The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, April 26, 1996                 TAG: 9604250283
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON    PAGE: 26   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

JUST 19 DAYS AND COUNTING

ILLUSTRATION: Staff photo by STEVE EARLEY

The music begins next month when the Virginia Beach Amphitheater

opens May 15. Until then, however, construction workers are the

stars of the show as they work furiously to get the $17.5 million

outdoor concert arena ready for opening night. Workers of every

trade - painters, carpenters, electricians, masons, landscapers -

are busy doing their thing at the field next to Princess Anne Park.

Here, Phillip Ennis paints the exterior of one of the concession

stands. A concert by Bruce Hornsby is the season opener for the

theater, which will seat 20,000.

by CNB