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Get back in touch with Mother Nature. Check out Dance in America on
PBS April 14 for the premiere of the Wolf Trap Foundation's Face of
America, a celebration of commissioned works performed in the
magnificent surroundings of U.S. national parks Areas in the United States are preserved by a variety of federal departments and are titled with a large area of different designations. Many of the most spectacular and significant landscapes are designated National Parks; some of the wildest are designated wilderness areas. . Watch choreography by
Donald Byrd at Virgin Islands National Park Virgin Islands National Park, 14,689 acres (5,949 hectares), St. John, Virgin Islands; est. 1956. The park, with beaches, coves, and headlands, is rich in tropical-plant, animal, and marine life. Bordeaux Mt., 1,277 ft (389 m) high, is the highest point on the island. , Elizabeth Streb at the
Wright Brothers National Memorial Wright Brothers National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table). , and Doug Varone at Kentucky's
Mammoth Cave National Park Mammoth Cave National Park, 52,830 acres (21,396 hectares), central Kentucky, authorized 1926, est. 1941. Located in a hilly, forested region, it offers numerous outdoor activities. . Aerial troupe Project Bandaloop flies high
at Yosemite National Park, dancers of Halau O Kekuhi hula at
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, and the U.S. Olympic Synchronized
Swim Team catch their breath at the Coral Reef National Monument. Check
local listings and www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf.
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