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✩ ✩ MOUNT AIRY has MAYBERRY ON SPEED DIAL MOVIES at the HISTORIC EARLE THEATRE Features are show Friday-Wednesday of each week. Call 336-786-2222 DAILY for weekly movie information or check the Earle website at www. MONTHLY theearle.org. The Earle has a monthly family free movie (see schedule SURRY COUNTY BASKET MAKERS on pages 5-15.) Seasonal classic movies are also shown. The new Siamese Twins Exhibit Room digital projection and surround sound have significantly improved 2nd Tuesday each month, 6:00 pm the experience. There are assistive listening devices as well as closed captioning displays available for most movies. Admission is $6 for VOICE OF THE BLUE RIDGE & feature and special movie classics. In the month of December, children TRADITIONAL MUSIC PROGRAMS 12 and under are admitted for $3. Historic Earle Theatre & Blackmon Amphitheatre 3rd Saturdays, 7:30 pm WEEKLY MOUNT AIRY PHOTO CLUB Siamese Twins Exhibit Room FREE YOUTH FIDDLE & GUITAR 3rd Tuesday each month, 7:00 pm CLASSES Join Kenny Hooker and Hobart Jones as they explore topics of interest Historic Earle Theatre in digital photography. Visitors are welcome. Send your email address 142 N. Main St. to [email protected] for inclusion on the monthly meeting topics. Award winning musician and teacher, Jim ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM Vipperman, is the instructor. Instruments are BETTY LYNN 218 Rockford St, Mount Airy, NC 27030 provided. Drop by for a hands-on experience Andy Griffith Museum Open daily year round if you are visiting or bring your child weekly 3rd Fridays, 12:30-3:30 pm Monday-Friday 9:00 am-5:00 pm for lessons. Parents are welcome to stay Betty Lynn continues to visit Sunday 1:00-5:00 pm and participate. This project is sponsored fans at the Andy Griffith Closed Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day in part by the NC Arts Council, a division Museum each month. She Admission $6, Audio Guides $2 of the Department of Natural and Cultural autographs photos and Resources, and the Duke Energy Foundation. SIAMESE TWINS EXHIBIT memorabilia, and chats and is Same hours as Andy Griffith Museum photographed with fans. She FREE JAM has been recently featured Included in Andy Griffith Museum Admission Historic Earle Theatre in articles in the Charlotte 142 N. Main Street Observer and Washington New! BETTY LYNN EXHIBIT Local and visiting musicians are welcome to play. Music ranges Post. Betty’s 90th birthday Same hours as Andy Griffith Museum from bluegrass and old-time to gospel and country. Traditional celebration included the Included in Andy Griffith Museum Admission music enthusiasts and dancers are welcome. This weekly program is unveiling of a new exhibit featuring artifacts from her life and career supported in part by a grant from the NC Arts Council, a division of the and a photo exhibit featuring over 350 photos. MOUNT AIRY-MAYBERRY EXHIBIT Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Same hours as Andy Griffith Museum Included in Andy Griffith Museum Admission WPAQ MERRY-GO-ROUND PROFESSOR NEAL BROWER TAGS LECTURES Historic Earle Theatre Andy Griffith Museum Theatre, OLD-TIME MUSIC HERITAGE HALL Saturdays, 11:00 am-1:30 pm, $6 or Surry Arts Council Season Pass 2:00 pm, Free at the HISTORIC EARLE THEATRE Annual Merry-Go-Round Pass, $20 Saturday, June 10, 2017, 142 North Main Street The Merry-Go-Round is the 2nd longest continuously running live radio “Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee” Monday-Friday, 11:00 am-3:00 pm broadcast in the nation. The oldest is the Grand Ole Opry. Saturday, July 8, 2017, Saturday 1:30-3:30 pm, Sunday 1:00-3:30 pm The Merry-Go-Round can be heard live on WPAQ 740 AM or streaming “Convicts at Large” Included in Admission to the at www.wpaq740.com. The live show features two bands each week. Saturday, August 12, 2017, Andy Griffith Museum Bands are listed on www.theearle.org. “Prisoner of Love” Portraits of Surry County Join Professor Brower for his old-time music icons line GOLDEN NOTES entertaining and in depth the walls of the Earle. An Andy Griffith Museum Theatre, Tuesdays 10:00 am looks at these favorite episodes audio guided tour with Kelly This recreational group welcomes visitors to join them each week of TAGS. Epperson of radio station as they sing old favorites. They serve as great ambassadors for the WPAQ 740 AM will enhance arts council singing in nursing homes, retirement centers, and at the BLUE RIDGE & BEYOND SERIES (page 3) your visit. The audio guides hospital. The group is led by Sylvia Lowry, a retired music educator and Historic Earle Theatre unless otherwise specified have the music and the voices performer. BLACKMON AMPHITHEATRE SUMMER SERIES of the musicians featured on See schedule pages 5-15 the walls. Kelly also shares LINE DANCE CLASSES Andy Griffith Museum Theatre, Wednesdays 10:00 am Live music and dancing begin at the end of April and run through personal stories of each September. 2017 season passes are $110. These passes cover the one. Surry County Music, Join in for exercise and fun. Traci Artim leads this weekly class for Surry Arts Council members. weekly Merry-Go-Round as well as other events at the Historic Earle a documentary filmed by Theatre and Summer Ampitheatre bands. UNC-TV as part of its Folkways CLOGGING CLASSES Series, and hosted by four Andy Griffith Museum Theatre WITH ADVANCE RESERVATIONS YOUR GROUP CAN time Grammy Award winner Contact award winning instructor Samantha Wilhelmi at www. SCHEDULE: David Holt, runs continuously rhythmicexpressionclogging.com or 540-391-8444 for information on • An evening with John Floyd “The Mouth of Mayberry” in the music hall. There are class times and levels. • Flat Footing lessons with award winning dancer, Marsha Todd exhibits featuring memorabilia of Surry County old-time music masters • Back Stage Tours as well as artifacts from WPAQ. The venue is part of the Blue Ridge DANCE CLASSES • Surry County Music presentation and demonstration with Jim Music Trails Project of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area. Andy Griffith Museum Theatre Vipperman Contact Will Shover at www.rhythmonmain.com for information on • Siamese Twins Exhibit presentation classes in ballet, tap, jazz, and gymnastics. 336-786-7998 | www.surryarts.org | [email protected] Page 2 www.surryarts.org BLUEAt RIDGE the Historic AND Earle Theatre BEYOND

