Daily News from New York, New York • 45

NEWS, JULY 8, 1977 Fins, Flippers Fright By JO MARTIN AST WEEK we 'oaded the family jalopy with kids and headed for Coney Island where we enjoyed one of the best twofer times ever. First stop was the New York Aquarium to check on our town's fin 'n: flipper set. then next door to Astro-Irnd, where a variety of scary rides turned everybody on. As usual, the aquarium was spotless, uncrowded and offered enough aquatic displays and shows to keep us enthralled for a couple of hours. Stars of the city's fish tank by the sea are Sasha, Rio and Bowie.

Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, who click, squeal and trick their way through a nautical routine that is pure delight. Among the hundreds of denizens of the deep on display, the four white Beluga whales are the big attractions. These chalky leviathans, who seem to be smiling perpetually, are champion crowd-pleasers, especially when they nuzzle up to the glass just a few feet from viewers. Other shows include an electric eel demonstration, a solo balancing act by Breezy in the sea lion pool, and continual screenings of a 10-minute film on whales in the Seadome theater. All shows are free, ail Bicp Jjppil il (DOS GO CI11I3 BINDER and Michael Christensen practiced juggling three years on the streets of London, Paris, Rome, Athens, Vienna and Istanbul.

They've also been on "Sesame Street." Now week at the downtown location (reached via subway to the South Ferry station) on a Wednesday-through-Sunday schedule through Aug. 14. then will tour the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn, playing two weeks in each borough. It was funded with a grant of $125,000 from individuals, corporations and small foundations, and will be the performing arm of the circus arts school. The show will go on at 10:15 a.m.

and 1:15 p.m. on Wednesdays, at 1 p.m. Thursdays, at 7:30 on Fridays and at 1 and 7:30 Saturdays, at 1 and 4 on Sundays. Tickets are $5 for adults, and $3 for children 12 and under. A special reserved area has seats for $7.50.

Since Battery Park City is located almost directly in the shade of the twin towers, it is fitting that for one week, the featured performer will be Philippe Petit, the aerialist who walked the tightrope between the two World Trade Center towers. But getting back to Paul and Michael what exactly do they juggle? Balls, clubs, hats and chickens. Chickens? "Yes," says Paul. "And there aren't many chicken jugglers in this world." they're ready for the big time. They'll be starring In the Apple Circus, which is gearing up for a mid-summer opening at Battery Park City.

Paul and Michael will be part of the entertainment under the big top (it really is a big top, too the circus will be housed in an 80-foot-round, one-ring tent, with seats for 1,000, none of which is further than 18 feet from the ring). Also featured will be Nina Krasavina and Gregory Fedin, former star performers from the Moscow Circus, who will be doing their porch-pole and acrobatic clowning; there will be gymnasts, trapeze artists, aerial-lsts and, for the spectacular finale, Europe's famous Los Indianos, a South American dance troupe based in Paris. The show will also include 16 local youngsters who have been practicing an intricate balancing and tumbling act at the New York School for Circus Arts, 147 Spring St. The Big Apple Circus will give eight performances a i ii in inf riinifTn 'mi Stars of the city's Hsh tanks by the sea $6 in advance and $7 at the door. Call 757-6300 for information.

MUSIC FROM TIMES PAST: The New California Ramblers, a jazz group that concentrates on the golden years- from 1925-1935 will be at the Emelin Theater tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. The theater is on Library Lane in Mamaroneck; -tickets are $4. For reservations and information call (914) 698-0098. ROVING JAZZMAN: Lionel Hampton will be all over Queens and Long Island this weekend. Tomorrow he starts, his day at Belmont Park, where he'll give a concert from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.;Sunday he will play at the Village Band Shell in Patchogue rom 8 to 10 p.m Not bad Jfor a 69-year-old kid, eh? Morgana King reigns queen at Hellers CLUBS SHE'S THE QUEENS: Morgana King, who has been singing jazz like only she can for a good many years, opened at Trude Hellers (W.

9th St. and 6th Ave.) in the Village. She'll do two gigs a night, at 10:30 and 12:30. but admission to the aquarium, at W. 8th St.

and Surf Brooklyn, is $2 for adults, 75 cents for children. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Parking in the aquarium lot is $2. When we'd had our fill of fishes, the party ambled next door to Astroland and split up to enjoy a dozen adult thrill rides and 15 fun rides for kiddies.

Adult ride admissions are 75 cents to $1, kiddie rides go for 50 cents each or 10 for $4. Rather than going off in all directions at once, parents will save themselves money and aggravation if they decide just which rides are to be enjoyed before buying tickets. The undisputed top ride here is the Cyclone, rated by roller coaster buffs as the No. 1 thrill in the country. The screams and yells of the riders as they come barreling around a turn justify that rating.

Because of time and budget limitations, and because it was convenient to leave our car in the aquarium parking lot while we braved the rides, we confined our visit to Astroland. There are other amusement areas on the boardwalk at Coney. ON STAGE. One of the best mime troupes around, the Claude Kipnis Mime Theater, will appear tomorrow at 2:30 p.m., in the 72d St. bandshell on the Mall in Central Park, as part of the summer music and dance series there.

