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Table of Contents Cover Story — Remembering Betty Lynn A look at the life and career of America’s Sweetheart — Betty Lynn. From touring with the USO during World War II, to costarring with Betty Davis, to eventually taking on the role of Thelma Lou, Betty Lynn had a full life that Mayberry fans will remember. Page 6 Big Plans for Mayberry Winter’s chill is in the air, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of sizzling hot plans for the new year! From blue grass conventions, summer concerts under the stars, all the way to autumn’s Mayberry Days and Autumn Leaves Festival, there is plenty going on this year in the real-life Mayberry. Page 9 What To Do, What To Do… Concerts, live stage productions, conventions,4 | MAYBERRY MAGAZINE • WINTER 2022 festivals, and all sorts of get-togethers are on tap this time of year. Page 11 So, You Think You Know The Andy Griffith Show? Well, let’s see just how deep your knowledge runs. Test your Andy Griffith knowledge with our Mayberry Trivia Quiz! Page 14
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BETTY LYNN Mayberry’s Thelma Lou, leaves lasting legacy Betty Lynn By John Peters While she may have reached As much loved as she was by resa Lynn in Kansas City, Mo., jpeters@mtairynews.com the peak of her career in the the fans, Lynn returned that af- on August 29, 1926, the third years leading up to her Thelma fection, always spending time generation Missouri native was The Andy Griffith Show, over Lou role and during her time chatting with them, sharing raised by her mother, Elizabeth its eight-year run, featured 249 on The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry memories, and mak- Lynn, a respected mezzosopra- episodes. Betty Lynn, who fa- fans never forgot her. ing sure she was available even no and organist, and by her ma- mously played Deputy Barney Betty was much beloved on days she may have been a ternal grandparents Johanna Fife’s long-suffering girlfriend, among the Andy Griffith Show little under the weather. and George Andrew Lynn, a Thelma Lou, only appeared in family. In 1990 she began to “I feel happy when I’m with longtime engineer for the Mis- 26 — that’s fewer than one in be a regular participant in them,” the longtime actress souri Pacific Railroad. every ten episods. a number of show reunions said of her time with the fans At age 5, Lynn began study- Yet many fans consider her and Mayberry-themed events during an interview with The ing dance with renowned danc- an Andy Griffith regular, and around the country. In 2007, Mount Airy News in Septem- er Helen Burwell at the Kansas she’s even been called Ameri- after attending Mayberry Days ber 2016. “It gives me a tre- City Conservatory. By age 14, ca’s Sweatheart for her role. But in Mount Airy, she decided to mendous lift. The people are so she was acting and singing in it was more than her onscreen move to Andy Griffith’s home- good — they love the show so supper clubs, as well as per- persona that endeared her to town on a permanent basis, much,” the 90-year-old actress forming and doing commercial fans through the decades. and she made Mount Airy her said in that interview, when spots for local radio shows. “Everybody just loves Betty home until her passing. talking of “The Andy Griffith USO talent scouts visited Lynn,” said Tanya Jones, the She regularly held autograph Show.” “They give you a big Kansas City and discovered executive director of the Surry sessions at The Andy Griffith lift, actually — even if I’m not Lynn. After she turned 18, Arts Council in Mount Airy, Museum. On the days she was feeling too well.” Lynn began performing for and a long-time friend of Betty scheduled to be at the museum, More than simply giving USO Camp Shows in the Unit- Lynn. fans flocked to the facility, of- time to the fans, Betty says her ed States in 1944. She then Of course, Betty passed away ten forming lines that stretched time there was good for her, performed as part of the USO’s in October, slightly less than well down the sidewalk outside too. overseas