Mark O’Connor Band Del McCoury Band Bryan Sutton Band Earls of Leicester Lonesome River Band Seldom Scene Bellamy Brothers Balsam Range Dailey & Vincent THE DILLARD BAND featuring RODNEY DILLARD JERRY DOUGLAS & THE EARLS OF LEICESTER THE SELDOM SCENE with special guest Maggie Peterson-Mancuso Friday, February 17, 2017, 7:30 pm Friday, June 23, 2017, 7:30 pm Friday, September 23, 2016, 3:00 pm Historic Earle Theatre, $55 preferred/$50 orchestra/$35 balcony Historic Earle Theatre, $40 preferred/$35 orchestra/$25 balcony Andy Griffith Playhouse, $30 preferred/$25 Orchestra The Earls of Leicester have discovered a kind of magic that, when This IBMA Hall of Fame band is legendary. The internationally known harnessed, allows moments once relegated to memories to roar back group is one of the single greatest contributors to the progression of THE MALPASS BROTHERS to life. Old sounds rattle loose chains of space and time that have kept bluegrass while at the same time setting a new standard and attracting Friday, September 23, 2016, 7:00 pm us from forgotten joys and who we once were. Suddenly, as we listen to new audiences to the genre. Their music includes country, rock, and Historic Earle Theatre, $20 Orchestra/$15 Balcony and watch the Earls pick, saw, and croon, instead of contemplating once even classical pop. They have performed at the White House many upon a time, we are living it. times. They do maintain their reputation of being “seldom seen.” CRAIG SOUTHERN and PHOENIXX VOICE OF THE BLUE RIDGE with host band Saturday, October 15, 2016, 6:30 pm WILL JONES BAND Travis Frye & Blue Mountain Saturday, August 19, 2017, 7:30 pm Blackmon Amphitheatre, Free Saturday, February 18, 2017, 7:30 pm, with The Marshall Brothers Blackmon Amphitheatre, $11* or Season Pass Craig Southern and Phoenixx’ diverse blend of genres with a local twist Saturday, June 17, 2017, 7:30 pm, with Rich in Tradition Having the band out playing shows since June of 2014, this group has will have you up and dancing. Country and Americana Saturday, July 15, 2017, 7:30 pm, with guest band found their groove with a uniquely designed show that will keep you on Historic Earle Theatre, $7* or Season Pass the edge of your seat or on the dance floor. O’CONNOR BAND featuring MARK O’CONNOR TOMMY JARRELL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Saturday, November 19, 2016, 7:30 pm Friday, March 3, 2017, 7:00 pm Dance BELLAMY BROTHERS Historic Earle Theatre, $35 preferred/$30 orchestra/$25 balcony Historic Earle Theatre, $11* or Season Pass Friday, September 22, 2017, 8:00 pm Superstar fiddler Mark O’Connor is an Americana, Progressive Bluegrass, Saturday, March 4, 2017, 1:30 pm, Youth Competition, ages 4-18 Andy Griffith Playhouse, $65 preferred/$55 orchestra Acoustic Pop, Indie Folk, Blues, Country, Classical, Composer, Jazz, and The Tommy Jarrell Birthday Celebration features Surry County old-time Celebrating over 40 years of music success, Howard and David Bellamy folk artist from New York. He has crossed over so many genres that this music with special guest Verlen Clifton. Zephyr Lightning Bolts, Slate have created a patent on the newly cool “duo” category in country award winning musician has a sound and style that is totally his own! Mountain Ramblers, and the Buckstankle Boys will lead the dancing. music. In the era of the 2000’s, The Bellamy Brothers hold the record in both the Academy of Country Music (ACM) and the Country Music THE DEL McCOURY BAND BRYAN SUTTON BAND Association Awards (CMA) for the most duo nominations. Numerous Saturday, December 17, 2016, 7:30 pm Saturday, March 4, 2017, 7:30 pm Grammy nods have also been directed toward the brothers. Particularly Historic Earle Theatre, $65 preferred/$60 reserved/$50 balcony Historic Earle Theatre, $40 preferred/$30 orchestra/$25 balcony appropriate for Mayberry Days, David Bellamy wrote “I Wish Life Was Like *50 “Early Bird” balcony seats will be sold for $25 Bryan Sutton is the most accomplished and awarded acoustic guitarist The Andy Griffith Show.” By the late ‘70’s The Bellamys were emerging Del McCoury plays old and new in the old-fashioned way. As a teenager of his generation, an innovator who bridges the bluegrass flatpicking on the country charts with another bona fide smash. “If I Said You Had he played with Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys as lead singer and banjo traditions of the 20th century with the dynamic roots music scene of the A Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me),” rocketed them to the 21st. He is a Grammy Award winner and a nine time IBMA Guitar Player player. Del was recently awarded the National Heritage Fellowship top of the country charts the way “Let Your Love Flow,” had done in the of the Year. Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Endowment for the Arts. pop market just a few years earlier. It proved to be the first of a string of ZEPHYR LIGHTNING BOLTS OLD-TIME BAND fourteen #1 singles in the U.S. alone. BREAKING UP CHRISTMAS DANCES Saturday, March 18, 7:30 pm Friday, December 30, 2016, 7:00 pm with ZEPHYR LIGHTNING BOLTS, Historic Earle Theatre, $7* or Season Pass BALSAM RANGE Saturday, September 23, 2017, 7:30 pm and BUCKSTANKLE BOYS LONESOME RIVER BAND Saturday, January 7, 2017, 7:00 pm with THE SLATE MOUNTAIN Historic Earle Theatre, $35 preferred/$25 orchestra/$20 balcony Friday, March 31, 2017, 7:30 pm 2015 IBMA Vocal Group of the Year and 2015 IBMA Song of the year RAMBLERS Historic Earle Theatre, $25 preferred,/$20 orchestra/$15 balcony Historic Earle Theatre, $6* or 2016 Season Pass winners are not only great musicians but also great guys! Elements of Led by five-time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) jazz, country, gospel, swing and old-time music are all infused into the Award winning bands, the Zephyr Lightning Bolts, Buckstankle Boys, Banjo Player of the Year and Virginia Country Music Hall of Famer fresh sound of this unique band. and Slate Mountain Ramblers have kept the old-time dance tradition Sammy Shelor, the group holds a powerhouse line up of award-winning alive around the areas of Northwest North Carolina and Southwest bluegrass musicians including Brandon Rickman on guitar, Mike DAILEY & VINCENT Virginia. Hartgrove on fiddle, Barry Reed on bass and Randy Jones on mandolin. Saturday, December 9, 2017, 7:30 pm LARRY SIGMON & MARTHA SPENCER Historic Earle Theatre, $65 preferred/$55 orchestra/$40 balcony SHADOWGRASS Dubbed by CMT as the “Rockstars of Bluegrass,” the Dailey & Vincent Saturday, January 21, 2017, 7:30 pm Saturday, April 15, 2017, 7:30 pm Historic Earle Theatre, $8* or Season Pass duo has been hailed throughout the music industry as one of the most Historic Earle Theatre, $8* or 2017 Season Pass exciting, reputable and elite Bluegrass bands in America. They have ShadowGrass is an award winning youth bluegrass band from Put your dancing shoes on, because you won’t be able to sit still when master old-time musicians, Larry and Martha start playing. won numerous awards for their uniquely contagious and riveting music, Southwest VA and Western NC. The name was created when they came including: three Grammy Award Nominations for the 2014 “Bluegrass to realize that they were playing music in the ‘shadow’ of great players. CARSON PETERS AND IRON MOUNTAIN Album of the Year;” 14 IBMA Awards as three-time “Entertainer of the Saturday, May 20, 2017, 7:30 pm Year,” three-time “Vocal Group of the Year” and “Album of the Year” and WPAQ 69TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Historic Earle Theatre, $11* four Dove Awards with three “Bluegrass Album of the Year” awards and Saturday, February 4, 2017, 6:00 pm Carson Peters made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry in 2014, where he “Bluegrass Song of the Year.” Historic Earle Theatre, Free played “Blue Moon of Kentucky” with Ricky Skaggs. He won first place in the Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention, youth division, when he was 4 *Tax included years old. Carson recently appeared on “Little Big Shots” starring Steve Harvey and again this year on the Grand Ole Opry.