Admission is free, rain date is July 16. "The Reluctant Dragon," a new musical by the department of recreation's Cottage Marionette Theater, began its series of free summer performances this week in the Swedish Cottage, Central Park (W. 81st St. entrance). Youngsters can spend an entire fun-filled day at the cottage.

"Dragon" goes on Mondays through Fridays at 10:30 a.m., time out for lunch after the show (bring your own), then screening of children's films, including Disney classics, at 12:30 p.m. Seating in the cottage is limited, reservations are required and may be obtained by calling YU 8-9093. AROUND TOWN: "Children of the Sun." a new sky show with film and dramatic dialogue, is at the Hayden Planetarium, Central Park West at 81st St. (873-1300). Free films for children, "A Kite Story," "Erie Canal" and "Cycles," Tuesday at 2 p.m., and "Cops," with Busier Keaton, "The Barber Shop" with W.C.

Fields, and "Incredible Jewel Robbery" with Harpo and Chico Marx, all on Wednesday at 2 New York Historical Society, Central Park West at 77th St. (873-3400). "Sword of Lancelot," a 1963 film with Cornel Wilde tomorrow at noon, and "Man of a Thousand Faces," a 1957 film with James Cagney, Sunday at noon, at the Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53d St. (956-7078).

"The Life of Hans Christian Andersen," told by Laura Simms, tomorrow at 11 a.m. in front of the Andersen Statue in Central Park, 72d St. and Fifth Ave. a. Note: All events- subject-t change without notice.

IT'S CUSTOM: The U.S. Customs House on Bowling Green is open and will feature different varieties of art, dance and music all summer long. Through July 22 the artist will be Carol Parker, who is displaying a figurative sculpture in the Rotunda. Sunday at 3 p.m., Charlemagne Palestine will perform on a Bosendorfer. DANCE IN THE HAMPTONS: It may seem like a long way to go for a little ballet, but it's there tomorrow night, at the John Drew Theater of Guild Hall in East Hampton when the Murray Louis Troupe will appear.

Tonight, at the same theater, there will be a screening of "Trouble in Paradise," a 1932 film made by director Ernst Lubitsch. It begins the series of "sophisticated comedies of the '30s and '40s," which will be presented every Friday through Aug. 26. Admission is $3. PICNIC THEATER: You've heard of dinner theater, so now, for summer, there is a picnic theater.

Tomorrow, Friends of the Arts will be presenting a Renaissance Fair from noon to 9 p.m. at Planting Fields Arboretum, in Oyster Bay, featuring a play at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. called "Three Cuckolds" that's described as "a racy comedy, full of buffoonery." This will be in addition to other acts that will be performed during the day: a sword-fighting exhibition, Dr. Quackenbush's Traveling Medicine Show and Circus (juggling, tumbling, stilt walking), a palmist, a magician, music by the Long Island Baroque Ensemble and Renaissance dancers who will perform and also instruct.

Admission is $2.50 for adults and $1 for children, which includes the usual cost of admission to Planting Fields. ROUND AND ROUND THEY GO: The Circle Line continues to provide three-hour trips around Manhattan. Liners leave each day starting at 9:45 a.m. from Pier 83 at the foot of W. 43rd St.

The fare is $5 for adults and $2.50 for children under 12. Call 563-3200 for more information. SALUTE TO LOUIS: Ruby raff, a very, good trumpet player himself, will be appearing at Michael's Pub these nights' in what he styles as a "salute to Louis Armstrong," the late, great, trumpet player, who would have been 77 this month. Michael's is located at 211 E. 55th call PL 8 2272 for information as to show times.

W.P.A. JAZZ: W.P.A. is a restaurant in the SoHo district, at 152 Spring and is now going in for a music policy, with the emphasis on young jazz pianists. Tonight, tomorrow and quite a few Fridays and Saturdays afterward, pianist-composer Jill McManus will be working the keyboard over, in the lounge, beginning at 9 p.m. THE BUCK STOPPED HERE: Buck Clayton, who blew his horn for many years with Count Basie, pulled into Crawdaddy's (45th St.

and Vanderbilt Ave.) for the entire month. Hugh Law-son and Jackie Williams round out the trio which will keep things movin Monday through Friday from 6:30. HE WRITES THE SONGS: Paul Siebel, singer-songwriter who has written for the likes of Linda Ronstdat, Bonnie Raitt and Jerry Jeff Walker, will be appearing Sunday Kenny's Castaways (157 Bleecker ELSEWHERE SAIL YOUR TROUBLES AWAY: The Petrel, a 70-foot yawl which sails out of Battery Park, could help provide you with the release you may need after a hard week of work. Petrel offers a variety of trips designed to put you back in harmony with nature, including 45-minute lunch sails during the week, a happy hour sail on Wednesday evenings at 5:30 and harbor sails on Saturdays and Sundays. Overnight and full-week sails are also available, topped with an 11-day trip to Newport for the America's Cup in September.

Call 825-1976 for more information. RIVERS AND ANKA: Comedienne Joan Rivers will share the bill this weekend and next with singer Paul Anka at the Westchester Premier Theater, which is located on White Plains Road in Tarrytown. Showtimes are 8:30 p.m. on Fridays, 7 and 10:30 on Saturdays; and 7:30 on Sunday; tickets, run. from.

$7.50 to vti.