Brasstown, NC

Here we are back in NC. This is Brasstown where there is a school where many people come to the school there and they teach all kind of crafts etc. I know they have a very good photography school. I am not sure if it is all year long or not.

Now to the other interest in Brasstown. They claim they are the opossum capital of the world and on New Years Eve the town swells to several thousand people with tents all around with people selling food and crafts. They have a show on the stage that is shown in the photograph. They catch a opossum and have him in a cage. This is just before midnight and all the people sit on the hillside opposite the stage and watch as they lower the cage right at the stroke of midnight. Then they let this famous opossum go and he just as fine as ever. I have talked to many people that live here in Tampa that know all about this. One man I know has a summer home in that area and he goes up every year for the "Opossum Drop". He says he would not miss it for anything. It is sure fun to find out all the interesting things that happen in various towns throughout the US.