From Roving Reporter, Butch Pate:

Since Jack Roberts has sent you pictures from the show, I'm sending pictures from up and down the street. By the time I finally made it to Pigeon Forge, you'll  never ever be able to guess what happpened.  IT RAINED!!!! Me and mister weather have had a real go at it this year….lol!  Anyway, I did take about fifty pictures right after it quit raining.  -  Butch Pate