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Archived: Clay County Government

Grantee Address:
145 Cordell Hull Drive
Celina TN 38551-3102

Grant Amount: $8,000

Artistic Disciplines: Performing Arts

Outcomes: Cultural Center Development, Spaces or Assets Activation

Region: Middle Tennessee

Fiscal Year: 2019

Clay County Courthouse Theater

Clay County Government continued restoration of the Clay County Historic Courthouse, developing the upstairs courtroom as a theater. The courtroom has been the venue for multiple plays and musical performers. Partners on the project included the Clay County Chamber of Commerce, Upper Cumberland Development District, the MTSU Center for Historic Preservation, and local arts teachers.

A group of people, some in festive clothing, stand and sing around a keyboard in a decorated indoor setting. Christmas wreaths, stockings, and holiday décor are visible. Audience members are seated in the foreground.

A band with five musicians plays string instruments and sings on a small indoor stage decorated with a wreath and Christmas stockings, while an audience watches from wooden benches.

A group of people performs music and sings in front of an audience in a decorated room with large paper stockings labeled “Lynita” and “Helen” and a holiday wreath on the wall behind them.