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regarding purchasing Derby Festival
pins or Pin Trading, please contact
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 What
is Derby Festival Pin Trading?
Derby Festival Pin Trading is just another great way to
participate in your favorite community celebration. Derby
Festival fans have been stuffing old pins in drawers for
thirty years and this is a great way to remember and share
them. Derby Festival fans can trade Festival pins with
fellow pin enthusiasts or Kentucky Derby Festival Trading
Team Members. Whether you've been collecting pins since
1973 or this is your first Derby Festival, Pin Trading
is a great, new way to get in on the fun.
Where do I start?
It's easy. You can begin with current metal Derby Festival
pins you already own or the best way is to purchase
a pin trading
starter kit. Look for pin trading locations at the
Chow Wagon, Thunder Over Louisville, Parade Preview
and more. Each starter kit has a lanyard, medallion
and four pins. Then the fun begins. Introduce yourself
to fellow Derby Festival fans you see wearing metal
Festival pins and initiate a trade. You can also trade
with any member of the official Kentucky Derby Festival
Trading Team. These are the volunteers that have been
working to produce the many fun events of the celebration.
Check the pin
protocol for simple rules about courteous trading
transactions and enjoy the new "pin pals"
you make!
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You mean there's more than just the Pegasus Pin!
The Kentucky Derby Festival has been offering pins for
over thirty years. We started with the plastic Pegasus
Pin in 1973. In 1975, metal Balloon Race pins were available
to Balloon Race Entrants only. In 1989,
an Event Pin Program was added featuring a metal Pegasus
Pin and four other Festival events including the Great
Balloon Race, miniMarathon, Pegasus Parade and Great
Steamboat Race. The Event Pin Program has grown over
the past fourteen years and now includes 21 event pins
in a complete set as well as numerous Corporate Sponsor
pins.
Derby Festival fans have been collecting and trading
pins unofficially for many years. This program offers
a way to share that tradition with new generations of
Thunder and Balloon Race fans and more. Invite your
entire family to participate in the tradition of pin
trading.
What Pins are available to share?
If you thought there was just one Pegasus Pin each year,
you'll be surprised to learn the array of pins produced
each Festival. There are pins produced for 22 different
events, sponsor pins and one for each balloon in the
Great Balloon Race. Add to that the pins from the past
thirty years and there's lots of trading to keep you
busy. The Fun of Derby Festival Pin Trading is in the
amazing variety of pins. Collect or trade pins of your
favorite events or the highly collectible Pegasus
Pins. Get the whole family involved in locating
pins from the Basketball Classic, Balloon Race,  miniMarathon,
Chow Wagon, Thunder Over Louisville, Ramble For The
Roses, Student Art Contest, Spelling Bee, Volleyball
Classic and the many other events. Then make it a point
to visit each of the events you have collected a pin
from and you'll add a new dimension of fun to your Derby
Festival experience.
Local celebrities involved
The 2003 Kentucky Derby Festival Princesses will be
involved in pin trading as well! They will each receive
a special commemorative pin to honor their reign. Look
for them at selected Pin Trading venues, they will be
available to trade with YOU!!
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