Hello Folks!! ??? My husband and I spent a weekend in Mount Airy two weeks ago and, even though we'd been there before, we had a most extraordinary experience.? You may remember me as the DJ who hosts the Red Rooster Party on WHUS.org where we always have a Mayberry Corner segment.? Anyway, my husband is a bluegrass banjo player and carried along his banjo in order to play at the Saturday morning jam session at the Downtown Cinema from 9am-11:30am (after eating breakfast at the Snappy Lunch).? He had a blast as everyone was inviting and made him feel at home, brought him right up on stage.? He didn't want to "be an interloper" so he hung back and let the others lead off.? He finally did step up and lead off a few tunes.? ??? After the jam session, "The Merry-Go-Round" (3rd longest running radio show in the country), live from Mount Airy began.? The first hour is a gospel group and they were good, real good.? Unfortunately, the main group didn't appear so some of the locals were asked to fill in AND they asked Jim to come up with them.? I tell you what, if a possum can grin, Jim was grinning bigger than any possum I've ever seen.....here we are, 2 weeks later and he's still walking on air and talking about it. Since then, he's emcee'd a concert with Ralph Stanley, but, what he talks about is his day in Mount Airy. ??? Our time there was limited, my Mom in Kannapolis NC was having severe health problems so we didn't spend as much time there as we'd have liked, but the small amount of time was priceless.
Also, we went to the Downtown Cinema for the viewing of "The Waitress" with A. Griffith....it was like going to a hometown theater, we were late, it was FULL, we had to squeeze in and munch our popcorn quietly....slurp....? Much love to all of you, Marti ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
