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Article: VOLUNTEERING AT THE AMPHITHEATER HAS GREAT FRINGE BENEFITS.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 11, 1996
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Byline: Lee Tolliver
At $30, $40, $50 - and sometimes even more for a ticket - concerts at the new Virginia Beach Amphitheater can be a strain on the bank account.
Especially on a newspaperman's salary.
So when the call came out that part-time employees were needed to work shows, it was a no-brainer. Getting paid to be at the resort city's newest night spot during concerts, listening to some of the hottest acts going, or paying to be there and putting the Virginia Power payment off for a week?
No contest.
Besides, how hard could ushering people to their seats or telling them to move along or to put out their cigarette really ...