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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    Sergio Alvarez installs hangers for the "dog-bones" (visible on the floor, the dog-bones are the main structural support and pivot point for the ceiling of the new acoustical shell), as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Tuesday November 27, 2012. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    Sergio Alvarez installs hangers for the "dog-bones" (visible on the floor, the dog-bones are the main structural support and pivot point for the ceiling of the new acoustical shell), as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Tuesday November 27, 2012. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    Sergio Alvarez installs hangers for the "dog-bones" (visible on the floor, the main structural support and pivot point for the ceiling of the new acoustical shell), as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Tuesday November 27, 2012. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    L-r Mark Babcock and Garry Frichette move the "dog-bones" into place (they are the main structural support and pivot point for the ceiling of the new acoustical shell), as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Tuesday November 27, 2012. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    Workers move the "dog-bones" into place (they are the main structural support and pivot point for the ceiling of the new acoustical shell), as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Tuesday November 27, 2012. Cases of the black boards which will make up the ceiling are visible at front. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    Workers work to install the "dog-bones" into place (visible at back on the floor, they are the main structural support and pivot point for the ceiling of the new acoustical shell), as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Tuesday November 27, 2012. Cases of the black boards which will make up the ceiling are visible at front. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    Mark Babcock (front right), and other workers contracted through Wenger Corporation, maker of the acoustical shell, work to raise part of the new acoustical ceiling as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Wednesday November 28, 2012. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26.DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    Workers contracted through Wenger Corporation, maker of the acoustical shell, work to raise the new acoustical ceiling as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Wednesday November 28, 2012. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26.DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    L-r Mark Babcock, Sergio Alvarez and Garry Frichette, workers contracted through Wenger Corporation, maker of the acoustical shell, work to put together panels of a portion of the ceiling before raising it as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Wednesday November 28, 2012. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26.DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    L-r Mark Babcock, Garry Frichette, Ben Goryl (contractor), and Sergio Alvarez, workers contracted through Wenger Corporation, maker of the acoustical shell, work to put together panels of a portion of the ceiling before raising it as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Wednesday November 28, 2012. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26.DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    L-r Mark Babcock, Garry Frichette, Jonathan Pettit, and Sergio Alvarez, workers contracted through Wenger Corporation, maker of the acoustical shell, work to put together panels of a portion of the ceiling before raising it as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Wednesday November 28, 2012. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26.DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    Sergio Alvarez, one of the workers contracted through Wenger Corporation, maker of the acoustical shell, cleans up after parts of the new ceiling panels are raised as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Wednesday November 28, 2012. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26.DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    L-r Mark Babcock, Jonathan Pettit, and Garry Frichette, workers contracted through Wenger Corporation, maker of the acoustical shell, work to put together panels of a portion of the ceiling before raising it as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Wednesday November 28, 2012. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26.DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    L-r Jonathan Pettit and Garry Frichette, workers contracted through Wenger Corporation, maker of the acoustical shell, carry panels of the new acoustical shell ceiling over to their worksite as they work to put together panels of a portion of the ceiling before raising it. Components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater were being assembled onstage at the Theater on Wednesday November 28, 2012. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26.DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Diedra Laird - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
    Sergio Alvarez, one of the workers contracted through Wenger Corporation, maker of the acoustical shell, works to put together panels of a portion of the ceiling before it is raised as components of the ceiling of the new acoustical shell for the Knight Theater are assembled onstage at the Theater on Wednesday November 28, 2012. The components that make up the ceiling are being assembled first. The Knight Theater on South Tryon finally is getting its finishing touches---a giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. It's called an acoustical shell--rectractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. The installation, a two-week job, started Monday Nov. 26.DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    TODD SUMLIN - tsumlin@charlotteobserver.com
    Work continues on the acoustical shell at the Knight Theater in uptown Charlotte Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. The theater is finally getting its finishing touches with the giant piece of stage equipment that was cut from the budget during construction. The acoustical shell has retractable walls and ceiling that swing into place to surround the stage during concerts. TODD SUMLIN - tsumlin@charlotteobserver.com
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