The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 121

Next month, plan trips that take in parks, history, tulips nxsn UEMJRAL This may be the summer to visit Philadelphia, celebrating the 200th birth Dolly Parton will be coming 'round the mountain next weekend to snip ribbons for a $6 million expansion to Spring, and a flower-fancier's thoughts turn to tulips. At least in a town as Dutch as Holland, which cele brates Tulip Time May 13-16. "We claim to be the second largest flower festival in the USA, behind the Rose Bowl," says festival director Todd Schuiling. Holland (population: 25,000, with 60-65 percent of Dutch ancestry) has 5.5 million tulips planted for the celebration. Also featured: Klompen dancers, street scrubbers and a 50-band parade.

Information: (616) 396-4221 Tulip Time, too, in Pella, Iowa. The dates are May 7-9. Again, tulips, dancers, scrubbers and a parade. Information: (515) 628-431 1 Indianapolis is all geared up for the 500 Festival, opening next Saturday with a mayor's breakfast and ending May 23 with a gigantic parade. Next day, May 24, is the big race.

Information: (317) 636-4556 for the festival; (317) 241-2500 for the race. Terry Murphy day of the U.S. Constitution. An "All Roads Lead to Philadelphia" weekend, May 22-25, features a colonial fair and music extravaganza of rock, blues, jazz, country and show tunes. On down the road, gigantic fireworks highlight "Freedom Festival," July 3-5.

And on July 16, the U.S. Congress convenes in Philadelphia for the first time since it left for Washington, D.C, in 1 800. On the exact date of the Constitutional anniversary, Sept 17, Philadelphia hosts what's being billed as the USA's largest parade ever. All activities are part of the city's "We The People 200" celebration, continuing through December. Information: (800) 523-2004, ext 87 Can't make the Kentucky Derby? Catch the Preak-ness, second jewel of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown.

It's May 1 6 at Pimlico in Baltimore. Information: (301) 542-9400 Ride a restored, 60-year-old roller coaster. Hershey Lake Compounce, the nation's oldest continuously operating amusement park (since 1846), reopens May 9 in Bristol-Southington, with a $22 million expansion. Information: (203) 582-6333. her theme park, Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge, Term.

The expansion, dubbed Daydream Ridge, is "directed to Dolly's childhood dreams," says marketing director Dan Rohlman. Among the highlights careening down a mountain on a water ride called Mountain Slidewinder, watching teddy bears made the old-fashioned way and treating yourself at a country candy store. Park season continues through Oct 25. Information: (615) 428-9400 Plenty doin' in Louisville, next month. Next Saturday, it's the 1 1 3th running of the Kentucky Derby.

Information: (502) 636-3541. Then, on May 23, a new theme park called Kentucky Kingdom opens. Rides, live entertainment, antebellum settings. Information: (502) 363-6633 For sophisticated horsing around, catch the Hunt Country Stable Tour in Upperville and Middle-burg, Vsl, May 23-24. Information: (703) 592-371 1 Opera, jazz and lots more at Spoleto USA, one of the nation's premiere cultural festivals, May 22-June 7 in Charleston, S.C.

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