The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, October 2, 1994                TAG: 9410020090
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

FESTIVE WEEKEND

ILLUSTRATION: Photo

MICHAEL KESTNER

JIM WALKER/Staff

ABOVE: Crowds inspect arts and crafts booths that grew up along the

boardwalk as part of the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival. On the

beach, artists focused their attention on the sand, crafting sand

castles, and volleyball players competed in a tournament. Fireworks

closed out the night. The festival finishes today with a parade at 2

p.m., a surfing contest, art shows and more sandcastle sculpting.

RIGHT: Jason Mathias, center in cap, gets a high five from a member

of the Peanut Fest parade Saturday morning in downtown Suffolk,

where children lined the streets. The festival continues Thursday

and Friday at the Suffolk Municipal Airport.

by CNB