Yes, the accents in Manteo are wonderful, quite in touch with their roots. They used to entertain us, the local people who were in the show, with their recitation of "it's high tide on the south side" ("i's hoy toyd on t' saow' soyd").

Ah, Chapel Hill! I was there twice in the spring for Outdoor Drama auditions. What a campus. So many flowering bushes and trees. It was gorgeous, much further along in spring than Winston-Salem.