Woodbine Opry–a look at small town USA

From Hardeeville we booked it on down the road to Woodbine. We wanted to be there on time Saturday for the Woodbine Opry. We had no idea of what to expect, but we were certainly happily surprised. The Woodbine Opry was started as a way to save the old high school. While there is no entrance fee, there is a raffle and a 50-50 each night to raise money. The raffle is comprised of food items that the regulars donate. This night there was lots of cookies and cakes, some bags of fresh grapefruit (someone had been to Florida) and even some tea (maybe someone had been to Charleston?) The 50-50 resulted in someone going home with $281. Unfortunately we went home with just smiles!

The Opry is comprised of volunteer musicians from the area. Several were from Jacksonville, Florida. They were all very good instrument players, and some even had good singing voices! But the highlight for me was in watching and talking with the people. We thought we were getting there early, but in fact we almost didn’t get a seat. The place was packed! There was one gentleman who seemed to enjoy every fast dance – and he was 92! Then there was the gentleman with a disability (maybe advanced Parkinsons?) who danced almost every dance with different women all of whom had to hold him up to dance.  Another young man with Down’s Syndrome also danced every dance with many different women. And the couple sitting next to us had met at the Opry and were married just the past weekend…I think they were in their late 70’s. The love in the room was amazing!

 

We even got up and danced a few!  During intermission they put on the lights and asked the first timers to introduce themselves and tell where they were from. Where are we from…anywhere the wheels are stopped!

To see more about the Opry and even our picture on the newcomers page go to ….  www.woodbineopry.com

If you are ever in the area, the Opry should be a must do!

Hope your day was full of must do’s as well!

ps…We have very sketchy computer coverage. So I haven’t been able to post, comment, read, etc very much.  I miss you all and hope to get better coverage soon.

Also welcome to new readers Jeff and Sheryl!!!