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THE EMBERS featuring CRAIG WOOLARD NEW! KAREN KNOTTS: A DEPUTY’S DAUGHTER Wednesday, September 21, 7:30 pm Friday, September 23, 11:30 am SEPTEMBER 2016 Blackmon Amphitheatre, $16* or Season Pass Historic Earle Theatre, $20 Sales tax of 7% is added to all tickets unless otherwise Join the Embers, the Heart and Soul of Carolina Beach Karen’s new show focuses on her father’s early life specified. All tickets are non-refundable. Music! and his work on The Andy Griffith Show. No animals are permitted except service animals specifically trained to aid disabled people. ANDY GRIFFITH PLAYHOUSE NEW! RONNIE SCHELL: A SERIOUS AFTERNOON All Surry Arts Council facilities are smoke free. BACKSTAGE GUIDED TOUR OF HILARIOUS COMEDY In bad weather events will be moved to the Thursday, September 22, 10:00-10:30 am Historic Earle Theater. Friday, September 23, 1:30 pm Wine from Shelton Vineyards and Hot Dogs, etc. Andy Griffith Playhouse, Free Historic Earle Theatre, $16* from the Dairy Center are sold at this event. Join Abigail Linville on a tour of the Andy Griffith Following an hour of laughter, Greg Schell’s film Playhouse. Meet in the portico. “Mayberry Days” will be shown. The 40 minute BETTY LYNN in ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM documentary chronicles the 50th year anniversary of Friday, September 16, 12:30 -3:30 pm “THE EMMETT” MAYBERRY DAYS The Andy Griffith Show that is being celebrated during Betty autographs photos, greets fans, and is GOLF TOURNAMENT Mayberry Days and takes you to “a simpler time and a photographed with them. Thursday, September 22, Tee off 12:30 pm sweeter place.” Cross Creek Country Club, $100 Golf, Dinner, HOLIDAY BAND Entertainment THE DILLARDS featuring RODNEY DILLARD Friday, September 16, 7:30 pm $50 Dinner and Entertainment, 4:30-8:00 pm. With special guest MAGGIE PETERSON Blackmon Amphitheatre, $11* or Season Pass Advance ticket required 336-786-7998 Friday, September 23, 3:00 pm Andy Griffith Playhouse, $30/$25 HEARTS OF THE WEST (Movie) REMEMBER ME WITH LAUGHTER Friday, September 16, 8:00 pm Thursday, September 22, 2:00 pm NEW! MARGARET KERRY: TINKER BELL MEETS Saturday, September 17, 4:00 and 8:00 pm Historic Earle Theatre, $15 ANDY GRIFFITH Sunday, September 18, 4:00 and 7:00 pm Dorothy Best and David Browning remember James Friday, September 23, 4:30 pm Monday, September 19, 7:00 pm Best with photos, movie and television clips, and his Andy Griffith Museum Theatre, $11* Wednesday, September 21, 7:00 pm beloved laughter. Join them for this tribute to James Margaret Kerry, the model for Disney’s Tinkerbell, was Historic Earle Theatre, $6 Best, a true Mayberry favorite! also on 3 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. Join her In 1930’s Hollywood, an aspiring writer finds himself as she shares from her journey! taking a new path after he is cast in some B-movie YOUTH FIDDLE AND GUITAR LESSONS westerns. Andy Griffith and Jeff Bridges star in this Thursday, September 22, 5:30 fiddle, 6:15 guitar MICHAEL HOOVER’S “MEMORIES OF ELVIS” romantic comedy released in 1975. Historic Earle Theatre, Free Friday, September 23, 7:00 pm Join local master musician Jim Vipperman as he Andy Griffith Playhouse, $20 SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN introduces young musicians and teaches them to carry Saturday, September 17, 7:00 pm on Surry County’s music heritage. THE MALPASS BROTHERS Sunday, September 18, 3:00 pm Friday, September 23, 7:00 pm Monday, September 19, 7:00 pm JAM Historic Earle Theatre, $20 orchestra/$15 balcony Andy Griffith Playhouse, $15 Thursday, September 22, 7:00 pm Join the Sanders family as they witness through their Historic Earle Theatre, Free THE VW BOYS “SALUTE TO MAYBERRY” bluegrass and gospel music and in the process reveal Join local musicians. Bring your instruments and play Friday, September 23, 9:30 pm their hilariously imperfect weaknesses. along, listen, dance, and enjoy old-time, bluegrass, Historic Earle Theatre, $10 and gospel music. FOR THE COMPLETE MAYBERRY DAYS SCHEDULE, KAREN KNOTTS “TIED UP IN KNOTTS” SEE PAGES 23-26 THE TAMS Saturday, September 24, 11:30 am Thursday, September 22, 8:00 pm Andy Griffith Playhouse, $20 JOHN FLOYD: THE MOUTH OF MAYBERRY Blackmon Tuesday, Sept. 20, 7:00 pm Amphitheatre, $16* PROFESSOR BROWER’S LECTURE Historic Earle Theatre, $11* or Season Pass featuring CLINT HOWARD John Floyd, comedian, will Though their style and TAGSRWC Annual Meeting entertain you with his Mayberry has historically been Saturday, September 24, 2:00 pm humor. He has performed at referred to as beach Historic Earle Theatre, $10 Mayberry Days for the past 3 music, many think of years. Join the million and a half them as smooth soul COLONEL TIM’S TALENT TIME folks that he has made double and R&B. They are Saturday, September 24, 2:30 and 7:30 pm over with laughter. internationally known Andy Griffith Playhouse, $25 and their show and music is unmatched. *Tax Included

