Rock & Roll Museum opens new wing

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CLEVELAND, April 3 (UPI) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and
Museum's new Hall of Fame wing has been opened (Friday) to the public.
The $5 million exhibit combines audio, video and interactive computer
installations with artifact displays.

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Rock & Roll Museum opens new wing

CLEVELAND, April 3 (UPI) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and

Museum's new $5 million Hall of Fame wing has been opened to the public.

The 5,500-square-foot exhibit combines audio, video and interactive
computers with artifact displays.

The centerpiece is a giant, high-tech, three-screen video designed by
Dreamchaser Productions. The screen array, which is 20 feet tall and 80
feet wide, will present a 30-minute video that chronicles each year's
rock hall inductees in separate segments, beginning with the first class
in 1986.

Dreamchaser Director Maurice Linnane told the (Cleveland) Plain
Dealer: ``We always felt the original hall of fame chamber was overly
respectful. The entire building was a bit too clean and orderly. We
thought it needed a bit of attitude. Rock is about attitude. It's about
loud music and TVs being hurled into swimming pools from hotel
balconies.''

The founder of Sun Records, Sam Phillips, inducted in 1986 for his
work with Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and other early
rock stars, called the exhibit ``the best damn piece of education and
entertainment I've seen.''

A formal ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday - with Eagles guitarist Joe
Walsh cutting the ribbon with a chainsaw - was attended by such rock
stars as Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Ruth Brown and Michelle Phillips.
Also attending was Gov. George Voinovich.

The new exhibit was built with a grant from the AT&Y Corp.
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Rock & Roll Museum opens new wing

CLEVELAND, April 3 (UPI) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and

Museum's new Hall of Fame wing has opened (Friday) to the public. The $5

million exhibit combines audio, video and interactive computer
installations with artifact displays.

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