The Band of Oz will be performing at the Arts Ball 2024! ALL of the proceeds from this event are used to provide free school cultural arts programming for Surry County Schools, Mount Airy City Schools, and Millennium Charter Academy. The Surry Arts Council has a goal to raise at this event in order to continue school cultural arts programs. Prior to the pandemic, over 10,000 students were bused to the Andy Griffith Playhouse and the Historic Earle Theatre annually for school programs. Additionally, over thousands of student contacts were made through cultural arts programming in the individual schools.