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- <text id=91TT1481>
- <title>
- July 01, 1991: Traveler's Advisory
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- July 01, 1991 Cocaine Inc.
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- TRAVELER'S ADVISORY, Page 14
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- <p> It's a picnic, it's a party, it's summertime, and the hills --
- valleys and city streets too -- are alive with the sound of music,
- of drama, of good times. The pageants go on all across the land;
- all you have to do is get there.
- </p>
- <p> Summer festivals are an American rite, as varied and
- delightful as a dazzling July 4 fireworks. They can be elaborate
- affairs with star performers who draw throngs. Or they can be
- simple: a series of concerts or readings in the park for
- listeners lolling on the grass. Leading dance companies and
- symphony orchestras emerge from their winter homes to blossom
- in dells or along breezy lakeshores. Opera companies and rep
- theaters haunt the deserts at night. Cultural traditions and
- folkways are everywhere on display. This year is the
- bicentennial of Mozart's death. New England mountain greenery
- will echo with his works; a traveler can head westward, enjoying
- the composer's pieces in big towns and small and, in late
- August, take in a grand Amadeus finale in the vastness of the
- Hollywood Bowl.
- </p>
- <p> As usual, all the country's a summer stage, and
- Shakespeare is a frequent player on it. But just around the next
- curve, or beyond the highway bypass, are dramas that pay tribute
- to homespun heroes and celebrations that honor a bit of local
- lore. The stage is set. Take your pick. Herewith a sampling of
- the best, the most unusual, the most down-home, the most moving
- and the most fun that the country has to offer itself in this
- festive season.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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