Foxhole Circuit for two months after turning 95. the building. “I meet so many people,” the the first half of 1945. She and late actress said in 2016. She guitarist Tommy Decker began said during a Friday autograph their overseas tour with stops6 | MAYBERRY MAGAZINE • WINTER 2022 session she might see visi- in Casablanca and then Iran tors from California, Illinois, before eventually making their Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, the way to the war’s China-Burma- Carolinas and other states. India Theater, where they vis- “People drive from all over to ited and performed for service- get here.” men throughout much of the And while the Surry Arts war zone, but with their prima- Council has photos on hand for ry mission being to console and autographs, Betty says she nev- entertain wounded servicemen er quite knows what someone at military hospitals. will bring in for her signature. After the allies retook Ran- “Everything they bring, I try goon in May 1945, she was one to sign it,” she said. of the first Americans to visit Early life, USO service American POWs who had been While she is most know for released to a Calcutta hospital her role on The Andy Griffith after having endured horrible Show, Lynn had a long career atrocities during their impris- even before taking on the role onment. She is also thought to Photo courtesy Surry Arts Council of Thelma Lou. be the only American woman Betty Lynn during a Mayberry Days parade. Born Elizabeth Ann The- to have traveled the dangerous
Photo courtesy Surry Arts CouncilDressed in green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Betty Lynn (center) smilesfor a picture while meeting with some of her fans during one of her regularmonthly appearances at The Andy Griffith Museum.Burma Road during the war. Carolina Triad’s inaugural Hon- Photo courtesy Surry Arts Council At one point in her tour of or Flight to visit the World War Betty Lynn on a USO tour. The gun she is wearing is not a prop — it was givenduty, Lynn, Tommy Decker, a II Memorial in Washington, to her by a U.S. Marines captain with the instructions “Take this. You mightcouple of Marines and an inter- D.C. “I was deeply honored need to use it.” Lynn said she kept the gun on her hip during the day and sleptpreter traveled by Jeep in a re- to be asked to participate and with it under her pillow at night.mote area “on the road to Man- to have the chance to expressdalay,” not far from the front my gratitude to the surviving Photoplay Gold Medal for her play the title role in June Bride,lines. A U.S. Marines captain veterans and those memorial- portrayal of Ginger. Later that another 1948 release, withhad given Lynn a loaded Colt ized,” she said at the time. year, Lynn also was in Apart- Bette Davis and Robert Mont-revolver and told her, “Take Career more than ment for Peggy with William gomery. She made several morethis. You might need to use Thelma Lou Holden and Jeanne Crain. movies for Fox and others, in-it.” she recalled, “I didn’t know Lynn returned to New York Warner Bros. borrowed Lynn cluding RKO, MGM and Uni-whether he meant for use on City after the war and quickly from Fox in order to have her versal. Among the films werethe enemy or in desperation on found work. She was touringmyself, but I took the gun and the Northeast with Park Ave-always kept it close.” nue in preparation for that new She said she kept the gun show’s Broadway run when sheholstered on her hip during caught the attention of Holly-the day, and under her pillow wood scouts. She received of-at night. fers from seven studios, but ul- After the war, Lynn was rec- timately decided to do a screenognized for her service “above test for Twentieth Century-Fox.and beyond the call of duty” Studio head Daryl F. Zanuckwith a special commendation immediately took out an optionfrom the U.S. War Department. on Lynn and eventually signedShe was later named Honorary her to a multi-year contract.Colonel in the American Le- Lynn’s first film for Fox was MAYBERRY MAGAZINE • WINTER 2022 | 7gion. 1948’s Sitting Pretty with Clif- In 2009, she joined veterans ton Webb, Robert Young andof World War II on the North Maureen O’Hara. She won a MULLINS PAWN SHOP & JEWELERS ry’s Oldest Pawn Shop! Mayber IF YOU NEED A DOLLAR,GIVE MULLINS A HOLLAR 70055964 1911 Caudle Drive • Mount Airy • 336-786-6417 • 336-789-7109 mullinspawn.com 70056295