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Andy Griffith Playhouse, $15 Performed by the Surry Arts Players DONATIONS, HONORARIA AND MEMORIALS, ENDOWMENTS Set in Western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a Donation in any amount may be made at any time to the Surry Arts Council or a designated fund. $300 Granite Tiles at the Blackmon winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Amphitheatre. $1000 Granite paver in front of the statue. $100 Seat plaque in the Andy Griffith Playhouse or Historic Earle Theatre. $10,000 Minimum required to set up an endowment (no administrative fee charged). Contributions for honoraria or memorials are acknowledged Watch for details on Wedding of the Siamese Twins and Sanders Family Christmas coming up in 2017! within two business days. Please consider the Surry Arts Council in your estate planning. Staff will assist as needed. 336-786-7998 | www.surryarts.org | [email protected] Page 20 www.surryarts.org EngSiamese and Chang Bunker’s journey led them Twin from Samutsongkram, Exhibit Siam to Mount Airy, NC where they raised 21 children. There are The journey to Mount hundreds of descendants who still reside in the area while others are Airy for Betty Lynn began scattered all over the world. The Siamese Twins exhibit has numerous photos of the twins, their families, and artifacts from their lives. The in Kansas City, Missouri, Bunker family has an annual reunion on the last weekend of July each where she was born Elizabeth year. In 2017, the Surry Arts Council will host Ryan Pino, a descendant, Theresa Ann Lynn on August who will share his research on their Chinese identity and status as the 29, 1926. Betty began first naturalized Asian Americans. The twins and their families overcame studying dance at age 5 and many physical, social, and cultural obstacles during their remarkable lives. by age 14 she was acting and Their amazing legacy lives on. singing in supper clubs and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions on local radio shows. 1. The Siamese Twins came to reside in western NC as the result of During World War II, an invitation from a physician friend to visit the area for some USO talent scouts discovered hunting and fishing. They liked it and decided to build a home Betty, and at age 18 she began and stay. performing in their shows on 2. The Twins moved to Mount Airy and lived in the same house the East Coast. Betty then for 12 years before they built two homes. The Eng and Chang Bunker Bridge crosses Stewart’s Creek, the body of water that signed up to perform for the divided their land when they built the second home. USO Camp Shows overseas, 3. The wills of Eng and Chang Bunker are shown in the Siamese Twins exhibit. They summarize the which took guitarist Tommy Twins’ family values and their focus on the education of all of their children. Decker and her to Iran and 4. Eng and Chang Bunker were the first Asians to become citizens of this country. When they became Casablanca and then unexpectedly to the front lines of conflict in the China-Burma-India Theater. American citizens, it was actually not legal for them to do so. While doing her USO tour, Betty found herself in China, on the infamous Burma Road, and 5. Eng and Chang were excellent fishermen, expert in the use of firearms, excellent performers on the literally on the Road to Mandalay. She eventually ended up in Calcutta, where she was one of the flute, excellent with tools and construction, and above average in intellect. 6. Eng and Chang were Whigs. first Americans to visit American POWs who had just been released to a Calcutta hospital after the 7. Eng and Chang each had a son who fought in the Confederate army. Each son was captured and fall of Rangoon in 1945. For her service “above and beyond the call of duty,” Betty received a special held in a prisoner of war camp. The sons wrote home about their experiences. Both returned home commendation from the U.S. State Department, and was later named Honorary Colonel in the following the war. American Legion. 8. Eng and Chang were the first Buddhists to enter America. This is documented by the Siamese Back in New York after the war, Betty quickly found work. She was touring with Park Avenue in Buddhist text that they brought with them into this country. preparation for that new show’s Broadway run when she caught the attention of legendary movie 9. Eng and Chang remain the only conjoined twins to have children. mogul Daryl F. Zanuck, who signed Betty to a contract with 20th Century Fox. Betty then moved 10. Chang developed pneumonia and died. Their physician had promised to separate them if one died. A son went to get the physician following Chang’s death but did not get back in time. Eng died a few with her mother to Hollywood, where her first film for Fox was 1948’sSitting Pretty with Clifton hours after Chang. Webb, Robert Young, and Maureen O’Hara. Betty won a Photoplay Gold Medal for her portrayal of 11. Sarah died on April 29, 1892. Sarah is not buried with the Twins at White Plains Baptist Church. She Ginger. That same year Betty also was inApartment for Peggy with Jeanne Crain and William Holden. was buried in a cemetery with slaves and some of her children on Bunker property near the church. Fox then lent Betty to Warner Bros. to play the title role in June Bride with Bette Davis. She went on to 12. Adelaide died at the age of 94 on May 21, 1917. At that time, the bodies of Eng and Chang were make a string of movies for Fox and other studios, including RKO, MGM, and Universal. Highlights moved to the church cemetery and Adelaide was buried with them. of those years included Mother Is a Freshman, Father Was a Fullback, Cheaper by the Dozen, Payment 13. The bodies of Eng and Chang were autopsied in Philadelphia. Extensive data and photos of the autopsy are in the museum files. The livers of the Twins are on display at the museum demonstrating on Demand (reuniting with Bette Davis), and Behind the High Wall. the nature of their connection. As the movie studio system began to wane and television became more of a force in the 1950s, 14. Their last living child, Robert E. Bunker, died on January 25, 1951. Betty pursued opportunities in television. Early performances included eight months in The Egg and 15. One grandchild of the twins is still living. I, TV’s first comedy serial, which was broadcast live from New York five days a week. She later played the female lead opposite Ray Bolger in Where’s Raymond? for a season back in Los Angeles. Whenever Recommended reading on the lives of the Siamese Twins: “The Two” by Irving and Amy Wallace; “The Lives of her schedule allowed, Betty also performed in Los Angeles and elsewhere in theater productions, Chang and Eng: Siam’s Twins in Nineteenth-Century America” by Joseph Orser; and “Duet for a Lifetime” by Kay including the lead role in Peg O’ My Heart and roles in The Moon Is Blue, King of Hearts, Be Your Age, Hunter. These are available in the Andy Griffith Museum gift shop and on Amazon. Come Blow Your Horn, and Love Letters. 2001. She enjoyed her visits to Mayberry Days each year so much that she decided to make Mount Betty became a familiar face in many of the top TV Westerns during their heyday of the 1950s Airy her home. In 2007, Betty officially moved from the home where she had lived in Los Angeles and early 1960s. Her notable appearances included episodes of popular shows such as Bronco, for more than five decades and immediately became a beloved shining star in Mount Airy. Wagon Train, Cheyenne, Wells Fargo, and Sugarfoot, as well as being co-star for two seasons of Disney In 2012, Betty also received an actual star. She was in the distinguished inaugural group to have Presents: Texas John Slaughter with Tom Tryon. She also performed in more than two dozen episodes a star dedicated on the walkway at the entrance to the Andy Griffith Museum—just steps from this of NBC’s Matinee Theater. exhibit. Among her many other accolades through the years are a TV Land Legends Award and a Just as Texas John Slaughter was winding down, Mayberry came calling, and Betty became Barney star on the Missouri Walk of Fame. She is also the inspiration for the “You’re the Cat’s” Award, which Fife’s true sweetheart, Thelma Lou. America, too, fell in love with Thelma Lou for the next five recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the success of Mayberry Days. seasons of The Andy Griffith Show. And through all the decades since. After Barney and Thelma Lou During her first visit to Mayberry Days, Betty received the Key to the City of Mount Airy. Many left Mayberry, Betty continued working in television, including recurring roles on both My Three Sons years before that day, she had already earned the most precious key of all—the one to open the hearts and Family Affair. She also worked with Andy Griffith again when she played Sarah, Ben Matlock’s not only of appreciative audiences, but also, most especially, of the thrilled fans always greeted with secretary during the first season ofMatlock in 1986. And everything was made right in Mayberry her welcoming smile. when Thelma Lou became Mrs. Barney Fife in the hit TV movie,Return to Mayberry, also in 1986. Betty Lynn was not in Kansas City anymore, or even Hollywood. She was now right at home in In the years following that success, Betty delighted fans at countless Mayberry cast reunions and Mount Airy, forever just a click of the heels from Mayberry. festivals and other special occasions. She made her first visit to Mount Airy for Mayberry Days in 336.786.7998 | www.surryarts.org | [email protected] www.surryarts.org Page 21 Want to Phone Home? DIAL UP the Dial ’em for Mayberry! ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM by Jim Clark Don’t miss the recently displayed candlestick phone! The phone was used as a prop in I recently got my the Mayberry Courthouse on The Andy Griffith Show during at least its first five seasons, first smartphone. If and likely during the final three seasons as well. Set decorator Ken Swartz sold the phone you know me at all, from his collection during a prop sale in Van Nuys, California, on July 5, 1977. It was you’re not surprised subsequently purchased at auction by a group of fans for donation to the Andy Griffith that it took me this Museum. Construction has begun to ready the Andy Griffith Museum for the newly long to get one. I’m designed exhibits. Installation is scheduled for early 2017. Watch the website for details. no “Man in a Hurry.” Cases will mimic storefronts from Mayberry with the Mayberry Courthouse being the (The fact is that my centerpiece. There is a large audio-visual component that will feature many of Andy’s phone carrier finally movies, songs, clips from shows, photos, and other aspects of his life. The new Betty Lynn made me accept a exhibit was unveiled on her 90th birthday, August 29, 2016. The hallway is covered with free smartphone from memorabilia and a new television displays over 350 photos of her life. This part of the them to replace my exhibit remains a work in progress. The Mayberry-Mount Airy exhibit has been upgraded 13-year-old flip phone and has a new home in the photo gallery adjacent to the Betty Lynn exhibit. that’s about to be The Andy Griffith Playhouse has new seats and has been painted. The lobby has been obsolete.) No, the real updated with new photos and will soon have the television with photos of Andy’s life. surprise is that I’ve There has been a lot added to the backstage area and Backstage Tours now have more even been permitted information and things to see. Abigail is working on labels for all of the photos and to use a smartphone memorabilia which will enhance the experience. All remains a work in progress but much at all! Of course, I has been done. still won’t have this new phone turned on GUIDED TOURS OF THE ANDY GRIFFITH PLAYHOUSE and or even carry it with me the vast majority MUSEUM GARDENS AND GROUNDS of the time—just as with my old phone. You can lead a Goober to Twitter, but you can’t Groups are now enjoying Andy Griffith Playhouse Backstage Tours with Heather Elliott make him tweet! and Abigail Linville. We continue to add photos and posters to the walls of the backstage