Vicksburg Convention & Visitors Bureau Executive Director Lenore Barkley leads a Vicksburg cheer with a megaphone as Pat Strange holds up a sign Friday during the first annual tourism industry pre-season pep rally. About 23 representatives of area tourism-related businesses attended the rally Barkley said was designed, “to get everybody in the tourism industry here to meet each other.” (The Vicksburg Post/MELANIE DUNCAN)