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

DATE: Tuesday, September 10, 1996           TAG: 9609100261
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B1   EDITION: FINAL 
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SAX APPEAL

ILLUSTRATION: Color photo by Huy Nguyen/The Virginian-Pilot

Ramon Nicholas Yates winds up his six-hour practice session on his

tenor sax near Water Street on the shore of the Elizabeth River

under the Berkley Bridge. Yates, from Las Vegas, chose his spot

Monday for its tranquillity. by CNB