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Mayberry Event Calendar

Here are some upcoming events in Mayberry that folks have thumbtacked to Floyd's bulletin board from the most recent issue of The eBullet

 2008

Now until Aug. 23:  The Missouri Boatride bluegrass group, featuring Darling Boy Dean Webb on mandolin, is performing a  "Summer Concert Series" off the back of Larry Sifford's '49 Chevy flatbed truck, every other Saturday night starting May 3rd at 8:00 p.m. in the Kimberling City (Missouri) Shopping Center parking lot in front of the Hillbilly Bowl. These concerts are free and brought to you by the merchants at this location.  If you're in the Branson area,  check 'em out.

 * May 7: David Browning is on duty for Senior Day/TRIAD in Chesterfield, Va.

 * May 10: LeRoy McNees, wife Jan, and the Bluegrass Gospel Band will be leading a Mother's Day chapel service for the Parkfield Bulegrass Festival in Parkfield, Calif.  For more info, visit http://www.parkfieldbluegrass.com.

* June 15:   LeRoy and Jan McNees lead the chapel service for the 33rd Annual Father's Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley, Calif. For more info, visit http://www.cbaontheweb.org.

* June 21: David Browning shines at the Greenville (Tenn.) Astros game. 

* June 28 & 29: James Best appears at DukesFest at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.  David Browning will be on hand for crowd uncontrol on the 28th as well.  Visit http://www.dukesfest.com for more info.

* July 5: Doug and Rodney Dillard and their band perform at the 22^nd Annual Sally Mountain Park Bluegrass Festival in Queen City, Mo. They will also be doing a special workshop at 11 a.m. called "Stories of Mayberry."  For more info, visit http://www.sallymountainshow.com. 
 
* July 9: Jim Nabors is in concert at the American Music Theatre in Lancaster, Penn.  For more info, visit http://www.americanmusictheatre.com.

* July 11-13: LeRoy McNees  performs at the Ernest T. Bass-approved Athy Bluegrass Festival in Athy, Ireland.  For more info, visit http://www.athy-bluegrass.com/index.html.

* July 12:  8th Annual Mayberry Squad Car Nationals in conjunction with the 4th Annual Mayberry Comes to Graysville festival in Graysville, Ala. Details TBA.

* July 18 and 19: Don Knotts Birthday Celebration Festival in Morgantown, W.V.  Don's daughter Karen Knotts will perform her one-woman "Tied Up in Knotts" show at the Metropolitan Theater.  David "Mayberry Deputy" Browning will also perform.  Memorabilia display, movies, trivia and look-alike contests, tours, and apple dumplin's are among the activities being served up.  More details TBA.

 * June 25-29: Ronnie Schell performs at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif.  For tickets and info, visit, http://www.pechanga.com.

* July 25: David "Mayberry Deputy" Browning slides into Salem, Va. , for an Avalanche game.

* July 26: David Browning is on the path for fun (and how!) for the Danville ( Va. ) Braves game.

* July 30: Everyone hopes his socks aren’t too porous and the tightly-knit crowd doesn’t unravel when David Browning tells yarns at the Bristol ( Va. ) White Sox game.

* Aug. 1: David Browning’s back to rock the stadium at the Salem ( Va. ) Avalanche game.

* Aug. 2: David Browning is a sight to see at the Asheville (N.C.) Tourists game.

* Aug. 5: David Browning is on patrol for National Night Out in Amherst, Va.

   * Aug. 9: Doug and Rodney Dillard and their band and their TV sister Maggie Peterson Mancuso perform at the Second Annual Mayberry in Troy, a fundraiser for the Montgomery County DARE program in Troy, N.C.  At least seven popular Mayberry tribute artists (including David "Mayberry Deputy" Browning) will also perform. Show time at the James Garner Center is 7 p.m.  Tickets are $20 for reserved seats, $15 for general admission, and $10 for kids ages 6-12.  To order tickets in advance, call Jeff Branch at (910) 572-1313 or (704) 985-6987.

* Aug. 21-23: David Browning makes the circuit, first for Food City Family Race Night on Thurs. and then for the NASCAR scene on Fri. and Sat. at the Bristol ( Tenn. ) Motor Speedway.

* Aug. 30: David Browning makes the rounds on the diamond for the Mississippi Braves game in Pearl.

* Sept. 16-21: Ronnie Schell headlines in the Comedy Improv Room at Harrah's in Las Vegs, N.V.

* Sept. 25-28: 19^th Annual Mayberry Days in Mount Airy, N.C.  Stars confirmed so far include Doug Dillard, Rodney Dillard, Betty Lynn, Maggie Peterson Mancuso, James Best, Jackie Joseph, Elizabeth MacRae, LeRoy McNees, and George Spence.  For more info, visit: http://www.surryarts.org.

* Nov. 1-6:   A Cruise to Mayberry (click here for more info and photos of past cruises) to the Bahamas aboard Carnival's Fascination ship. This 5-day cruise departs from Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday, November 1, and cruises to: Nassau, Half Moon Cay, and 2- “Days at Sea” returning back to Jacksonville on Thursday, November 6.  The VW Boys are joining the Mayberry family with their mixture of Music, Magic & Comedy. Tribute artists, Ken “Otis” Junkin, Allan “Floyd” Newsome, Bob “Briscoe Darling” Mundy, Jeff “Howard Sprague” Branch, Jamie “Opie” Sullivan, Gary “Gomer” Crain, Tara “Juanita” Spath, and Samantha “The Manicurist” Miles. Others TBA.  Rates start at $259 plus $179.92 Port Tax per person, based on two per cabin.  For more info, call Sharon Euliss at All About Cruises in Burlington, N.C., at 1-800-832-7993. Or e-mail her at PWESJE@aol.com.