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Intelligencer Journal Theater 21 June 22, 1984 Friday Music Happenings Art Leisure Going Out Guide Weekend Spotlight SATURDAY Lancaster Summer Arts Festival Open Award Art Show opens at the Community Gallery, 135 N. Lime Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. SATURDAY Stand-up comics, Ronald Gallop, Brian McKim. Mike Greene and Dan Cohen, perform at the Hoar House, 10 S.

Prince at 10:30 p.m. Today "Festival of Fridays" Concert, Victim Rock Band, OTB breakdancers, 4th and Locust streets, Columbia, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Patriotic program, United States Navy Band public concert, and the Sea Chanters, an 18-member chorus, performing all types of music in celebration of Flag Day at 7:30 p.m., on the lawn of Lancaster Bible College, 901 Eden Road, in case of rain, the program will be in Founder's Hall. MTV videos at Hersheypark, from 5-10 p.m.

in Dry Gulch Galley. Included in the park's one time admission. Eddie Humpf plays all types of music, including selections from upcoming Fulton Opera House musical "Tintypes," at Penn Square, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Suzanne Marie, 12-yearold country music singer performs at Dutch Wonderland, 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 4 p.m.

New Black Eagle Jazz Band, Chautauqua Playhouse, Mt. Gretna, 8:30 p.m., through Sunday. Admission. Independent Eye original one-woman comedy revue, "Le Cabaret de Camille, "Eye Theatre Works, 208 E. King St.

8 p.m. Reception, Artist Michael Heberlein, one-man exhibit of paintings, Gallery It, 14 Meadow Lane, Nettsville, p.m. Saturday Longwood's "Festival of Fountains." continues through Sept. 1 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. Longwood is located on Rt.

1 south of Kennett Square. Independent Eye original one-woman comedy revue, "Le Cabaret de Camille, "Eye Theatre Wofks, 208 E. King St. 8 p.m. New Black Eagle Jazz Band, Chautauqua Playhouse, Mt.

Gretna, 8:30 p.m., through Sunday admission. The Area Chamber of Commerce presents its fourth annual craft show and sale, Locust Street Park, Columbia, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. "Ballet at Longwood," Delaware Dance Company Open Air Theatre Production, 8:30 p.m. at Longwood Gardens, Rt.

south of Kennett Square. Sadie Green Sales revives the Good Times with a nostalgic ragtime jug band, 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. at Dutch Wonderland. Music by Steve Chambers and Robin Miziumski, jazz, funk and soul, also art exhibit, Bill Hoin's Factory," by Bill Hoin, 9 p.m. to midnight, Coffeehouse at the Centre, 328 N.

Queen St. American Lung Association sponsors Lancaster County's largest chocolate chip cookie and sells pieces of it in the West Mall, center court, Park City, benefit the American Lung Association, Cookie Monster, prizes and cookie decorating. a Jazz music, Cabbage Hill Traditional Jazz Band, horsedrawn hayrides, Historic Mill Bridge Village, S. Ronks Road, Strasburg, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. "Planetarium Show, an adaptation of a classic science fiction story, 3 p.m.

today-Sunday, North Museum, Buchanan and College Free Carnival, music by the Desperados, Florin Fire Mt. Joy, 6 p.m., free rain or shine. Micro Midget Auto Races, Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway, off Rt. 501, 4 miles north of Rt. 322, warm-ups 6 p.m., first race 7 p.m.

Reinholds Fireman's Carnival, music by Bandanna, Northern Comfort, 3 miles west of Rt. 272 on Rt. 897, shows at 7 and 9 p.m., rain or shine. Jim Hohenstein, originals and contemporary vocals, acoustic guitar, the Coffeehouse at Issac's 44 N. Queen 9 p.m.

to midnight. Rock Concert, The Grateful Dead, City Island, Harrisburg, 7 p.m. More GOING OUT Page 22 James Riley's 'Beth' Is Best-In-Show At Arts Festival Opener By Jim Kinter bright, colorful show, one that Lancaster Intelligencer Journal Staff may be proud of. James J. Riley, 233 N.