Mother Is a Freshman, Father Griffith show. Was a Fullback, Cheaper by the “I had seen the Griffith show Dozen, Payment on Demand twice before I went to read for (again with Bette Davis), Many the part,” Betty recalled. “I Rivers to Cross and Behind the remember that I laughed out High Wall. loud—it was so funny. I didn’t When her contract with Fox do that very often. I thought, expired, Lynn sought work in Gee, this is really unusual.” television, then still in its early Her reading went well, and days. Her early performances she was cast as Thelma Lou. included eight months in The Her portrayal of the role left Egg and I, which is often con- such an impression on viewers sidered to be TV’s first comedy that years later, it seems most serial and was broadcast live believe she was a regular on the from New York five days a week series, appearing nearly as of- on CBS in 1952. ten as Barney, Andy, Aunt Bee Back in Hollywood the next and Opie. Truth is, she only ap- year, she played the female lead peared on 26 of the show’s 249 opposite Ray Bolger in Where’s episodes, and she was absent Raymond? for a season on from virtually the entire final ABC-TV. During this time and three seasons. Betty Lynn during the unveiling of her portrait. (Photo courtesy Surry Arts spanning decades, she also per- That’s because, after year Council) formed in live theater produc- five Don Knotts left the show Family, starring Henry Fonda. a recipient of the TV Land Leg- tions, including the lead role to pursue opportunities in mov- Lynn appeared in produc- end Award in 2004. She was in- in Peg O’ My Heart and roles ies, and while he made an occa- tions ranging widely from Dis- ducted into the Missouri Walk in The Moon Is Blue, King of sional return in his famous role ney’s The Boy Who Stole the of Fame in Marshfield in 2006, Hearts, Be Your Age, Come of Barney Fife, his departure Elephant to The Mod Squad and she was a recipient of the Blow Your Horn and Love Let- meant the end of the run for and from Little House on the Cherry Blossom Medal at the ters. Betty Lynn. Prairie to The Smothers Broth- town’s annual Missouri Cherry Lynn performed in more Lynn made one final appear- ers Comedy Hour. Blossom Festival the following than two dozen episodes of ance on the Griffith show when Later recognition year. Matinee Theater, NBC-TV’s Don Knotts returned in the Once Lynn moved to Mount In 2012, Lynn was also an popular hour-long anthology sixth season for the first of his Airy, Mayberry fans almost felt inaugural recipient of a star on series that aired, usually live, five guest appearances as Bar- as if they were in the presence the walkway at the entrance of five days a week. She also con- ney. Fans would have to wait of royalty when visiting her. the Andy Griffith Museum. On tinued to work in radio, includ- more than 20 years, but all was Lynn returned that affection, the occasion of her 90th birth- ing for episodes of Lux Radio once again right in the world of always looking forward to her day in 2016, Gov. Pat McCrory Theater, Stars Over Hollywood Mayberry, when Thelma Lou time visiting with fans. granted and Lt. Gov. Dan For- and some installments of Fam- and Barney finally got mar- “The fans are so sweet,” she est presented Lynn with the ily Theater, as either a lead or ried in Return to Mayberry, the said. “I really love meeting Order of the Long Leaf Pine, host. made-for-TV movie that was a them and having the chance generally considered to be the She was a fixture in tele- ratings blockbuster for NBC to visit a little bit. They come State of North Carolina’s high- vision Westerns during the in 1986. “Once we got there from all over the country. It’s est civilian honor. 