We have been away for the weekend. We took a trip to Mocksville, NC to attend the Daniel Boone Family Festival. Being a Boone descendent I was interested in attending. It is also were my ancestors Squire and Sarah Boone and their son Israel and his wife (also in my direct line) are buried. We were met in Mocksville on Friday afternoon by my sister and her husband. We decided to eat at the BBQ dinner at the festival then attended the play “A Wanderer Born” about the lives of the Boone’s in the area and the wedding of Daniel and Rebecca Boone. The play was very interesting for my sister and myself since it was about our ancestors. It was at the local performing arts center which is a beautiful facility. As we entered to take out seats there were two young boys playing acoustic guitar and singing. It was lovely and they continued to play, entertaining everyone while we waited for the play to begin. They were very good and just before 7:00pm David leaned over to me and stated rather emphatically that when those boys were finished he was going to give them a hearty round of applause. What happened next had me belly laughing for the rest of the night. The boys finished the song they were playing and David thinking they were finished for the night erupted with one of those thunderous claps of applause and soon the rest of the audience joined in. The look of bewilderment on the faces of the boys was priceless… they were not finished playing! Ha! Ha! Ha! David had prematurely started the applauding and the boys were not quite sure what to do at that point. They didn’t say a word. They looked at each other for a while with a stunned look on their faces then played their last song. I am sure they were wondering whether they should continue and play it or just stop right there. It was hilarious and one of the few times I have ever seen David actually blush! The play started and there was one character in the play that kept the audience in stitches. She was a small girl around six years old with Down’s Syndrome, as cute as could be. She played her part with gusto, never missing a dance step or a word of singing. There was one part of the play where Daniel and Rebecca were getting married and this little girl was standing with another little girl and a young lady. She somehow became fixated on the lady’s long dress and started dusting it like it was dirty. She wouldn’t stop no matter what, she just kept dusting it. The only time she would stop was when a prayer was being said and at that time she would stop what she was doing to bow her head and tightly close her eyes. Afterward she would go right back to dusting the dress. At one point several members of the audience started laughing out loud and she turned around and gave a priceless look and gave us all the sign of “zip it up and lock it” using her hands and mouth in jester. I think that made everyone laugh even more. She was the hit of the show! Absolutely adorable! I continued to spend the rest of my night laughing about David and the applauding episode. My sides were sore by the time the night ended. No words I can write would express how funny that was. Oh and I do have one more story to tell about this night. Prior to entering the auditorium for the play we had to wait in the lobby for about half an hour before the doors were opened for seating. There was a group of mentally challenged adults who had come from some local center for the show. They were milling around in the lobby as other people began to come in. One male individual came over and started talking to Rusty and David. I was busy looking a map of the county from the 1700’s showing where the Boone’s had lived. I could see and hear David and Rusty introducing themselves. Later Debbie told me I had missed the funniest part. Apparently another man in the group came right up to David and looked him directly in the face and just stood there for a minute or two then just started laughing really hard the walked away, never saying a word. Oh how funny! Probably a good thing that I didn’t witness that event or I may have been asked to leave before the show even started. Oh what a night! If laughter truly is good for the soul then I should be feeling great after a night like that.
the town of Mocksville had these banners on the street lights thru out the historic part of town
this was the play we went to see