Charlotte "My Father and I Fly Fishing," by won the Best-in-Show prize at the 1984 Paul W. Flury Jr, a large, beautifully comOpen Award Art Show of the Lancaster posed landscape won the nod for first Summer Arts Festival with his portrait of place in the professional division. Fly fisha girl in a wicker chair entitled "Beth." ing has little to do with the picture. The The show opens Saturday at the Communi- fishermen are almost lost in the natural ty Gallery, 135 N. Lime St.

Cash prizes are theater in which they play minor roles. awarded. Lynne Yancha, who won the popular Riley, who said he is not unknown to prize at last year's show, took second rejection and defeat, place in the 1984 exhibition. Her watercowas "Very pleased. It lor, "Morning Shadows," is a pleasing aris always fun to come rangement of antique garments hanging out on top." The por- from pegs.

Yancha paints simple things trait, he said, was with surpassing charm. ter painted at the Lancas- Robert Nelson has abandoned light County Ronald Art Associ- bulbs and dogs to do a large monoprint, ation in Sykes 'Metal Maid ercury's The painting class. large figure work won the nationally Shirley Reed, di- known artist third prize in professional rector of the gallery, area of the show. said the Open Award Paula Egolf placed her hopes on a lusis her favorite show of cious "Pineapple" and painted it a bit the year. She said it is larger than life to take first prize in the moment James J.

Riley non-professional division. Executed in soft an exciting for her when the judge or judges select the colors, fills the picture area, prizewinners after she has made her pri- a delight. "Pineapple" vate choices. A small but exquisite sculpture with a Judge of the show, Ned Wert, painting very professional look won Kevin Patton's instructor at Indiana University of Penn- "Women" second prize. Third prize was sylvania, said he selected the picture for carried away by Robert Grobengieser's its painterly quality and the handling of enigmatic "Untitled." the model's filmy white dress.

Wert said Five Honorable Mentions were selectthere is a lot of fine work in the show, mak- ed from the professional group. Gail Groff ing his job very difficult. An unusual Schroeder's "Monday," a collage that is judge, he outlined the reasons for his deci- nothing but charm won an HM as did Lynsions. They will be posted at the gallery. ette Miller's "Mrs.

Miller's Cat," an outRealism, which was much in evidence sized and aristocratic feline that would not at last year's Open Award Show is even give the time of day to us common folks. more prominent this year. There are very Todd Paden's tall, spectacular, paintfew abstract works, lots of landscapes, still lifes, animal studies. It is a large, More ART SHOW Page 23 'Beth' by James Riley is Best-in-Show Winner New Jersey Comedian Was Once A Crayon By Jon Ferguson Intelligencer Journal Staff Performers have different ways of dealing with stage fright. Many do deep breathing exercises, some concentrate on the color blue and others focus their attention on familiar objects.

But those methods proved far too ordinary for Brian McKim. When McKim, a New Jersey stand-up comedian, launched his career about three years ago, he beat the jitters by posing as a red crayon. "I was nervous about going on stage," he said. "No way I was going to go up there in a civilian suit, so I used to dress up as an eight-foot crayon and tell crayon jokes for five minutes. know, lines like.

'We were so poor when we were little that 64 crayons shared a box' real groaners like that." Happily, for comic and audience alike, McKim decided to drop the crayon act after about two months. But the jitters returned. "I was nervous all over again and this time for different reasons. McKim said. "I didn't have the crayon as a crutch anymore.

and I was starting all over again with new material." Despite that nervousness. McKim apparently made the transition quite easily, as he has been successfully working the comedy circuit in the Northeast for the past three years. McKim. 26, frequently appears at the Comedy Factory Outlet in Philadelphia, the Comedy Cafe in Washington, D.C.. Catch a Rising Star in New York City.

Chuckles in Long Island and the Comedy Connection in Boston. McKim is hard pressed to describe his successful act. just exposit he said. "It's observational humor. There are some sight gags in there.

