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Article: FURTHUR FRENZY: ``DEADHEADS'' COME ALIVE ON A BIG DAY AT THE VIRGINIA BEACH AMPHITHEATER.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- June 26, 1996
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Byline: CRAIG SHAPIRO, STAFF WRITER
VIRGINIA BEACH -- On a typical workday, Mike Tabor gets to the office at 9 a.m., sometimes 9:30.
Tuesday was not a typical workday.
The mammoth Furthur Festival - with five bands, including two fronted by members of the Grateful Dead, solo artists, jugglers and 25 vendors in tow - was rolling into the Virginia Beach Amphitheater that afternoon.
Tabor, the amphitheater's general manager, was at his desk early.
And he was ready. He caught the festival Sunday in Raleigh. Another senior staffer saw it Saturday in Charlotte. Monday, Tabor briefed his crew on what to expect.
``Anytime ...