ELIZABETHTON â It is just a couple of weeks until this yearâs performances of âLiberty! The Saga of Sycamore Shoals,â Tennesseeâs official outdoor drama, makes its 2021 debut at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park.
This marks the 42nd year of the performances but this year will be different because the performances will be in June rather than July. The first show is scheduled for Friday, June 4.
Other than the calendar, the performances will be similar to past years, with the outdoor play taking place at the Fort Watauga amphitheater and with a large cast portraying frontiersmen and frontierswomen, Cherokees and Overmountain Men. The cast will portray several events of national significance that took place in the late 18th century on the banks of the Watauga River, on the very ground where the audience will watch the events being retold.
Tennessee reported 780 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the second consecutive day the state reported fewer than 1,000 new cases, and the first time that’s occurred since September of last year.
It’s been 141 days since Tennessee last reported back-to-back days under 1,000 new infections, and more than five months since it reported three straight days under that mark. The state’s average number of new infections over the past seven days, meanwhile, has dropped to 1,416 per day, the lowest rate since Oct. 4. That average hasn’t fallen below 1,000 since June.
Northeast Tennessee reported a net increase of 102 infections on Wednesday, with Hawkins, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington Counties each adding more than 10 new cases. Active cases saw an overall decline of five, though three counties (Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington) reported an increase in active cases.
ELIZABETHTON — Do you want to perform in this year’s presentation of Tennessee’s Official Outdoor Drama? If you do, tryouts are set for the last weekend of this month.