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"A spectacle of sculptural art colors the sky above a public park in the heart of a town once known for its bustling tobacco trade. In North Carolina's Coastal Plain, city skylines don't require tall buildings- just revolving pieces of scrap metal and an otherworldly imagination." Vollis simpson died in 2013. The city of Wilson created a park to show off 30 of his whirligig creations in 2017.
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Contributors and promiters mentioned are the Ledbetter Folk Art Auction, the Folk Art Center in Asheville, the John C. Campbell Folk School and the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 54 Issue 5, May 2022, p12-13
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