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

DATE: Saturday, March 30, 1996               TAG: 9603300427
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A1   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

A BELLYFUL OF DOO DAH

ILLUSTRATION: Color photo by VICKI CRONIS photos/The Virginian-Pilot

``Sumo wrestlers'' from Tidewater Regional Transit, above, watch the

competition go by during the Fifth Occasional Downtown Doo Dah

Parade, in downtown Norfolk on Friday. From left, Mike Askew, Tracey

Smith, Mike Bickley and Keith Hodapp joined Ron Alderman, front.

At right, Patty Fuller, second from left, reacts to the sight of all

that sumo marching down Main Street. Fuller, who works in

Chesapeake, took her lunch hour to watch the multitude of

merrymakers - more than 50 units competing for the Fools Cup

trophy.

by CNB