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The big bookstores tried to get rid of the little bookstores. “If you remember, we were being aced out by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Borders. “Bookstores were not doing very well at the time,” Waldroup recalled. Both Michael and Marc were active with running the Barnyard with their parents at one time or another, but there were outside influences that precipitated a changing of the guard. May’s husband John passed away in 2006, and their children, Michael, Kristin and Marc, moved on to lives of their own. Every three weeks we had a new art show.”Īll that came to an end when the bookstore closed and the Barnyard was put on the market. And certainly as many locals as I could possibly interest in coming to the Thunderbird to share their expertise with us. We’ve had an astronaut (Alan Shepard, co-author of ‘Moon Shot’), Pulitzer prize-winning author Wallace Stegner (known as the dean of Western writers), we had some of the greats. We had the chance to host (legendary science fiction/fantasy author, famous for his book ‘Fahrenheit 451’) Ray Bradbury. “After all, we had all these books on all these subjects. Everything that went on in the community that was artistic or cultural, if we could rope them into the Thunderbird, we did it, because it was more interesting. There’s actor Taelen Thomas we were one of his first venues for his portrayals of famous local authors. “Every writer, painter, poet, and cartoonist, we tried to feature them at the Thunderbird, either their books or their art.

“The thing that made the Thunderbird so wonderful in the community was we were really community oriented,” Waldroup said in a phone interview from her home at Carmel Valley Manor. At 2:45 p.m., presentations and story sharing begins, and at 3:15 p.m., the cutting of the cake, a toast and more music will serenade the concluding activities. with music and self tours of the Barnyard. Live entertainment by the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Next Generation Jazz Orchestra and perhaps music from the David Sanchez Trio will accompany attendees as they stroll the red brick walkways through the always beautiful gardens. Contributions from the Pat Hathaway Collection of vintage photographs will be featured.Ī large sheet cake from Lafayette French Bakery will commemorate the day as will the raising of a ceremonial glass of sparkling apple cider. An art gallery of photos, maps and original drawings will be on display to document the shopping center’s development over the years.

May Waldroup, 86, is scheduled to be in attendance and will join with former and current Barnyard shopkeepers to reminisce and tell stories about its wonderful history and the magic of the Thunderbird Bookshop’s role in community life. And now 40 years later, with new owners SIMA Management Corp, the Barnyard is set to host a small but potent celebration of that history Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.

#Thunderbird cafe manor series

John and May Waldroup’s quixotic relocation with their family to the Monterey Peninsula from Japan, via Vancouver, British Columbia in 1970, started the ball rolling for them to acquire the original bookstore from founding owners Jim and Corenne Smith.Ī series of events led to their building the premier Valley Barn at the mouth of Carmel Valley in 1976 to house the ever expanding Thunderbird. To celebrate the Barnyard Shopping Village’s 40th Anniversary is to acknowledge the pivotal role the Thunderbird Bookshop had in its development in the mid 1970s.