Maryann Byrd Fuzzell recently celebrated her two Emmy Awards for the documentary The Rise of the Southern Biscuit with a party on the 31st Floor of the Viridian in downtown Nashville. The documentary, produced by Byrdword Productions and presented by Nashville Public Television, won the Emmy for Best Cultural Documentary and Byrd Fuzzell won for Best Documentary Writer when the Mid-South Regional Emmy Awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, were awarded at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

Among those celebrating with Byrd Fuzzell were her husband and the party’s host Frank Fuzzell, NPT President and CEO Beth Curley, The Honorable Governor Winfield Dunn, Don Luna of the Beacon Light Tearoom, Chuck Dunn, George Clark and several principles from the film, including Chef Phila Hach, Miss Daily King, Reverend Ronald Williams, Lucy Sims, Vicky Shepherd, Cynthia Philips and Lenora Reese.

The Rise of the Southern Biscuit, which premiered on NPT in December 2005, documents the history and uniqueness of the Southern biscuit. The appetizing program features the South’s best biscuit makers, cafes, and restaurants that keep the tradition of Southern biscuit making alive.

	Chuck Dunn, The Rise of the Southern Biscuit writer and producer Maryann Byrd Fuzzell, NPT President and CEO Beth Curley and The Honorable Governor Winfield Dunn
	Beth Curley and Maryann Byrd Fuzzell
	Don Luna of Beacon Light Tearoom and Maryann Byrd Fuzzell
	Chef Phila Hach, who was featured in The Rise of the Southern Biscuit, and Maryann Byrd Fuzzell
	Frank Fuzzell, Maryann Byrd Fuzzell, Miss Daisy King, who was featured in the documentary, and George Clark
	Lucy Sims, Vicky Shepherd. The Reverend Ronald Williams, Maryann Byrd Fuzzell, Frank Fuzzell, Cynthia Phillips and Lenora Reese

 

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