My idea of a great telephone is still the candlestick model on Andy’s desk at the Mayberry area. Groups also have the opportunity to enjoy tours of the facility grounds with Master Courthouse. And as of this month, we can now see one of the actual prop candlestick Gardener Ginny Adams. The gardens were designed with native North Carolina plants for phones used in filming “The Andy Griffith Show.” Donated by a group of fans, it’s on continuous year round blooms and interest. They were designed by landscape architect display with other original props and wardrobe at the Andy Griffith Museum, which the Chip Callaway who also did the design for Cindi and Andy Griffith’s Manteo home. Chip phone can now call home. is from Mount Airy and resides in Greensboro, NC, where he operates Chip Callaway and I like the idea of Andy Taylor, when he wants to call home, just picking up his candlestick Associates and specializes in residential, hospitality and historic garden design. phone and saying, “Sarah, get me my house.” For me, Siri will never be a good substitute for Sarah. Motor Inn, a place many of us call home whenever staying overnight in town. During Fortunately, we don’t need a phone of any type when we’re looking to place a call home. Mayberry Days, listen for Alma, finely dressed as Aunt Bee, yodeling at Colonel Tim’s Talent Or rather, looking for a place to call home. Mayberry can be everybody’s place to call Time with her three grandsons leading her backup band. Ah-ha—finally a reason to use the home. Likewise, Mount Airy is a place to call Mayberry. And never more so than during video camera on my new smartphone! Mayberry Days. All up and down Main Street and all over town, welcoming faces give us visitors constant One of the biggest draws for fans who’ll be attending this 27th annual edition of the reasons to smile. Mount Airy always makes us feel right at home. The many reminders in festival is getting to visit with friends who are lucky to call Mount Airy home throughout Mount Airy of Andy Griffith himself—most notably the TV Land Landmark statue of Andy the year, including beloved Betty Lynn. Be sure to check out the wonderful new permanent and Opie, the Andy Griffith Playhouse and the Andy Griffith Museum—also have that happy exhibit about her life (unveiled on her 90th birthday last month) on the lower level of the effect on us. Andy Griffith Playhouse. It’s included with your Andy Griffith Museum admission. Many of us can’t think of the Andy Griffith Museum without also warmly remembering Other favorite stops include the Snappy Lunch, where Mary Dowell and her family and the late Emmett Forrest, Andy’s lifelong friend whose collection of artifacts and memorabilia friendly staff serve up delicious tenderloin biscuits for breakfast and their world famous remains the heart and soul of that museum, which is currently undergoing an exciting pork chop sandwiches for lunch. There’s no telling how many selfies have been taken with makeover to enhance the entire visitor experience. Surrounded by all the memories of Andy those gorgeous sammiches that Charles Dowell invented. Griffith and Mayberry in that building, we can’t help but feel right at home there. In May, we sadly lost Russell Hiatt, America’s Barber, next door to Snappy at Floyd’s City And when all the special “Andy Griffith Show” guest stars join the festivities during Barber Shop. Russell’s legacy is enthusiastically being carried forward by son Bill and his Mayberry Days each year, Mount Airy becomes even more than a place to call home. It devoted crew of cutters. Russell’s gallery of photos still covers the shop walls, and Bill becomes a cause for genuine celebration. There’s never anything phony about the sheer joy regularly posts photos of recent visitors on his Facebook wall. of the experience. With the true Southern hospitality that you’ll find all over Mount Airy, Alma Venable You see, as it turns out, if you’re looking for a great connection with Mayberry, Mount Airy (known simply as Aunt Bee to many) and her family welcome guests to the Mayberry is the perfect app for that! 336-786-7998 | www.surryarts.org | [email protected] Page 22 www.surryarts.org th 27 Celebrating ANNUAL the 56th MAYBERRY Anniversary of TAGSDAYS SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR WELCOME MAYBERRY DAYS MOUNT AIRY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT SPECIAL GUESTS 508 N. Andy Griffith Parkway Betty Lynn, Clint Howard, Ronnie Dapo, Ronnie Schell, Maggie Peterson, Rodney Dillard, Margaret Kerry, Karen Knotts, Dorothy Best, and Laura Hagen. We welcome filmmaker Greg Schell, Ronnie’s son, We continue to be grateful to TAGSRWC for supporting and Margaret Kerry’s son, Eric Norquist, comedian Mayberry Days and for their support of the Surry Arts Council all year round! If you want to call Mount Airy home, give RidgeCrest a call. The SAC appreciates their support! Please support our Surry Arts Council Donors, Fans, Vendors, and those who advertised in the Mayberry Confidential. Without them, we could not do what we do! DINING SUPPORTERS Barney’s, 206 N Main Street, Mount Airy 27030 Chili Rojo 1296 Newsome Street, Mount Airy MAYBERRY DAYS BARBECUE COOK-OFF Dairy Center, 407 W Lebanon Street Mount Airy Ten champion cooks from NC, SC, and VA will be competing The Derby, 1901 S Main Street, Mount Airy for $1000 in prize money. Join them Friday evening for Harvest Grill, 286 Cabernet Lane, Dobson 27017 showmanship judging followed by preparation of the pigs for Herrera Vineyards, 231 Vineyard Lane (off Hwy 601), Dobson 27017 the cooking process. The barbecue will go on sale on Saturday The Loaded Goat, 245 City Hall Street, Mount Airy morning following the judging. The sale is under a Carolina McDonald’s, 307 Andy Griffith Pkwy, 508 Renfro St, 1916 Rockford St, Carport shelter in front of the Andy Griffith Playhouse, and will Mount Airy go on until all BBQ is sold. Sandwiches are $5 and a pound is Old North State, 208 N Main St, Mount Airy $10. This is a NC Pork Council sanctioned tournament. Opie’s Candy Store, 135 Main St, Mount Airy Sagebrush, 2000 Woodland Drive (off Andy Griffith Pkwy), Mount Airy OFFICIAL 2016 MAYBERRY DAYS Shikora Express, 2113 Rockford Street, Suite 900, Mount Airy TEE SHIRTS Snappy Lunch, 125 N Main St, Mount Airy Tee shirts will be on sale in the Andy Griffith Museum gift shop. Subway, Inside Walmart 2241 Rockford St, 1408 Edgewood Dr, 1130 S They will also be sold on Friday and Saturday at the information Main St, 701 W Pine St, Mount Airy shelter in front of the Andy Griffith Playhouse. Thai Café, 647 W Independence Blvd, Mount Airy LODGING SUPPORTERS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 Andy Griffth Home Place B&B 336-789-5999 9:00 am-5:00 pm ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM, $6 Comfort Inn 336-783-0008 12:30-3:30 pm BETTY LYNN at ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM, $6 EconoLodge Inn Pilot Mountain 336-368-2237 7:30 pm HOLIDAY BAND, Blackmon Amphitheatre, Hampton Inn Mount Airy 336-789-5999 $11* or Season Pass Hampton Inn Dobson 336-353-9400 8:00 pm HEARTS OF THE WEST, Movie starring Jeff Bridges Holiday Inn Express 336-719-1731 and Andy Griffith, Historic Earle Theatre, $6 Knight’s Inn 336-786-8387 Mayberry Motor Inn 336-786-4109 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 Quality Inn 336-789-2000 9:00 am-5:00 pm ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM, $6 Sobotta Manor B&B 336-786-2777 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm HEARTS OF THE WEST, Movie, MAYBERRY DAYS VENDORS Historic Earle Theatre, $6 Mayberry Days Bake Sale (Friday Only) 7:00 pm SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN, live theatre, Steele’s Concessions – Bloomin’ Onions, Funnel Cakes, Giant Turkey Andy Griffith Playhouse, $15 legs, lots more! Kettle Corn SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 Cristo Vive – Grilled Chicken with Cuban Rice, Ice Cream, lots more! 1:00-5:00 pm ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM, $6 Barbecue - $5 Sandwiches, $10/lb (Saturday Only) 3:00 pm SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN, Jessica’s Sweet Treats – Snow Cones, Cotton Candy, lots more! Andy Griffith Playhouse, $15 Palmer’s Leather Craft and Gems 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm, HEARTS OF THE WEST, Movie, Simply Gems Jewelry – Handcrafted Jewelry (Saturday Only) Historic Earle Theatre, $6 Mount Airy Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Fiat Smokin’ Harley Davidson MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 RidgeCrest Retirement Center 8:30 am-5:00 pm Mayberry Days Information/Tickets, Allergy Partners (information Saturday only) Lower Level Andy Griffith Playhouse, 218 Rockford Street, Department of State Treasury (information NC unclaimed $) 336-786-7998 Carolina Carports Tents (for sale) 8:30 am-5:00 pm VISITORS CENTER, 200 N Main St, American Satellite Concepts 336-786-6116 336.786.7998 | www.surryarts.org | [email protected] www.surryarts.org Page 23 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 9:00-5:00 pm MAYBERRY DAYS HORSESHOE PITCHING, She 9:00-am-5:00 pm ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM, admission Called Me A Creatster Chapter of TAGSRWC invites you to play includes Betty Lynn exhibit, 270˚mural on the lower level of any time for fun. Horseshoe pits are located at the end of the the museum, Mayberry-Mount Airy exhibit, Siamese Twins parking lot at the Andy Griffith Playhouse, Free exhibit, and Old-Time Music Heritage Hall at the 9:30 am MAYBERRY DAYS MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION, Historic Earle Theatre, $6 City officials and special guests welcome fans to Mount Airy, 11:00 am-3:00 pm, OLD-TIME MUSIC HERITAGE HALL at Blackmon Amphitheatre, Free the Historic Earle Theatre, include in Andy Griffith Museum 9:30 am-6:00 pm AUNT BEE’S BAKE SALE, MR. TUCKER’S admission, $6 APPLE PEEL OFF COMPETITION, PICKLE TOSS in PICKLE 7:00 pm SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN, LAND at the Bake Sale Shelter in front of the Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Playhouse, $15 Playhouse 7:00 pm HEARTS OF THE WEST, Movie, 11:30 am KAREN KNOTTS: A DEPUTY’S DAUGHTER, Historic Historic Earle Theatre, $6 Earle Theatre, $2011:30 am until 2:30 pm Autographs and meet and greet special guests in the Andy Griffith Museum Theatre, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 lower level of the Andy Griffith Museum. TAGS episodes 8:30 am-5:00 pm Mayberry Days Information/Tickets, 12:30 pm “THE EMMETT” Golf Tournament featuring special guests will be playing. Lower Level Andy Griffith Playhouse, 218 Rockford Street, tee off, Cross Creek Country Club, $100* 1:30 pm RONNIE SCHELL: A SERIOUS AFTERNOON OF 336-786-7998 HILARIOUS COMEDY, followed by Greg Schell’s Mayberry 8:30 am-5:00 pm VISITORS CENTER, 336-786-6116 Days documentary film from the 50th Anniversary of Mayberry 9:00 am-5:00 pm ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM, $6 Days, Historic Earle Theatre, $16*. Surfer/Filmmaker GREGORY 7:00 pm JOHN FLOYD: THE MOUTH OF MAYBERRY, Comedy, SCHELL was born in Los Angeles and began making short films Historic Earle Theatre, $11* as a teenager. Greg began receiving honors in filmmaking in the 7th grade. His films have played in numerous international film WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 festivals, sold thousands of DVD copies worldwide, and been 8:30 am-5:00 pm Mayberry Days Information/Tickets, written up in over twenty magazines and is currently airing on Lower Level Andy Griffith Playhouse, 218 Rockford Street, FUEL TV, the action sports based network fun by Fox. Greg’s 336-786-7998 Mayberry Days documentary is a flashback to “a simpler time 8:30 am-5:00 pm VISITORS CENTER, 336-786-6116 and a sweeter place” and will be featured at Thalian Hall in 9:00 am-4:30 pm MAYBERRY POSTMARK at POST OFFICE, Wilmington the week prior to Mayberry Days. 111 S Main Street 12:00-2:00 pm LISEMBY FAMILY at the Blackmon 9:00 am-5:00 pm ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM, $6 Amphitheatre, Free 7:00 pm HEARTS OF THE WEST, Movie, Historic Earle Theatre, $6 7:30 pm EMBERS, Blackmon Amphitheatre, $16*

