In response to Jimmy Phillips inquiry about miniature statues of the Andy and Opie statue like the ones in Pullen Park in Raleigh, N.C., and in Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, N.C., I, too, thought miniature statues would have been a great collectible and fundraising idea. When the idea for the first statue was announced, I contacted the artist who was commissioned to do the life-size statue and they embraced the idea of doing two different versions in miniature, one in bronze and the other in artist's resin. The idea never came off the ground between TV Land execs and Andy Griffith who would have had to approve such a project. I also contacted Jamie Lester, artist that is planning to do the Don Knotts statue for his Don's hometown of Morgantown, W. Va., if sufficient funds are raised, and he says if a miniature statue is done, examples would only be presented to the donors who donated large sums of money for the project. I suggested still doing minatures in some other composition than bronze and of a collectible size that could possibly raise the funds needed to complete the bigger statue. We can only hope
Paul Gilkes Sidney, Ohio _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