1950s and 1960s. A partial to film the movie, everything so touching that they still re- She didn’t rest on her lau- roundup includes episodes of fell right into place,” she said. member my movies and love rels. Prior to the pandemic,8 | MAYBERRY MAGAZINE • WINTER 2022 Bronco, Wagon Train, Chey- “The spark was still there.” The Andy Griffith Show like she greeted fans virtually every enne, Tales of Wells Fargo and Of Griffith actors still living they do. And especially for the month at the Andy Griffith Mu- Sugarfoot, as well as being co- at the time of her death, only Griffith show, there are lots of seum. At the time of her death, star for two seasons of Disney Ron Howard appeared in more young children who are fans, she had been completing revi- Presents: Texas John Slaughter episodes of the series than too. So, I think the show’s pop- sions on her autobiography, with Tom Tryon. Lynn. ularity is carrying on through which is expected to be pub- Life changing role After her initial run in the the new generations. That lished posthumously. Lynn was still under contract Griffith series, Lynn contin- makes me happy.” And in one last act of kind- with Disney for Texas John ued to work steadily, mostly In Lynn’s honor and echo- ness, she had arranged for Slaughter when producers for in television. She played Fred ing Barney Fife’s description many of her belongings to be The Andy Griffith Show con- MacMurray’s secretary on My of Thelma Lou, the local Surry auctioned off by Mount Airy- tacted her about playing Bar- Three Sons and Brian Keith’s Arts Council annually presents based Rogers Realty & Auc- ney Fife’s girlfriend, Thelma secretary on Family Affair. She the “You’re the Cat’s!” Award to tion Co., Inc. (the firm which Lou. Fortunately for Barney, also worked with Andy Griffith recognize individuals who have auctioned the estate of the late Mayberry and generations of again when she played Sarah, made especially noteworthy Frances Bavier after her death TV viewers, Disney was in Ben Matlock’s secretary dur- contributions to the Mayberry in 1989). The proceeds from the process of winding down ing the first season of Matlock Days festival. the auction were split among its production of Texas John in 1986. She likewise reunited Along with other members several charities and organi- Slaughter and therefore agreed with Ron Howard in 1971 on of the cast and crew of The zations, according to Betty to release Lynn to work on the ABC-TV’s short-lived Smith Andy Griffith Show, Lynn was Lynn’s wishes.
2022Chocked full of events for visitors Mayberry MagazineMayfest is always a popular event, bringing thousands to downtown Pilot Mountain.By John Peters ture, drawing hundreds, if notMayberry Magazine thousands, to the Granite City. In February is the annual While Mount Airy — Andy Tommy Jarrell Festival, cel- ebrating the birthday of theGriffith’s hometown and a influential musician. Jarrell, a WE CAN SHOW YOU ANY LISTING ON THE MARKETlarge part of the inspirationfor the fictional Mayberry 1982 recipient of the National— has all sorts of events and Endowment for the Arts’ Na-businesses catering to Andy tional Heritage Fellowship,Griffith Show fans, the city of- was known the world overfers far more to those looking for his distinctive banjo play- MAYBERRY MAGAZINE • WINTER 2022 | 9for a fun getaway. ing, known as the Round Peak On a year-round basis, the style. Musicians from across Diann Beamer Treva Kirkman Angie Swift Corey Swiftmajestic Blue Ridge Moun- the U.S., and other nations on Broker/Realtor Broker/Realtor Broker/Realtor Broker/Realtortains roll through the county occasions, traveled to the area Cell: 336-325-7577 Cell: 336-326-5090 Cell: 336-648-0577 trevakirkman@yahoo.com angie@gmail.com Cell: 336-244-5177 swiftcoinc@yahoo.com Office: 336-789-2788— the Blue Ridge Parkway to study his work, and even to- diannbeamer@realtor.comconstruction project actually day, 37 years after his passing,began at Cumberland Knob in his work remains influential.Surry County in 1936 — offer- The 2022 festival, to be helding scenic drives along with Feb. 26, will include severalnumerous hiking trails. old-time music workshops, the Pilot Mountain offers plenty Tommy Jarrell