Today my wife and I participated in a most enjoyable parade. It was in a very very small town away from any main highways, so it is basically a small farming community. The parade consisted of mostly tractors with machinery, many horses, old steam engines, two floats with area queens, and those types of things. It was by far the smallest parade of the eleven we have done this summer. It reminded me of the small parades that the folks of Mayberry enjoyed. There wasn't even a police car at the beginning of the parade as traffic in the community is very limited. But the people who came to watch were some of the most engaging and down to earth folks that I have met this summer. A number of them would walk up to me in the middle of the street and ask a question about the car or just thank us for coming. One gentleman told me that there were two farmers just outside of town who were selling vegetables along side the road. I have a boom box mounted on my rear bumper ( or I should say my car's rear bumper) and it repeatedly plays "The Fishing Hole" during the entire parade. It is so much fun watching people whistling along as they hear the music coming. We have one remaining parade at our large International Folk Festival next weekend. It has been such a privilege to travel to eleven towns this summer to share the wonderful world of Mayberry. Literally many thousands of people were touched by Mayberry during all the parades and car shows we have attended. Many of those folks have been Mayberry fans since its inception, and many of the younger folks were exposed to it for the very first time. If fact I am returning to the small community this afternoon to take part in their Harvest Festival car show.
Ken Anderson The Mayberry Guru 2906 May Street Eau Claire, WI 54701 715-839-8470 www.mayberryreflections.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
