apparel and Everett Buick GMC will be giving away a limited quantity of t-shirts
- Bryant Boys and Girls Club will have commemorative t-shirts available for a donation to the Club
- For commemorative t-shirt information contact Debbie Broadway at 501-765-7178
- If you are interested in participating in the Pop Up Reynolds Road event, contact the Mayor’s office at the City of Bryant, call 501-943-0999
5:00pm @ Ashley Park next to Bryant City Hall.
- Wood and his family will join the festivities for a parade in his honor that will begin at the site of where he began his baseball career as a kid, Ashley Park.
- The parade will leave from Ashley Park and end at Bryant High School.
- Participants in the parade will be Wood, his family, his former coaches, Bryant Athletic Association baseball state and regional championship teams, the Bryant Band, Dance Team and Cheer squads, and the Saline County VFW Post 2256.
- 5pm Parade Route:
- Reynolds Road will be closed for approximately 20 minutes.
- Parade route begins at Ashley Park (by City Hall)
- Left -Reynolds Road
- Left -NW 4th Street
- Right -Wise
- Left -Boswell
- Right -School Drive
- End -Hornet Stadium
6:30pm @ Hornet Stadium
- Ceremony before the Hornets football game
- Governor Asa Hutchinson, federal officials, the Saline County Legislative delegation, County Judge Jeff Arey, Mayor Jill Dabbs and the Bryant Hall of Honor will each have presentations to make to Travis and his family.
7:00pm @ Hornet Stadium
- Bryant Hornets vs. Springdale Bulldogs playoff game
“We have three great reasons to come together as a community and celebrate on Friday. First to honor and celebrate our brave veterans, second to welcome home a World Series Champion, and third to cheer on the Hornets as they begin the playoffs” said Bryant Mayor Jill Dabbs.
“We invite everyone, not just the Bryant community, to join us to celebrate this wonderful achievement. To have a graduate of Bryant High School be a part of history is very special, it’s not every day that someone from your community has the chance to be a part of an amazing event that has captivated the entire country. We hope that you will join us to celebrate a great young man and his family” stated Dr. Tom Kimbrell, Superintendent of Bryant Public Schools.
Former Speaker of House and State Senator, Shane Broadway will serve as the emcee of the ceremony at Hornet Stadium.
Travis Wood, a 2005 graduate of Bryant High School, is the son of Jay and Dena Wood, he and his wife Brittany have two children. Travis was a selected to the Major League All Star team in 2013, and now is a World Series Champion in 2016 with the Chicago Cubs.