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PHOTO GALLERY: Weekend activities abound in Northeast Georgia

Posted 8:03AM on Monday 5th June 2017 ( 7 years ago )

It was a busy weekend across Northeast Georgia, from the Helen to the Atlantic Hot Air Balloon Race and associated festival and the Victory Motorcycle Rally in Helen, to the Alto Spring Fling, to a 75th birthday party for Wonder Woman in Clarkesville.

AccessWDUN visted and captured images of some of those events in this photo gallery.

Colorful balloons fill Wilkins Fill along the Chattahoochee River in Helen as part of the festivities surrounding the annual Helen to the Atlantic Hot Air Balloon Race.
With the moon in the background, a colorful balloon gives tethered rides in Helen Friday night.
Catherine Cleiman of the Helendorf Inn, sponsor and host of the Helen to the Atlantic Hot Air Balloon Race and Festival for 44 years, points out a balloon to Ann Sutton.
A crew works to deflate their balloon after Friday night's tethered flights at Wilkins Field in Helen.
Burners begin to illuminate the balloons as they make tethered flights at Wilkins Field in Helen Friday night.
Alto Police Chief Josh Ivey leads the Alto Spring Fling Parade down Old Gainesville Highway in front of town hall Saturday morning.
The Town of Alto's float makes its way along the parade route.
Clearview Baptist Church of Cornelia invites parade-goers to take A Walk with Jesus.
Members of Alto Congregational Holiness Church promote their upcoming "Welcome, Holy Spirit" Vacation Bible School, set for June 25-28.
Alto Congregational Holiness Church members wave from one of the church's entries in Saturday's parade.
One of Alto Congregational Holiness Church's entries makes the turn from Old Gainesville Highway onto South Grant Street during Saturday's parade.
Alto Baptist Church promotes its Galactic Starveyors Vacation Bible School, which continues through June 7.
Rylee Thomas, 11, of Alto makes his way along the parade route in Alto with his Papa Aycock riding in the trailer Thomas built.
Visitors check out the food and other vendors at the Alto Spring Fling.
The Shoal Creek Bluegrass Band entertains after the Alto Spring Fling Parade.
The parking lot of Harvest Christian Church near Clarkesville overflows with antique and specialty vehicles during Saturday's car show.
A variety of cars are displayed during the car show at Harvest Christian Church near Clarkesville.
Antique and specialty trucks and cars fill the parking lot of Harvest Christian Church near Clarkesville.
Wonder Woman welcomes children and parents to her 75th birthday party at The Art-Full Barn and OCM Comics and Collectibles in Clarkesville on Saturday.
Karli Blackwell, 6, of Toccoa prepares to help Wonder Woman blow out the candles on the cake celebrating her 75th birthday.
Wonder Woman from Heroes in Force takes a moment during her 75th birthday party to have a picture made with Brenda Busha.
Malachi Mattox, 9, of Clarkesville Elementary and Zymir Mattox, 13, of North Habersham Middle School visit with Wonder Woman during her birthday party in Clarkesville on Saturday.

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