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HAPPENINGS, INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL 2 Friday, May 3, 1 991 Choreographer will perform her own work DETAILS: Tiny Dances May 8-1 1 Co-Motion, 8 p.m. 208 E. King St. Tickets $8 when she finished her degree program at the university. Im a persistent person, she said.

The program at Temple emphasized modern dance. Modern started around the turn of the century as a rebellion against the artificiality of ballet, she said. Now, the two are blending much more. Her hour-long concert at Co-Motion is a blend of dance pieces she created in the past and new ones she created especially for Tiny Dances. The title denotes brief segments of four or five minutes, which shell use for dance programs at public schools.

phy a number of ways in a number of places. This is a job in which you really get to know your car, she said. You can pop in a tape and be working while youre driving. One of the ideas she created for the concert is dancing to music written for Robert Frosts great poem Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening. Farenwald will dance while Anne Meeder sings and snow scenes are flashed on a screen.

During other tiny dances, Jeff Raught plays piano and creates original music with homemade instruments. And in an original piece called The Return of Paul and Connie, Farenwald and Winchell do a dance medley while speaking the dialogue of a married couple. Speaking is not my forte, said the dancer-choreographer, so this is a stretch for me. The two of them speak real blather, and I wrote it. This piece has been a pleasure to learn, Farenwald said, because of the humor during rehearsal.

Winchell keeps cracking her up with funny lines. He has all these great comebacks. But unfortunately we cant use what he says in the show, she said. There are both light and serious pieces something for everyone, she said. And I hope the audience doesnt see something and worry about whether they get it.

Theres nothing to get. Each piece is whatever you think it is. Dance is a thought-provoking form of communication. Farenwald creates choreogra Sidewinder: Thrilling, chilling, stomach-spilling John Drybred Intelligencer Journal Staff Stephanie Farenwalds first dance partner wasnt flesh and blood. When I was young, I always liked dancing in my living room with my shadow, she said.

Her shadow will probably be in the background for her concert called Tiny Dances May 8 through 11 at 8 p.m. at Co-Motion Theater, 208 E. King St. But her flesh-and-blood dance partners in the multi-media event will be George Winchell and Jan Pranckun. It will be the first time in quite a while that local audiences will be able to see Farenwald dance her own creations.

Shes primarily known as a teacher and choreographer, working at local public schools, for the Actors Company, Fulton Opera House, Ephrata Playhouse in the Park, and Dickinson College in Carlisle. 1 never wanted to be a professional dancer, said the woman who earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts for dance from Temple University in Philadelphia. I wanted to teach and choreograph. Her formal introduction to dance was as a junior in a high school near Chicago. There, you could take dance instead of gym, she said.

She came to Lancaster County with her father, an art director at the former Georgia Pacific plant here. Her last year of high school was in Manheim Township, where a teacher suggested she pursue a dance major at Temple. After going to Temple for awhile, she got married and had a child. It was 10 years later John P. Line Intelligencer Journal Staff Cover Story Stephanie Farenwald dances with her first-time partner.

Photo by Dan Marschka. Take two Dramamine and call me in the morning. Hersheypark on Thursday unveiled its $4.5 million Sidewinder roller coastervomit inducer and its incredible loops three forward and three backward. The parks fourth roller coaster, which throws its passengers at speeds around 50 mph, has more curves than Ellen Barkin. The brief, 80-second trip down 876 feet of track is both memorable and nauseating Located in -the Pioneer Frontier area of Hersheypark, the black-and-white coaster dominates the area.

As modern coasters go, Sidewinder is a dramatic improvement over the 87-acre parks not-so-sooperdooperLoop-er Riders are required to be at least 48 inches tall, have no heart trouble or high blood pressure and be of sound mind and body. After waiting in line forever, you and about 30 others climb aboard the coaster in a wooden shack. There, the ridemaster warns against standing up and holding loose articles which will inevitably fly off. A rubber harness, resembling an oversized life preserver, pins you to the seat. Theres not even room to raise your hands and wave goodbye to your loved ones who were smart enough to stick to the bumper cars.

The coaster is slowly pulled backward up a 115-foot hill, enabling the passengers to see the deadly, winding track below. A swoosh of air releases the grip and the coaster flies down the hill, like a free-fall down a crooked elevator shaft. All around, the riders begin yelling vowels: AyAyAyA, EeEeEeEe, Iilili, OhOhOhOh, You fly through the wooden shack, in front of the people waiting in line. The G-force is so strong that your face is wrapped past your ears. Because the coaster makes almost no sound, Weekend Spotlight Intelligeacer Journal photo by John P.

Lilies jller coaster, Sidewinder. ing made me swallow my gum. Despite its bending bonanza, the Sidewinder is still hard pressed to beat the wooden Comet roller coaster at the other end of Hersheypark. They both surpass the parks Trailblazer, a girly man coaster if ever there was one. More frightening, however, are the parks latest admission prices.

Regular admission runs $20.95, for those aged 3 to 8, its $17.95, and for senior citizens 62 and older, cough up $13.75. The park is also sporting two new shows for theatrical-minded visitors. At the Hersheypark Jukebox, visitors are treated to a nostalgic journey documenting the music that moved America from the 1940s to today. And at Hello America, visitors Hersheypark unveils its newest the air is filled instead with bloodcurdling screams. The coaster winds through a half-loop, followed by a half right-corkscrew, a half left-corkscrew, another half-loop and then a surprise 360-degree loop.

As you try to recall which way is up, the coaster flies up a hill, drawing it up even higher for a backward trip through the loops. At some points, it doesnt seem as if the coaster is going fast enough. The trips through the loops take almost too long and everyone is treated to the horror of thinking that maybe theyll fall out of their seats. But hey, isnt getting the stuffing scared out of you what riding these things are all about? Be forewarned: On the trip backward, the twisting and turn- Friday International Tuba Day celebration conceit, adjacent to the campus lake, Millersville University, 5:30 p.m., free. Rain site Student Memorial Center All-Purpose Room.

Saturday Loyalty Day Parade, beginning at North Lime and Orange streets at 2 p.m. Sunday Hayridenature walk, Wild-flowers of Pequea, Pequea Creek campground pavilion, 1 p.m. Editor's note Send listings for the Going Out Guide to Lynn Schmidt, Box 1328, 8 W. King Lancaster, Pa. 17603.

encounter a patriotic songfest with tunes representing the music of working America. The park officially opens for weekend business on Saturday, May 11. The park will resume its daily schedule on May 24 and continue through Labor Day, Sept. 2. Hershey announces upcoming shows The Beach Boys and Gloria Es-tefan will appear at Hershey-Park Stadium for two upcoming shows.

The Beach Boys will appear on Sunday, July 28 at 4 p.m. and Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine will appear on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. Tickets for the Beach Boys are and for Gloria Estefan..