TAGS DVD RAFFLE AND WBMUTBB SILENT AUCTION Raffle tickets for a COMPLETE BOX SET of TAGS DVD’s will be 2:00 pm “REMEMBER ME WITH LAUGHTER” A Tribute to on sale at the Surry Arts Council office or Information shelter James Best with Dorothy Best and David Browning, Historic until noon on Saturday September 24th. ($1 each or 6 for Earle Theatre, $15 $5) The drawing will be held at the TAGS Annual Meeting on 4:30 pm MAYBERRY DAYS SPECIAL GUEST DINNER/ Saturday afternoon following Professor Brower’s lecture at the ENTERTAINMENT, Includes autographs, meet and greet, buffet, Historic Earle Theatre. You do not have to be present to win. entertainment, Cross Creek Country Club, $50* advance ticket required WBMUTBB SILENT AUCTION 5:30 pm YOUTH FIDDLE & GUITAR, Historic Earle Theatre, The auction will be held Saturday, September 24th from 10:00 Free am until noon in front of the Andy Griffith Playhouse around 7:00 pm JAM, Historic Earle Theatre, Free the LED sign. Items include one of a kind handcrafted and 8:00 pm THE TAMS, Blackmon Amphitheatre, $16* autographed Mayberry treasures. There are also sets of seats 12:30-1:30 pm PORK CHOP SANDWICH EATING CONTEST at from the Andy Griffith Playhouse FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 the Snappy Lunch, Downtown Mount Airy, check in with staff at The Surry Arts Council continues to be grateful to Jeff Koontz 8:30 am-6:00 pm MAYBERRY DAYS INFORMATION SHELTER, the Snappy Lunch when you order and let the waitress know for organizing this incredible auction supporting Mayberry in front of the Andy Griffith Playhouse with 2016 and 2017 that you are entering the contest, ages 18 and over may enter, Days and for his continued role as webmaster for the Surry Arts Mayberry Days tickets, trivia contest entry fans $2, Mayberry Mary Dowell is the final authority on all contest questions Council sites. Idle registration, checkers tournament sign up, pie eating sign 1:00-2:00 pm MRS. WILEY’S TEA, the Chamber Chicks will up, Official Mayberry Days tee shirts on sale, TAGS DVD raffle again host this annual event at the Chamber of Commerce THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 tickets on sale $1 each or 6 for $5. The raffle drawing will be 8:30 am-5:00 pm Mayberry Days Information/Tickets, and Visitors Center on the corner of Main and Moore Avenue held following the TAGSRWC annual meeting on Saturday. Lower Level Andy Griffith Playhouse, 218 Rockford Street, (big clock), they will be serving punch and cookies, photo You do not have to be present to win. 336-786-7998 opportunities and information about the area, 800-948-0949, 8:30 am-5:00 pm VISITORS CENTER, 336-786-6116 8:30 am-5:00 pm VISITORS CENTER, 336-786-6116 336-786-6116, www.visitmayberry.com, Free 9:00 am-4:30 pm MAYBERRY POSTMARK at POST OFFICE, 9:00 am-4:30 pm MAYBERRY POSTMARK at POST OFFICE, 2:30 pm MAYBERRY DAYS PIE EATING CONTEST, hosted by 111 S Main Street 111 S Main Street the Mother Figure and the Mayberry Days Preservation Society 9:00 am-5:00 pm ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM, 9:00-am-5:00 9:00 am-5:00 pm ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM, $6 of TAGSRWC, the contest features Aunt Bee’s Crustless Cream pm, admission includes Betty Lynn exhibit, 270˚mural on the 10:00 am ANDY GRIFFITH PLAYHOUSE BACKSTAGE TOUR, Pies, 2 heats will be held with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in each lower level of the museum, Mayberry-Mount Airy exhibit, Abigail Linville, Free heat, Register at the Information shelter, Prizes and trophies will Siamese Twins exhibit, and Old-Time Music Heritage Hall at the be presented by Mayberry Days guest, Allan Newsome will be Historic Earle Theatre, $6 judging the competition along with Michael Hoover, by the bake sale shelter in front of the Andy Griffith Playhouse 336.786.7998 | www.surryarts.org | [email protected] Page 24 www.surryarts.org 9:30 pm VW BOYS “SALUTE TO MAYBERRY,” Historic Earle Theatre, $10 ANDY GRIFFITH PLAYHOUSE 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy, NC 27030 FRIDAY September 23, 2016 3:00 pm RODNEY DILLARD BAND with MAGGIE PETERSON 4:30 pm Chief BBQ Cook’s Meeting, Backstage 7:00 pm MICHAEL HOOVER “Memories of Elvis” ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM THEATRE 11:30-2:30 pm AUTOGRAPHS and meet and greet, TAGS episodes 4:30 pm MARGARET KERRY: TINKER BELL MEETS ANDY GRIFFITH, $11* 9:00 am MAYBERRY DAYS PARADE HISTORIC EARLE THEATRE 11:30 am KAREN KNOTTS: A DEPUTY’S DAUGHTER, $20 3:00 pm RODNEY DILLARD BAND with MAGGIE PETERSON- 1:30 pm RONNIE SCHELL: AN SERIOUS AFTERNOON OF MANCUSO, Andy Griffith Playhouse, $25 HILARIOUS COMEDY followed by Gregory Schell’s Mayberry 3:30-4:30 pm MAYBERRY MINUTEMEN YOUTH TRIVIA Days Documentary film, $16* COMPETITION hosted by the SHE CALLED ME A CREATSTER 7:00 pm MALPASS BROTHERS, $20 orchestra/$15 balcony Chapter of TAGSRWC, a souvenir Mayberry Fan ($2) is required 9:30 pm VW BOYS “SALUTE TO MAYBERRY,” $10 for participation, fans may be purchased at the Mayberry Days Information shelter in front of the Andy Griffith Playhouse, BLACKMON AMPHITHEATRE trophies and prizes for winners, Blackmon Amphitheatre 9:30 am MAYBERRY DAYS MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION, Free 12:00-2:00 pm THE LISEMBY’S GOSPEL MUSIC 3:30-4:30 pm MAYBERRY MINUTEMEN YOUTH TRIVIA COMPETITION, hosted by the SHE CALLED ME A CREATSTER Chapter of TAGSRWC, a souvenir Mayberry Fan ($2) is required for participation, fans may be purchased at the Mayberry Days Information shelter in front of the Andy Griffith Playhouse, trophies and prizes for winners 4:30 pm WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF TAGS TRIVIA hosted by the Hearty Eatin’ Men and Beautiful Delicate Women Chapter of TAGSRWC, souvenir Mayberry Fan ($2) is required for 9:30 am MAYBERRY DAYS BBQ SALES BEGIN in front of Andy participation, fans may be purchased at the Mayberry Days Griffith Playhouse, $5 Sandwich, $10/lb Information shelter, trophies and prizes will be awarded 10:00-12 noon MAYBERRY DAYS SILENT AUCTION hosted by the WBMUTBB Chapter of TAGSRWC in front of the SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 Andy Griffith Playhouse at the electronic sign. They have seats 8:00 am-5:00 pm VISITORS CENTER, 336-786-6116 from the Andy Griffith Playhouse and many other one-of-a-kind 8:00 am BARBECUE COMPETITION On Site Judging and Blind treasures Taste Judging begins 11:00 am BBQ COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED, 8:30 am-6:00 pm MAYBERRY DAYS INFORMATION SHELTER, Blackmon Amphitheatre in front of the Andy Griffith Playhouse with 2016 and 2017 11:00 am until AUTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOS with special Mayberry Days tickets, Mayberry Idle registration, checkers guests, Andy Griffith Museum Theatre, lower level of 4:30 pm WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF TAGS TRIVIA hosted tournament sign up, Official Mayberry Days tee shirts on sale, Andy Griffith Museum by the Hearty Eatin’ Men and Beautiful Delicate Women TAGS DVD raffle tickets on sale $1 each or 6 for $5 till noon. 11:00 am-1:30 pm WPAQ MERRY-GO-ROUND, 2nd longest Chapter of TAGSRWC, souvenir Mayberry Fan ($2) is required The raffle drawing will be held following the TAGSRWC annual running continuously running live radio broadcast in the nation for participation, fans may be purchased at the Mayberry meeting on Saturday. You do not have to be present to win. – 2nd only to the Grand Ole Opry, Historic Earle Theatre, 740 Days Information shelter, trophies and prizes will be awarded, 8:30-4:00 pm MR. TUCKER’S APPLE PEEL OFF AM, $6 Blackmon Amphitheatre COMPETITION $2 per try, apples and peelers are at 11:30 am KAREN KNOTTS “TIED UP IN KNOTTS,” Andy Griffith 4:30 pm MARGARET KERRY: TINKER BELL MEETS ANDY Information Shelter, Trophy will Playhouse, $20 GRIFFITH, Andy Griffith Museum Theatre on the lower level of be presented to winner at the the Andy Griffith Museum, $11* Information shelter at 4:30 pm CHIEF BBQ COOKS’ MEETING, Backstage, Andy 4:00 pm in front of the Griffith Playhouse Andy Griffith Playhouse 5:30 pm MAYBERRY DAYS BARBECUE COOK-OFF 9:00 am-5:00 pm ANDY SHOWMANSHIP judges gather at the picnic tables outside of GRIFFITH MUSEUM, 9:00-am- the Andy Griffith Playhouse for instructions 5:00 pm, admission includes 6:00 pm MAYBERRY DAYS BARBECUE COOK-OFF Betty Lynn exhibit, 270˚mural SHOWMANSHIP JUDGING followed by the arrival of the pigs on the lower level of the for the competition, Andy Griffith Playhouse parking lot museum, Mayberry-Mount Airy 7:00 pm MICHAEL HOOVER “MEMORIES OF ELVIS,” Andy exhibit, Siamese Twins exhibit, Griffith Playhouse, $20 and Old-Time Music Heritage 7:00 pm THE MALPASS BROTHERS, Historic Earle Theatre, Hall at the Historic Earle $20 orchestra/$15 balcony Theatre, $6 336.786.7998 | www.surryarts.org | [email protected] www.surryarts.org Page 25 BLACKMON AMPHITHEATRE 11:00 am MAYBERRY DAYS BARBECUE COOK-OFF AWARDS PRESENTATION 12:00 noon MAYBERRY IDLE COMPETITION, Register at the Information shelter for this competition and pick up a copy of the guidelines. Winners will perform during Colonel Tim’s Talent Time shows at 2:30 and 7:30 pm in the Andy Griffith Playhouse. 3:00-4:00 pm THE LISEMBY FAMILY BAND, Free

