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Taylor Anderson, owner of Anderson Renovation, uses a cleat nailer to add a plank to the new stage floor at the Barrow-Civic Theatre in Franklin. The theater is replacing the original 30-year-old stage floor, which has been in place since the Barrow opened in 1993.
James Amero, the technical director at the Barrow-Civic Theatre, points to where the previous Masonite stage floor had ended, just before the orchestra pit over which he is standing. He said the new red oak wood floor will extend past where the original floor ended and all the way over the pit.
Taylor Anderson, owner of Anderson Renovation, uses a cleat nailer to add a plank to the new stage floor at the Barrow-Civic Theatre in Franklin. The theater is replacing the original 30-year-old stage floor, which has been in place since the Barrow opened in 1993.
James Amero, the technical director at the Barrow-Civic Theatre, points to where the previous Masonite stage floor had ended, just before the orchestra pit over which he is standing. He said the new red oak wood floor will extend past where the original floor ended and all the way over the pit.
The Barrow-Civic Theatre in Franklin is starting its 30th anniversary year on the right foot with the replacement of the original stage floor that has been around since the theater opened in 1993.
The floor is being removed due to wear and tear and age, James Amero, the theatre’s technical director, said. He added that the original Masonite floor had begun to curl up at the edges and the seams were showing.
HELEN FIELDING, reporter for The Derrick and The News-Herald, can be reached at helenfielding.thederrick@gmail.com or 814-677-8374.
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