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

DATE: Thursday, August 15, 1996             TAG: 9608150342
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
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RAINY DAY VIEWING

ILLUSTRATION: North Carolina DREW C. WILSON

The Virginian-Pilot

Ric Williamson of Alexandria, Va., peeks at the artwork under wraps

because of rainy weather Wednesday at the New World Festival of the

Arts on the Manteo waterfront. The two-day festival, featuring works

of 80 artists from Vermont to Florida, ends today. by CNB