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By Susan Respess
Special to The Clayton Tribune
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Submitted photo. The Tallulah Falls Band members Kerry Cash, of Mount Airy, on Dobro (from left); Bryan Addis, of Mount Airy, upright bass; Ben Johnson, of Gum Log, banjo; and Stanley Starnes, of Lawrenceville, guitar play at the Tallulah Gorge State Park’s 30th anniversary. The band has been together for 22 years and plays on Saturday nights in the Tallulah Falls city park. -
Submitted photo. Terry Knudsen, volunteer with Friends of TGSP, offers cupcakes and lemonade at the 30th anniversary celebration of the state park Saturday. -
Submitted photo. These children are naturals at playing hopscotch, which was one of several games at the celebration. -
Submitted photo. Dancin’ Darlins line dance class, led by Debbie McClain (foreground, right), performs at the park visitors center. McClain teaches line and square dancing at Your Time Fitness. -
Submitted photo. Rabun High School art teacher Amy Jarrard (from left) and Friends of TGSP volunteers Pat Coleman and Shirley Atkinson help children with arts and crafts at the art station at the 30th anniversary event.
From a lofty perch on his mountainside porch overlooking Tallulah Gorge, James Turpin reminisced about his boyhood days in the 1940s and 1950s playing in the wild, vast gorge and swimming in its…