Festival Youthof hiking and outdoor activi- Competition, and a birthdayties, and many of the rivers concert featuring Whitetop Jacob McHone Kim Nichols Stephanie Montgomery Broker/Realtor Broker/Realtor Broker/Realtorand streams flowing through Mountain Band. Some parts Cell: 336-705-2124 Cell: 336-452-0049 Cell: 336-842-9855the county give outdoorsy of the festival are free, others jacobmchone05@gmail.com kimnicholsbroker@yahoo.com montgomery.s16@yahoo.comfolks opportunities for kayak- have an admission charge. For full information, visit https:// 336-789-2214ing, boating, fishing, and re- View All Our Listings atlated activities. www.surryarts.org/shows/ www.beamerkirkmanrealty.com 7055962 But many of the area’s big- tommyjarrell.html.gest events are seasonal in na- 1060 South Main Street • Mount Airy, NC 27030 See MAYBERRY | 10
Mayberry Magazine Tribute artists dressed as Barney Fife and Thelma Lou entertain youth along the annual Mayberry Days parade. Mayberry full schedules and other infor- mation, visit https://www.sur- ryarts.org/mafiddlersconven- From page 9 tion/. In September, just as sum- Another musical event is the mer is turning to autumn, is venerable Mount Airy Blue the annual Mayberry Days Fes- Grass & Old-Time Fiddlers tival — six days of Mayberry Convention, set for June 3-4. for hardcore and casual Andy One of the best-known of the Griffith Show fans alike, offer- blue grass and old time music ing the best in family fun for conventions, the event will be all ages. marking its 50th anniversary The festival includes shows this year. and talks by those associated John Peters | Mayberry Magazine The convention routinely with the show — and in some A young fan is excited to watch a clown making balloon animals at a past draws musicians and sing- cases by the children of the Autumn Leaves Festival. ers from all across the nation, show’s stars — the annual Rod- many coming to compete, oth- ney Dillard Concert, live mu- ers simply on hand to enjoy the sic, trivia contests, autograph sounds and gather in the many sessions, games for kids and impromptu playing sessions adults, family friendly comedy that spring up. shows, a parade, a series of The convention includes10 | MAYBERRY MAGAZINE • WINTER 2022 night time concerts, and much old-time workshops by the more. Some of the nation’s top Surry Arts Council, several Andy Griffith Show character live public performances by tribute artists make regular the bands, and competitions appearances, helping to run in dance, singing, and instru- the event. For full information, ments such as the mandolin, visit https://www.surryarts. dobro, bass fiddle, autoharp, org/mayberrydays/index.html. Tom Joyce | Mayberry and others. The biggest event of them all Musicians await their turn to take to the stage during a Mount Airy Blue While many fans come out comes in October, with the an- Grass & Old-Time Fiddlers Convention. each evening to listen to the nual Autumn Leaves Festival, bands, some fans come in early ranked among the top festivals This year’s event is sched- Convention in Dobson in and camp on the grounds at in the Southeast. Some of the uled for Oct. 14 - Oct. 16. To April, Farmfest in Mount Airy, Veterans Park, where the con- best food — with some ven- keep up with the latest Autumn Mayfest in Pilot Mountain, the vention is held. Walking the dors showing off regional spe- Leaves Festival News, visit Surry Arts Council Summer grounds, it is not uncommon cialities unique to the Mount http://www.autumnleavesfesti- Concert Series (https://www. to see a half-dozen or more Airy area — live non-stop mu- val.com/. surryarts.org/shows/amphithe- groups of musicians, some sic, and more than 100 crafts- While those are among the atre.html) and a host of weekly who’ve never met one another men are on hand for the nearly biggest events of the year, activities. For more informa- before, gathering for jam ses- 200,000 fans and friends who there are dozens of others — tion on events, visit https:// sions and little concerts. For visit the gathering. The Surry Old Time Fiddler’s www.visitmayberry.com/.
