We flew down to the boat this weekend - beautiful weather!!! (Not for sailing as it was glassy-smooth on the Neuse River!) I keep up with Oriental by looking at the Town Dock website most every day....and I saw that the theater group in Oriental was putting on an old-fashioned "radio play" this weekend. It's kindof like a local version of the "Prairie Home Companion". Very nicely done - I'll share a few tidbits. The outside of the Old Theater, Oriental, NC:

Big John and Ready John (the main plot centers around who is the father of "Lilly" to the right.)   One of the "Johns" is the mayor of Oriental!

The main actors (turn up your volume!):

Periodically, the story was interrupted by commercials - Coke-a-Cola. Good fun!!!