The surprise guest was someone who started going to Mayberry Days at age 8 and is now 19, is confined to a wheelchair, basically, and has made a ton of friends at the Days! For everyone who has met Kyle Butler we are so proud to say he received the Key to Our Hearts award and Plaque last night! They had been to the earlier show so they could attend Michael Hoover's show which is at the same time as Col. Tim's late show, so they had to do some wrangling to give them access to the stage door to get him to come. What a surprised look on this young man's face!! His parents, Bobby and Janet and sister Natalie were very proud of Kyle! We had a great Col. Tim's as usual with some new faces and lots of old ones, but a very entertaining show in which "a good time was had by all." After the show, George Spence came by the Hampton Inn for a while and gave us some good laughs before heading back to his motel. We all headed to bed just about 1:15 this AM!! At 7:30 we got up and got everything ready to head to services at the amphitheater but it was raining! By time for it to start the rain had stopped so we were in the seats ready for things to get under way, and then the rain started again so we moved all chairs up on stage and had services under the cover. LeRoy McNees "Country Boy" led the service and singing, with a wonderful story by his wife Jan, a beautiful hymn by Michael "Elvis" Hoover, scripture reading by David Browning, The Mayberry Deputy, There was a good gospel group who led us in 3 songs but my apologies, I failed to get their names! After services we stacked the chairs and some went to Sagebrush, others to Golden Corral and I found out why. The stars are given 2 meal tickets to Sagebrush and by Sunday they want something different, so they head to the Corral. This time we went with them for breakfast so guess next year we will go with the Sagebrush group. A good time will be had no matter which way you go. After eating we said our goodbyes and left in the rain, which had let up when we left, but we soon hit a downpour which slowed us to about 40 mph, and that happened several times along the way home but we arrived safely around 5 after stopping in Mebane NC for gas and to visit one if the wife's relatives who turned 101 on Sept. 19!! Thanks to Surry Arts Council, all the wonderful stars and lesser stars, especially the tribute artists who worked themselves to a frazzle, parade participants, shop keepers, Emmett Forrest, and all the rest who made this one wonderful 50th anniversary celebration!! Signing off for a while!! Welford TheCameraNut!! _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