What’s Happening InMAYBERRY? Your comprehensive guide to way at 5:30 p.m. at the Historic Visit https://www.surryarts.org/ two brothers, Malcolm andlive concerts, shows, and other Earle Theatre. Free. shows/blueridgebeyond.html Umoja, playing and blendingentertainment in Mount Airy February 11 for ticket ordering. more than ten different genresand the surrounding commu- Black History Celebration. March 12 of popular music, combiningnities. For additional informa- Surry Arts Council will be hold- Dailey & Vincent will be in their original compositionstion on all Surry Arts Council ing its annual free celebration of concert at the Historic Earle with imaginative covers in theirSummer Concert Series shows, Black History, with music, sing- Theatre beginning at 7:30 live performances. The two willperformances at The Historic ing, and more. Concert begins p.m. as part of the Blue Ridge appear at the Historic EarleEarle Theatre, or shows at The at 7 p.m. at the Andy Griffith and Beyond series. Dailey & Theatre in a 7:30 p.m. concert.Andy Griffith Playhouse, please Playhouse. Vincent are Grand Ole Opry Orchestra tickets are $15, Bal-see http://www.surryarts.org/ February 12 members, five-time Grammy cony $10. Visit https://www.surryart/index.html. Please Sam Bush, winner of the Award winners individually, surryarts.org/shows/blueridge-call ahead for any show to con- Americana Music Association three-time Grammy Award beyond.html for ticket ordering.firm it is going on as planned, Lifetime Achievement Award nominees collectively, four-time April 9particularly before setting out for Instrumentalists, will be in Dove Award winners, and win- Larry Sigmon and Marthafor those shows that are some concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. ners of 35 IBMA Awards alto- Spencer, a duo from the Bluedistance from Mount Airy. at the Historic Earle Theatre gether (including three-time Ridge Mountains of Virginia, Editor’s Note: While we do in Mount Airy. Punch Broth- IBMA Entertainer of the Year will bring their energetic soundour best to bring you the most ers, Steep Canyon Rangers, and Award winners and three-time to the Historic Earle Theatre inup-to-date concert listings Greensky Bluegrass are just a Vocal Group of the Year Award a concert beginning at 7 p.m.and events, the COVID-19 few present-day bluegrass van- winners). The duo brings their Between the two of them, theypandemic has put every pub- guards among so many musi- uniquely American Music blend have played venues includinglic event in doubt. This cal- cians he has influenced. His per- of bluegrass, traditional country the Carter Family Fold, Grandendar includes many planned formances are annual highlights and gospel music to the Mount Ole Opry, Merlefest and Blueevents through June. Howev- of the festival circuit, with Airy stage. Preferred Seat Tick- Ridge Folklife Festival. Theirer, all activities are subject to Bush’s joyous perennial appear- ets are $70; Orchestra Seat music features Larry’s distinctpostponement, cancellation, ances at the town’s famed blue- Tickets $60; and Balcony Seat singing, Martha on harmony,or a change in start time, and grass fest earning him the title, Tickets $45. Visit https://www. and instruments including thelimited seating based upon “King of Telluride.” Preferred surryarts.org/shows/blueridge- clawhammer banjo, doublepublic health needs and gov- Seat Tickets are $80, Orchestra beyond.html for ticket ordering. slap bass, guitar and harmon-ernmental orders. Please call Seat Tickets $75, and Balcony March 18 ica, along with plenty of funahead to ensure an event is Seat Tickets $55. Sons of Mystro bring their dancing. Tickets are $12. Visitstill planned before traveling February 26 eclectic sound to the Historic https://www.surryarts.org/ MAYBERRY MAGAZINE • WINTER 2022 | 11to attend. The Tommy Jarrell Festival Earle Theatre for a concert un- shows/blueridgebeyond.html CONCERTS Youth Competition will be at like any others you’ll see. Sons for ticket ordering. Note: For tickets to all con- the Historic Earle Theatre, from of Mystro is the violin duo of April 29certs that are part of the Surry 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. This free eventArts Council Concert Series gives young musicians and sing-or the Blue Ridge And Be- ers the chance to hone their art, Enjoy a wealth of amenities atyond series, or to purchase sea- while giving fans a glimpse at an affordable price at the Econo Lodge Inn & Suites® hotel in Pilotson tickets, visit https://www. the future of old time and blue Mountain, NC. Our pet-friendlysurryarts.org/shows/menu. grass music. hotel is ideally located three mileshtml, or call 336-786-7998. *** from Pilot Mountain State Park February 5 The Tommy Jarrell Festival WPAQ 73rd Birthday Cel- Birthday Concert featuringebration. 