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 9:30 am, MAYBERRY DAYS CHAPEL with the Lisemby Family and Michael Hoover, Blackmon Amphitheatre

12:00 noon MAYBERRY IDLE, Blackmon Amphitheatre, Register to enter at Information Shelter, pick up copy of 11:00 am MAYBERRY DAYS FAN GOOD-BYE BRUNCH, guidelines. Jeff Branch “Howard Sprague” will host the event Sagebrush, 2000 Woodland Drive (off Andy Griffith Parkway) along with the Lisembys. 11:00-5:00 pm ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM, $6 1:00-3:30 pm OLD-TIME MUSIC HERITAGE HALL at the Historic Earle Theatre, $6 (included with Andy Griffith Museum 2:30 pm COLONEL TIM’S TALENT TIME, Andy Griffith admission) Playhouse, $25 1:00-4:00 pm, VISITORS CENTER, 336-786-6116 3:00-4:00 pm LISEMBY FAMILY BAND, Blackmon 4:00 and 7:00 pm BLAZING SADDLES (movie), Historic Earle Amphitheatre, Free Theatre, $6 7:00 pm JAMES GREGORY: FUNNIEST MAN IN AMERICA, Historic Earle Theatre, $35 orchestra/$28 balcony 7:30 pm COLONEL TIM’S TALENT TIME, Andy Griffith Playhouse, $25

