Brookville, Indiana is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its founding this summer, and as someone who was born there but moved away, I fondly remember the 150th as a real "Waiting for GuFFman" experience, complete with corny pageant.
To keep up with the times, I hear they are having a local version of American Idol, which should be a hoot. Not much real, certified entertainment talent has come out of Brookville in years- but you never know-
However, if you want to see a pretty, well-kept small town do its own thing, I'd plan at least one trip to Brookville this summer.
BROOKVILLE INDIANA BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
Waiting for Guffman (1996) (link to the hilarious movie spoofing small midwestern town celebrating its founding
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Saw "Waiting for Guthman?" Brookville is doing it this June 2008!
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