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==Arts and culture== Every year, on the Thursday before Father's Day weekend, the downtown streets of Logan, Ohio come alive with the celebration of the [[washboard (musical instrument)|washboard]], as a musical instrument. Logan is the home of the Columbus Washboard Company, the only remaining washboard manufacturing company in the U.S. [[Washboard (laundry)|Washboard]]s continue to be used as instruments of laundry today in some parts of the world and serve decoratively in many homes. The Washboard Music Festival celebrates the washboard's role as the source of "toe-tappin'" rhythm found in jug bands and Dixieland groups throughout the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loganwashboardfestival.com/|title=Home|website=Logan Washboard Arts}}</ref> On the first Saturday of October, Logan High School hosts its annual marching band festival, the Logan Fall Festival of Bands. Bands who accept the invitation to perform at the festival entertain spectators with their halftime routines, some specially choreographed for the festival itself.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} During the last week of July, the Insea Sound Shop of Nelsonville, Ohio, holds the annual Diamond Music Festival at the Isaac Walton Clubhouse, situated on the banks of Lake Logan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://woub.org/2013/07/23/diamond-music-festival-jewel-southeast-ohio/|title=Diamond Music Festival: The Jewel of Southeast Ohio|last=McDonald|first=Angie|date=July 13, 2013|website=WOUB Digital|access-date=November 23, 2018}}</ref> The Hocking Hills Regional Welcome Center just outside of the city contains the [[Pencil Sharpener Museum]], which is reputed to be the largest collection of pencil sharpeners in America.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rivers |first=Brionna |date=March 11, 2022 |title=Quirky hobby turns historic at Pencil Sharpener Museum |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2022/03/09/quirky-hobby-turns-historic-at-pencil-sharpener-museum- |access-date=July 21, 2023 |website=Spectrum News 1 |language=en}}</ref>
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