THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, April 29, 1995 TAG: 9504290380
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 57 lines
Schedule of events for the final two days of Norfolk's International
Azalea Festival, the city's 42nd annual salute to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization:
TODAY
A British play for children, ``Touchwood,'' 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the
Norfolk Botanical Garden, seating limited to 300, chairs or blankets
recommended, $2.50 admission.
NATOFest celebration, featuring entertainment, food, cultural
exhibits, music, soccer exhibitions, croquet demonstrations and a
British car rally, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Norfolk Botanical Garden,
$2.50 admission.
Air show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Norfolk Naval Air Station, with a
performance by the Band of the Hampshire Constabulary from 12:55 to 1:25
p.m., both free.
Sailing regatta, 11 a.m. start at Willoughby Bay, $25 entry fee, free
for spectators.
Coronation of Queen Azalea XLII, 3p.m. at Norfolk Botanical Garden,
$2.50 admission.
Azalea Festival dinner and ball, featuring fine British cuisine and
wines; a special cabaret act performed by the Royal Marines Band, with
dancing to the music of The Entertainers, 6:30 p.m. at Omni Hotel, $85
per person, $170 per couple.
SUNDAY
Air show, at Norfolk Naval Air Station, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., free.
Lecture on conservation of historic buildings by David and Margaret
Mawson, 2 p.m. at Fort Norfolk, $2 donation.
ONGOING EVENTS AND EXHIBITS
Exhibit of the restored ``Portrait of Sir Thomas Livingstone
Mitchell,'' circa 1838, by Sir William Beechey, at Chrysler Museum,
along with the reinstated Worcester porcelain galleries.
``Outer Landscapes, Inner World,'' art exhibit by Norwich, England,
artist Charlotte Newson, today at d'Art Center.
Exhibit on Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, artifacts related to
Britain's greatest admiral on loan from the Royal Naval Museum in
Portsmouth, England, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday at the Hampton
Roads Naval Museum in Nauticus, free.
For more details on the Azalea Festival, call the 640-5555, Ext.
NATO, or the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce at 622-2312.
ILLUSTRATION: GARY C. KNAPP photo
Jovan Mitchell, 4, enlists one bucket as a helmet and another as a
drum as the band from England passes him Friday at the Azalea
Festival Parade in Norfolk. His mother says he does it at every
parade he attends.
by CNB