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The Surry Arts Council Sum- mer Concert Series kicks off for 2022 with one of the series favorites, The Legacy Motown Revue in concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Blackmon Amphitheatre. This group takes you back to the days of The Drifters, The Coasters, The Jacksons, Earth Wind & Fire, The Temptations, and so many more legendary icons. Tickets are $15 or an an-12 | MAYBERRY MAGAZINE • WINTER 2022 nual concert series pass. While tickets are not yet for sale, visit https://www.surryarts.org/ shows/amphitheatre.html pe- riodically for ticket purchase. Concessions will be available for purchase. April 30 Lonesome River Band will be taking the stage at the Historic Woolard return to Mount Airy atre.html periodically for ticket $15 or a Summer Concert Se- Earle Theatre at 7:30 p.m. in as part of a three-show week- purchase. Concessions will be ries season pass. Those attend- a concert they are dedicating end, featuring a different band available for purchase. ing the concert are encouraged to the late James Easter of the each night. The Embers bring May 6 to take lounge chairs. While Easter Brothers. The band is re- an energetic performance from North Tower Band, one of the tickets are not yet for sale, leasing a CD as a tribute to the a band some call “the heart and South’s great party bands for visit https://www.surryarts. Easter Brothers. Tickets to the soul of beach music.” Tickets nearly 40 years, will be on stage org/shows/amphitheatre.html show are Preferred $30, Orches- are $15 or an annual concert se- at the Blackmon Amphitheatre periodically for ticket purchase. tra $25, and Balcony $20. ries pass. While tickets are not providing the best in oldies, Concessions will be available May 5 yet for sale, visit https://www. beach, top 40 and funk begin- for purchase. The Embers featuring Craig surryarts.org/shows/amphithe- ning at 7:30 p.m. Admission is May 7
Envision will bring their planned.cover of hits from the 60s, 70s Live Theaterand 80s, all the way up to the February 24contemporary sound of today’s Sirens of the Southeast TourTop 40 to the stage. Admission featuring Caitlin Krisko andis $15 or a Summer Concert The Broadcast and Abby BryantSeries season pass to the 7:30 & The Echoes will be in concertp.m. show. Those attending the beginning at 7:30 p.m. at theconcert at the Blackmon Amphi- Historic Earle Theatre in Mounttheatre are encouraged to take Airy. Caitlin Krisko and Thelounge chairs. Concessions will Broadcast is a psychedelic soulbe available for purchase. While rock band hailing from Ashe-tickets are not yet for sale, visit ville, while Abby Bryant & Thehttps://www.surryarts.org/ Echoes, from Gastonia, brings ashows/amphitheatre.html pe- fiery spirit and a deep love forriodically for ticket purchase. and understanding of Ameri-Concessions will be available for can roots and soul music to thepurchase. stage. Masks are required for all Weekly Events audience members. Tickets $15 Experience the Merry-Go- March 26-27Round, the second-longest Seussical Jr. The Surry Artscontinuously running live radio Players community theatre willbroadcast in the nation, with a be performing this show filledlive show every Saturday at The with Dr. Seuss classics, directedHistoric Earle Theatre from 11 by Shelby Coleman. Perfor-a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each week. mances Saturday, March 26 at Jeff Bond - SalesDoors open at 10:30 a.m. Ad- 3 p.m. and Sunday, March 27,mission is $8 or a Merry-Go- at 3 p.m. at the Andy GriffithRound Annual Pass is $20, or a Playhouse, 218 Rockford Street,current Surry Arts Council sea- Mount Airy. Masks are requiredson pass. Some shows have been for all audience members. Re- MAYBERRY MAGAZINE • WINTER 2022 | 13moved from the Earle as a result served Seat Tickets are $20 forof the spread of COVID-19. Callahead to ensure show is still preferred seating, $15 for or- chestra seating. What We Do We are a manufacturer of a wide variety of log home materials. These The Signature Sandwich of Locals and HOME OF THE include but are not limited to: Visitors alike! WORLD FAMOUS PORK CHOP • Milled Logs • Log Siding SANDWICH • Heavy Timber • Cedar Railing Beams • Tongue and Groove SNAPPY LUNCH 3594 Turkey Knob Road Fries, VA 24330125 N. Main St. | Mt. Airy, N.C 27030 276-744-3337 | candblumber1@yahoo.com 70056587336) 786-4931 | thesnappylunch.com Mon., Tues., Wed. & Fri. 6:00am-1:45pm Thurs. & Sat. 6:00am-1:15pm 70053026 www.candblumber.com
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