On a hot summer day, Milton decided to take a trip to the past with an afternoon of family fun at the annual Bring Mayberry Back to Milton event July 4.
A celebration of old-school town fairs, the event is geared toward kids, with a selection of old-fashioned games like ball toss, spin the wheel and rubber duck matching. A dunk tank is also set up, where throwers can attempt to dunk members of the Milton Fire Department. The afternoon also featured a patriotic bike parade, where kids ride bikes from Irish Eyes into Memorial Park.
And since this is Memorial Park, kids lined up to take a ride on the mini-train, sponsored by Milton Lions Club, that runs through the park and piloted on this day by Jim Coverdale.
![Kids are certainly curious at the Frantic Frets booth, where Lucy Fisher gets a theremin tutorial from Frantic Frets co-owner Al “Frantic” Knight. The theremin is unique among musical instruments in that the performer does not make physical contact with it. The theremin has two antennae – one for pitch and one for volume – and the performer can make the instrument louder or higher-pitched by moving their hands between the two antennae.](/sites/capegazette/files/2022/07/field/image/IMG_4978.jpg)
Kids are certainly curious at the Frantic Frets booth, where Lucy Fisher gets a theremin tutorial from Frantic Frets co-owner Al “Frantic” Knight. The theremin is unique among musical instruments in that the performer does not make physical contact with it. The theremin has two antennae – one for pitch and one for volume – and the performer can make the instrument louder or higher-pitched by moving their hands between the two antennae.
![Elena Arce, 7, plays the Tin Pan Alley game, where she tries to toss balls into either a red or blue hole. If they matched, she wins a prize.](/sites/capegazette/files/2022/07/field/image/IMG_4981.jpg)
Elena Arce, 7, plays the Tin Pan Alley game, where she tries to toss balls into either a red or blue hole. If they matched, she wins a prize.
![It wasn’t just humans who came to have fun; Bring Mayberry Back also saw plenty of four-legged friends in attendance, including Maggie, a 10-week-old Great Pyrenees puppy.](/sites/capegazette/files/2022/07/field/image/IMG_4997.jpg)
It wasn’t just humans who came to have fun; Bring Mayberry Back also saw plenty of four-legged friends in attendance, including Maggie, a 10-week-old Great Pyrenees puppy.