The Daily Citizen, Dalton, GA

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March 6, 2010

Dalton rolls out red carpet

DALTON — When the stars walk down the red carpet to kick off tonight’s Academy Awards, the plush feeling enjoyed by their feet will be coming to them courtesy of Dalton.

More specifically, American Carpet Wholesalers.

Leslie Unger, director of communications for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, told The Daily Citizen that the carpet was obtained through American Carpet Wholesalers in Dalton.

The carpet, which is covered in plastic until the very last minute to protect it from the elements and muddy footprints, is about 500 feet long and 33 feet wide.

Unger said the carpet brand is Weston Hill which is manufactured by Mohawk Industries.

The carpet, over which all of the guests entering the Kodak Theater will travel to enter the awards ceremony, was put down earlier this week.

It took about 120 crew members to lay the carpet down. In addition to all of tonight’s glittery traffic, there will be more than 80 photographers shooting the red carpet and bleacher seating for 700 people to watch the arrivals.

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