The Herald-Mail's Annual Guide to Summer Concerts

May 21, 2001

The Herald-Mail's Annual Guide to Summer Concerts

Concert arenas are offering the arts for all ages and interests this summer.

For fans of musicals, Wolf Trap in Vienna, Va., will present such classics as "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Guys and Dolls," while opera lovers may be drawn there to take in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" and "The Impresario" or Donizetti's "Viva la Mamma."

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Country music lovers can see Brooks & Dunn's Neon Circus and Wild West Show at Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge in Bristow, Va., Reba McEntire at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pa., or Trisha Yearwood, and Willie Nelson and Family at Wolf Trap.

Adults, need to hear some music from your younger days? James Taylor is making the rounds at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., Nissan Pavilion and Hersheypark Stadium, while The Beach Boys will bring the surf and fun to Wolf Trap.

Perhaps a dose of rock is what you need to get through the long, hot summer. Aerosmith will be at Hersheypark Stadium and Nissan Pavilion. The Glam Slam Metal Jam with Poison, Warrant, Quiet Riot and Enuff Z' Nuff will take the Nissan Pavilion stage. Styx with Bad Company and Bill Squier also will appear at Nissan Pavilion.

There are plenty of options for the younger sect, too. 'N Sync will hit the stage at Hersheypark Stadium, Backstreet Boys at Hersheypark Stadium and Nissan Pavilion and Aaron Carter with A* Teens and Leslie Carter at Hersheypark's Star Pavilion and Pier Six Concert Pavilion.

Here's a roundup of shows on the stages of Wolf Trap, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Nissan Pavilion, Hersheypark and Pier Six Concert Pavilion in Baltimore.

Pick your favorites and hit the road 'cause the sounds of summer await.

- Meg H. Partington, megp@herald-mail.com

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