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 9:30 am MAYBERRY DAYS CHAPEL with Lisemby family and Michael Hoover, Blackmon Amphitheatre 11:00 am MAYBERRY DAYS GOOD-BY BRUNCH, Sagebrush 11:00 am-5:00 pm ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM, $6 1:00-4:00 pm VISITORS CENTER, 336-786-6116 12:00 noon until 1:30 pm CHESTER JONES CHECKERS 4:00 and 7:00 pm BLAZING SADDLES, Movie, Historic Earle COMPETITION hosted by MAYBERRY Chapter of TAGSRWC. Theatre, $6 Sign up at the Information shelter. The tournament is a round robin and the trophy winner is the one who wins the ANDY GRIFFITH PLAYHOUSE most games. The trophy will be presented at the end of the 12:00 noon-1:30 pm CHESTER JONES CHECKER tournament. Both practice and the tournament will be held in TOURNAMENT, Siamese Twins Exhibit the Siamese Twins Exhibit beside the Betty Lynn exhibit on the 2:30 pm COLONEL TIM’S TALENT TIME, $25 lower level of the Andy Griffith Playhouse. Practice and playing 7:30 pm COLONEL TIM’S TALENT TIME, $25 will also be in this space. 1:00 GOOBER SAYS HAY BALE TOSS CHAMPIONSHIP and ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM THEATRE the MAYBERRY DAYS CORN HOLE TOSS CHAMPIONSHIP 11:00 or immediately following the parade, AUTOGRAPHS The Corn Hole championship will be a single elimination and Meet and Greet special guests, lower level of the Andy tournament followed by the trophy presentation. The Hay Griffith Museum Bale Toss winner will be the one who tosses the hay bale the farthest. The hay bale contest lasts from 1:00-2:00 pm. The HISTORIC EARLE THEATRE trophy will be presented at 2:00 pm. These championships are 11:00-1:30 pm WPAQ MERRY-GO-ROUND, 2nd Longest PLEASE USE the held at the top of the hill, directly across the street from the continuously running live radio broadcast in the nation, $6 Andy Griffith Playhouse. 2:00 pm PROFESSOR BROWER’S LECTURE featuring Clint Recycle Bins 2:00 pm PROFESSOR BROWER’S LECTURE featuring CLINT Howard, followed by TAGSRWC ANNUAL MEETING, $10 HOWARD, followed by TAGSRWC ANNUAL MEETING, Clint will 7:00 pm JAMES GREGORY: FUNNIEST MAN IN AMERICA, around the discuss his life with the Howard family during the run of TAGS, $35 orchestra, $28 balcony Historic Earle Theatre, $10 Playhouse

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Tues. 19th JOHN FLOYD: THE MOUTH OF MAYBERRY, Comedian 7:30 pm, Historic Earle Theatre, $11*

Wed. 20th cARIBBEAN CHILLERS Jimmy Buffett Tribute Party Band 7:30 pm, Blackmon Amphitheatre, $16* or Season Pass

Thurs. 21st THE “EMMETT” GOLF TOURNAMENT 12:30 pm, Cross Creek Country Club, $100*

MAYBERRY DAYS DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT, 4:30-8:00 pm Cross Creek Country Club, $50*

BAND OF OZ 8:00 pm, Blackmon Amphitheatre, $16* or Season Pass

Fri. 22nd THE BELLAMY BROTHERS 8:00 pm, Andy Griffith Playhouse $65 Preferred, $55 Reserved Orchestra

THE RODNEY DILLARD BAND, 1:00 pm, Andy Griffith Playhouse, $30 preferred/ $25 orchestra

Sat. 23rd BALSAM RANGE 7:30 pm, Historic Earle Theatre $35 preferred/$25 orchestra/$20 balcony

COLONEL TIM’S TALENT TIME 7:00 pm, Andy Griffith Playhouse, $25

Sun. 24th MAYBERRY DAYS CHAPEL 9:30 am, Blackmon Amphitheatre

*Tax included in the stated price.

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KEN’S Directions FROM the ANDY GRIFFITH PLAYHOUSE PARKING LOT To the EARLE 5 By CAR (142 N. Main Street) To the GRANITE QUARRY 8 (151 Granite Quarry Trail) Turn left onto Rockford Street Turn left onto Rockford Street Turn left onto Graves Street Turn left onto Graves Street Go through the stop LIGHT (but take note of the parking lot on your right, Turn right onto Pine Street and when your head stops spinning, you will you may need it. go approximately 1 mile through 3 stoplights, cross 1 bridge, climb 1 slop- Turn right at the 4-way stop SIGN onto Franklin Street ing hill and just after the crest, on your left, you will see a large granite Turn right onto Main Street. The Earle will appear on your left. sign reading NCGC The North Carolina Granite Corporation will appear. Turn left into the Quarry. The main office (and an overlook) is just around 5 To the EARLE On FOOT the curve up that drive past the church. Turn left onto Rockford Street (cross Graves Street) Turn left onto Main Street (cross Pine Street) To the SIAMESE TWINS, ENG & CHANG BUNKER’S GRAVESITE 11 Pass Snappy Lunch, Floyd’s Barber Shop and Opie’s Candy Store When traffic allows, turn right onto Rockford Street. Stay in the left lane Then look to your right (across Main Street) to find the Earle when it becomes 4 or more lanes wide. 10 After the divided highway starts, take the first legal left onto Old 601. To ANDY’S HOMEPLACE (711 Haymore Street) You will cross 2 bridges and White Plains Baptist Church will be on your Turn right onto Rockford Street right. Go to the 2nd driveway. Eng and Chang’s grave is behind the Pass 2 churches and look for a large water tower on your left. sanctuary on the hill. Turn left onto Haymore Street. The 2nd house on your right is the Griffith Homeplace. To SQUAD CAR TOURS 7 (625 S. Main Street) ADMISSION to the ANDY GRIFFITH MUSEUM Turn left onto Rockford Street. Includes Admission to the Andy Griffith Museum Theatre (mural) At the stop sign turn right onto Main Street and stay in the right hand lane. As you pass the 2nd church, both on your right, the parking lot Betty Lynn Exhibit • Siamese Twins Exhibit and the Old-Time on your left between East Wilson St and Korner St accommodates both Music Heritage Hall at the Historic Earle Theatre Mayberry Courthouse square and Wally’s Service, home of OPEN 7 DAYS/WEEK YEAR ROUND Squad Car Tours.

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