Photo gallery: Salisbury rings in 2022 at Bell Tower Green Park
Published 1:09 am Saturday, January 1, 2022
Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post - Mayor Pro Tem Tamara Sheffield leads the crowd on the countdown to 2022.
Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - A crowd of people gathered on Bell Tower Green Park in downtown Salisbury Saturday to ring in the new year.
Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post - Zymir Walker ringing in the new year (literally) in the Bell Tower.
Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post - Mayor Karen Alexander speaking to the crowd shortly before the countdown for the new year.
Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post - Salisbury band Divided by Four played a three-hour show to ring in 2022.
Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post - The area in front of the stage turned into an impromptu dance floor.
Carl Blankenship/Salisbury Post - The city of Salisbury poured 120 bottles of sparkling grape juice to give attendees something to toast with.
SALISBURY – Salisbury rang in the new year with a show at Bell Tower Green by local band Divided by Four and brought back the bell-ringing tradition.
Carl Blankenship has covered education for the Post since December 2019. Before coming to Salisbury he was a staff writer for The Avery Journal-Times in Newland and graduated from Appalachian State University in 2017, where he was editor of The Appalachian.
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