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Brasstown is an unincorporated community mostly located within Clay County, North Carolina, United States, though roughly one third of Brasstown is within the adjacent Cherokee County. ==Opossum Drop== The Opossum Drop is an annual event at Clay's Corner convenience store organized by proprietors Clay and Judy Logan.〔Clay's Corner - Opossum Capital of the World - Clay & Judy Logan Proprietors http://www.clayscorner.com〕 At midnight on New Year's Eve, instead of dropping an object, a plexiglass box containing a living opossum is lowered from the roof of the store.〔(New Years Eve Lowering of the Opossum )〕 The animal is lowered carefully to prevent the occurrence of injury or trauma.〔()〕 Federal and state animal permits are obtained in advance, and the opossum is released afterwards.〔(BlueRidgeHighlander.com - Events & Festivals in the Blue Ridge & Smoky Mountains )〕 The festivities vary from year to year, but have included a contest with local men dressed as women to compete for the title "Miss Possum Queen", talent shows from the local Brasstown residents, performances by the Brasstown Militia, and always include clever comic routines from Clay Logan. The event is rounded out by some hymns from the nearby Little Brasstown Church choir, bluegrass music, fireworks, snacks, beverages, and souvenir merchandise.〔 Clay Logan received international attention in 2004 after the Possum Drop was featured in a ''New York Times'' article.〔(The New York Times: National: Keep Your Ball. We’ve Got the Possum. ) By Jeffrey Gettleman. Published: December 31, 2003.〕〔(Mountain Manager & Associates )〕 For the 2014 New Year's Eve celebration, the organizers of the event acceded to criticism from animal rights groups and announced they would instead drop "a roadkill opossum or perhaps a pot of opossum stew."〔http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/new-york-today-the-year-in-news/#more-491878〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brasstown, North Carolina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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