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August 18, 2015 • Page 15
Dick and Joyce Lane Set To
Serve As Captain And Belle
BY JORDYNNE HART
jordynne.hart@yankton.net
The Riverboat Days Board of
Directors have selected Dick and Joyce
Lane as the 2015 Captain and Belle.
The Lanes have both been volunteers
for the event, with Dick taking part in
the first Riverboat Days firework show.
One of the highlights of each
Riverboat Days celebration in
Yankton is the fireworks display.
Thousands of people line up on the
riverside to watch the colorful lights
dance across the August night sky.
But there hasn’t always been
fireworks on Riverboat Days. There is
now, thanks in part to Dick and Joyce
Lane.
The Riverboat Days Board of
Directors have selected the Lanes
as the 2015 Captain and Belle. The
selection was announced during
Monday night’s exhibition baseball
game at Tereshinski Stadium.
The Lanes were chosen because
of their love of Yankton and their
involvement in Riverboat Days,
especially the vital role the couple
played in the annual fireworks show.
According to Dick, he joined the
Riverboat Days Board of Directors
about 20 years ago and suggested a
fireworks display.
“I realized they didn’t have any
fireworks on Friday night,” Dick
said. “So we talked them into a small
fireworks show.”
Now, the fireworks display is
anything but small.
“Now it’s one of the biggest ones
in the state,” Dick said. “It’s come a
long ways.”
But to put on a 20-minute
fireworks show takes a lot of work,
especially when the weather isn’t
cooperating, Joyce said.
“If it gets wet, it doesn’t work.
So we have to cover up all the
fireworks,” she said.
Dick said it takes three to four
days to set up the fireworks, so the
crew needs good weather in order to
have a good show.
“It’s a lot of work putting it
together,” Dick said. “It didn’t used to
be. We would hope for good weather
and shoot the fireworks by hand.
Now, it’s all electronic. But when it’s
all over and you hear the cheering,
whooping and hollering — it’s all
worth it.”
Dick has helped with every
fireworks show since then up until
2014, while Joyce had also helped
with many of the shows.
“Really that was our only bonding
we have at Riverboat Days,” Dick
chuckled.
But that will change now that the
couple have been named this year’s
festival ambassadors.
“We will have to go to many things
we have never been to before,” he
said. “We have a list of parades and
events that we need to go to starting
in June. We also have to go to the
(bull riding event) during Riverboat
Days — which I have never done
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— the amphitheater and the Boy
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together.”
In past years, the two would
volunteer for different Riverboat
Days events and barely see each
other.
“He would be working at one
place and I would be working at a
booth or dance,” she laughed. “I
would go home after I was done and
he would show up eventually.”
“It’s going to be some real
bonding,” Dick added winking at
Joyce. “I might have to behave. But it
will be fun.”
The Lanes were nominated by
Chopper and Marlene Johnson,
2014’s Captain and Belle.
“Chopper kind of hinted at it
throughout the summer,” Dick said.
“He told me to, ‘Get ready for it,
because I think I nominated you.’
And
we knew
something was up
when (Chopper) called me every day
and asked me if we want to go out for
supper.”
After much deliberation, the
Lanes decided they would do it.
“It’s going to be fun and it’s an
honor to do it,” Dick said. “We are
going to have a good time and try to
be the best ambassadors we can for
the event.”
The theme for Riverboat Days
2015 is “We Salute You.” This year’s
Riverboat Days is set for Aug. 21-23.
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