You really can't categorize it. It's sort of a hybrid." Lancaster residents will have the chance to judge McKim's routine on its merits Saturday night when he appears at the Hoar House. 10 S. Prince St. Also appearing on the bill will be Ronald Gallop, a Philadelphia comic.

Patti Grabowski, a local singer, and Dan Cohen, a Lancaster resident who organized the show and will be performing a stand-up routine of his own. The cover charge is $3 at the door. and there will be no advance ticket sales. The show begins at 10:30 p.m. After talking to McKim on the Memory Is 'Tintypes' Costume Designer's Number One Asset telephone, it's hard to believe he was once so frightened by the stage that he dressed up as a crayon.

McKim, who works during the day as the managing editor of the journal of the Photographic Society of America, exudes a confidence that borders on cockiness. "I'm not saying I'm hot stuff or anything like McKim, who writes all his own material, said. "You have to have confidence in your act or you'll puke before you go onstage. You've got to say, got good stuff and the people love You have to have that attitude. McKim said he's always been able to make people laugh.

"I have always had a highly developed sense of humor, and I have always been successful in making people laugh in everyday he said. "I low key it because nobody likes somebody who's funny all the However, he never thought of comedy as a profession until 1981. was working as a paste-up artist in Philadelphia and it was dull. dull dull." McKim said. friend of mine was doing some comedy here, and she said it was fun.

And she was He started performing during "open mike" nights. where anybody who wants to take stage and try their luck at drawing laughs from the audience can, at the Comedy Factory. and his career quickly blossomed. McKim trashes the notion that breaking into the comedy circuit is a grueling ordeal. couldn't say objectively that it's tough to break into comedy because it's gone pretty easy for More STAND-UP Poge 22 BRIAN MCKIM By John Drybred Intelligencer Journal Staff One of Virginia West's assets as costume designer for is a long memory.

"Tintypes" is the first production Fulton Opera House three summer season. It opens Thursday and runs through July 8. Showtimes are at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and at 7:30 p.m. Sundays.

Show director Kathleen Collins first talked to Ms. West over 3,000 miles of telephone wire last January about designing the costumes. At the time, Ms. was in Oregon as an assistant costume designer for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. And Ms.

Collins was in Lancaster. During the first minutes of that telephone conversation, Ms. West went through her memory file of available costumes at the Fulton Opera House, where she had worked previously. And she mentally selected a cream-colored, -pane plaid suit" she ha had seen at the Fulton eight years as one that would be suitable types. ago.

"It's just one of those things," the costume designer said. "I knew that would be a perfect suit for this period (1876-1914). And luckily, it even fits the actor who'll be wearing Costume designers frequently have good recall of the colors and textures they've seen before in places they've plied their art. Ms. West probably took her first step toward a career in costume design when she started sewing at age 9 in her native Fordham Park.

N.J. She's from a family of six children. So, her mother did a lot of sewing. And in high school, Ms. West made a lot of her own clothing.

She had some interest in theater in those years, but wasn't really intrigued by it until a student at Franklin and Marshall College. There, she did a little acting in the Green Room Theater. But her interest in drama picked up when she was enlisted to help Ruth Tighe make costumes for Green Room productions. In fact. she became so interested that she switched her college major from psychology to drama.

"I always blame that on Ruth she said, smiling. Ms. West graduated from in 1978. And in the Fall, she'll take over costume design at the Green Room Theater for her mentor there. when Ruth Tighe begins study for a master's degree in costume design at the University of Washington.

Her appointment at involve a course in Intelligencer Journal phete by Den Marschke Virginia West alters costume design. Ms. West said. She has a master's degree in the field. At the Fulton Opera House this summer, she'll design costumes for and "They're Playing Our Song.

Costumes for the other summer show "Talley's will be designed by Fulton veteran Beth Dunkelberger. Ms. West also is a veteran costume designer at the Fulton Opera House, having been there for the dress for children's theater show -The Ant and the Grasshopper," a summerseason production of "The Front in 1978, for "Ten Little in 1980 and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's in 1981. It was during her costuming association with Get Your at the Fulton 1976. while still an undergraduate, that More COSTUME Poge 23.