Marla Jones, Managing Editor
VALLEY HEAD, Ala.-- On Saturday, May 7, the Town of Valley Head will transform into Mayberry for the fifth annual Memories of Mayberry.
Visitors will be able to meet and greet several of the iconic characters from the classic Andy Griffith show. Barney Fife, Floyd the Barber and Otis the Town Drunk, and Ernest T. Bass can be found around the Valley Head Town Square, throughout the day.
The Memories of Mayberry is a fundraiser, with all benefits going to the Valley Head Volunteer Fire Department. This is the department's biggest fundraiser of the year.
Memories of Mayberry hosts several fun contests such as Aunt Bea’s Homemade Dill Pickle Contest, which is sponsored by Mt. Olive Pickle Company, of North Carolina, and Wickles Pickles of Etowah, Alabama. The Aunt Bea’s Homemade Pie Contest and the Whistling Contest are also favorite contests of the event.
There will be fun events of all ages including trains, balloon artists, ice cream and shaved ice, funnel cakes, singing, and car shows.
The tentative schedule of events is as follows:
- 9 a.m.-National Anthem around the flagpole and a cruise-in car show around the square
- 9:15 a.m.-Greetings and line up announcements at the Stage
- 9:30 a.m.- The Darlings will perform on the Stage and around the square, Aunt Bea’s Dill Pickle Contest at the White Mayberry Tent
- 10 a.m.- The Sharps Quartet at the Stage and square dancers around the square
- 10:30 a.m. Drawings at the Stage
- 10:45 a.m. - Joyful Noise to perform on the Stage
- 11:30 a.m.-Candidates for office on the Stage
- 12 p.m.- Auction on the Stage
- 12:30-Barney, Floyd, Ernest T. Bass, and Otis on the Stage
- 1 p.m.- The Sharps Quartet at the Stage
- 1:45 p.m.- Drawings at the Stage
- 2:15 p.m. Candidates for office at the Stage
- Whistling Contest at the Stage
For more information regarding the Memories of Mayberry Festival, please contact Adele Phillips at (256)899-3776 or Debra Rodes at Valley Head Town Hall at (256)635-6814.
