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This
page has all the new news here in Mt. Airy. "IT'S BIG!" Also for friends and fellow Mayberry lovers. Contact us to get your website linked on this page! We also regularly
add coming Mayberry events! |
The Mayberry Tribute Artists eating a porkchop sandwich at Snappy Lunch! |
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July 10-11: 10th Annual Mayberry Squad Car Nationals and 6th Annual “Mayberry Comes to Graysville” Festival in Graysville, Ala. Rodney Dillard and Maggie Peterson are the first guests announced. Other guests and details TBA.
June 5: Neal Brower gives the final installment in his series of five lectures at the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, N.C. The topic of this lecture is "The Influence of Southern Culture and Mount Airy on 'The Andy Griffith Show.'" Each lecture starts at 2 p.m. and costs $10, which includes admission the Andy Griffith Museum. To register for a lecture, e-mail jessica@surryarts.org or call (336) 786-1604. |
June 4 - 5: Mule Day/Chickenfest in Gordo, AL., starring Maggie Peterson, and featuring Mayberry tribute artists, including Allan "Floyd" Newsome, Tim "Goober" Pettigrew, Jeff "Howard Sprague" Branch, and Kenneth "Otis" Junkin. There will also be a carnival in town in conjunction with Mule Days, as well as National Guard race cars and assorted military displays, and much more. For more info, visit http://www.gordochamber.com. Sept. 23-26: 21th Mayberry Days in Mount Airy, N.C. Guests confirmed so far include: Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou), Doug Dillard (the banjo-playing Darling boy), Maggie Peterson (Charlene Darling), Elinor Donahue (Ellie Walker), James Best (Jim Lindsey), Jackie Joseph ("Sweet Romeena"), LeRoy McNees (one of the Country Boys in "Mayberry on Record"), George Spence (Frank the Fiance in "Guest in the House"), Margaret Kerry (Bess Muggins and Helen Scobey), David Morris (son of Howard Morris), Laura Hagen (widow of Earle Hagen), and Karen Knotts (daughter of Don Knotts). More to come. Other festival favorites include a lecture by Neal Brower and concerts by The Doug Dillard Band (featuring Ginger Boatwright, Roger Rasnake, Buddy Griffin, and Jim Vipperman) and by the VW Boys and others. Full details, updates, and tickets to those portions of the weekend that require a ticket are available online at www.surryarts.org.
*CANCELLED~July 23-24 2010: Mayberry in the Midwest IV in New Castle, Ind. |
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Aug. 7: Rodney Dillard are joined by Maggie Peterson and several of the Mayberry Tribute Artists (including David "Mayberry Deputy" Browning, Kenneth "Otis" Junkin, and Jeff "Howard" Branch) for a concert benefiting the Montgomery County DARE program. The evening concert will be at the James H. Garner Center in Troy, N.C. Tickets are $20 reserved and $15 general admission. For tickets and more info, visit www.bluegrassintroy.com. |
Oct 16-21 2010: A Cruise to Mayberry 5 to the Bahamas aboard Carnival's Fascination with the VW Boys and
Mayberry tribute artists and others TBA. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO BOOK YOUR
STATEROOM CALL: SHARON EULISS ALL ABOUT CRUISES, INC. 1034 WILLIAMSON AVE. BURLINGTON, N.C. 27215 (336) 538-4926 OR (800) 832-7993 Or you may contact them at: PWESJE@AOL.COM
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Please visit our good friend, Gary's website. It is wonderful, and has many unique items available, and has the latest news, he always has somethng great up his sleeve!!! Visit it at: http://mayberryemporium.net |
Kathryn Darden,
author of "The Mayberry Poem - A Tribute To Mayberry" and "How to Promote Your Book
on a Shoestring Budget" is a Mayberry fan and a friend of ours. You can visit her website and see all the fun stuff she
does: www.christianactivities.com/mayberry |
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Looking for a cozy place to stay, that makes you feel like you are really in Mayberry??? Then contact the Mayberry Motor Inn 336-786-4109 They are even bigger Mayberry nuts than we are!!! They are wonderful people! When you call, tell them Mayberry On Main said, "HEY!" |
Wanting to move to Mayberry?? Then
we have a realtor for you! Alison Johnson is a wonderful Realtor. She is located at 660 W. Lebanon
St. Mount Airy, NC 27030 (336) 786-2115. You can also email her at: AlisonJohnson@Realtor.Com |
On January 20, 2007 Betty Lynn "Thelma Lou" has offically moved to the place that inspired Mayberry, the town
of Mount Airy, NC.