Nashville’s Tennessee StateUniversity Homecoming Parade in October is one of America’s grand old parades and a signal of autumn’s arrival in the Southern city. Featuring competitive high school bands from across the nation, homemade floats, and local dance and cheer troupes, thousands line the historic Jefferson Street route to the parade’s conclusion at the gates of TSU. In October 2017 we followed Nashville’s Jewels of Distinctiondance troupe from their staging area on a local church lawn to the end of the parade.