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Dollar Day in Shelby (2/17/23)

Bob and I made the short drive into Shelby to check out the recent exhibit at the Cleveland County Arts Council and to ride the carousel in the City Park.

The Cleveland County Arts Council is on the square in Shelby across from the Earl Scruggs Center. It provides exhibit and performance space for the community and also offers art classes. Their current exhibit, Treasures of the Earth, is a pottery show that opened on February 9th. It is free to the public.

The Cleveland County Arts Council Building
The exhibition space
Artwork called Time and Money by Beth Regula that depicts the need
for the gifts of both time and money to help a community thrive.

Samples of the pottery exhibits are below.

After the lovely perusal of the pottery, Bob and I headed to City Park behind the Shelby Library to ride the carousel at $0.50 each. The park carousel is a rare 1919 Herschell Spillman Carousel that has been restored. We haven’t learned the history of how Shelby came to acquire it or restore it.

Park signage, our car, and the pavilion where the carousel is housed
The ticket booth and carousel
The carousel
Getting in touch with my inner child.
Bob rode too, but chose to sit on one of the benches.

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