Just another Downtown Saturday night – Elizabethton style
Published 1:48 pm Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/Lauren Cole belts out a tune for those attending the Covered Bridge Jams on Saturday evening.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/Guitarist Joe Avento strums the strings as part of the Lauren Cole Band.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/The Lauren Cole Band was the featured artist in the Covered Bridge Jams at Covered Bridge Park.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/A couple chat during music at the Covered Bridge Park on Saturday evening.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/This couple enjoys the songs being sung by the Lauren Cole Band at Covered Bridge Park.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/This orange beauty was just too hard to pass up without taking a look at.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/A passerby stops to take a photo of this Plymouth during the downtown Saturday Cruise-In sponsored by the Carter County Car Club.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/Just one of the beautiful cars on display Saturday evening in Downtown Elizabethton.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/Automobiles filter down the street looking for a parking spot as others grab a peek under the hood of those already set up.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/This hot rod has its own personality as it sits on the street during the Saturday evening Cruise-In.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/Just one of the brightly-shined older models of automobiles which were available for taking a look under the hood.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/This Ford truck owner brought his own street meter to enhance the appearance of his Saturday evening set up across from the former Southern Restaurant.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/These two ladies catch up while standing in front of a pair of older vehicles on Saturday evening.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/Cars and trucks are not the only mode of travel that can be seen on a Downtown Saturday evening in Elizabethton as this Indian motorcycle found its own spot.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/A group of men engage in conversation in a cool spot during Saturday's Cruise-In.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders/A man looks inside this Plymouth GTX while walking around during Saturday's Cruise-In.
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STAR CORRESPONDENT
All across this great land that we call America, every small town has its own rendition of what a Downtown Saturday night is for them.
For some, it may be the quietness that seeps over the shops and empty parking lots after a week of wheeling and dealing in the businesses that frequent each side of the street.
Others may find solace in a family stroll down the sidewalk of their downtown, possibly eating some fresh ice cream from the local creamery located on the corner of one of the side streets.
In Elizabethton, however, the summer finds cars, trucks and hot rods coming into town to secure a spot in one of the spaces where the cars are allowed to gather while their owners set up chairs in the shade of one of the canopies that cover the sidewalk in the downtown area.
And if that isn’t satisfying enough, one can take just a short walk down the street and over the Doe River Bridge, as the sound of music as part of the Covered Bridge Jams waffles through the evening air with the smell of freshly popped popcorn filtering through the hot and humid evening.
No matter what residents and visitors search for, there is a little space of small-town living to be found in Elizabethton.
After all, it’s just another Downtown Saturday night – Elizabethton style.
