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In 2004 a committee for the Appalachian Family Caravan tour created a promotional video shown throughout the region by Chancellor Kenneth E. Peacock.

The tour began September 27, 2004 and included areas where Appalachian State has a strong alumni base.

Lorin Baumhover, Chief of Staff for the Office of the Chancellor at Appalachian State, told NPR, "It's horrible," claiming the video was an inside joke for alumni.

[3] The video had somewhat of a resurrection on the Internet after it was revealed that Miss Teen South Carolina Caitlin Upton planned to attend Appalachian State.

She achieved dubious Internet fame herself for providing a rambling answer on August 24, 2007, to a Miss Teen USA pageant question about why Americans cannot locate the U.S. on a world map.

This screenshot illustrates the format of the video, whose quality was widely panned. The format of the video is a slide show of pictures that one BoingBoing commentator described as "incredibly lame imagery." [ 1 ] accompanied by lyrics at the bottom of the screen.