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The Journal News Thursday May 8 2003 comingup Rockland White and the Seven 12:30 and 2:30 pm May 10 $11 Helen Hayes The atre Company 123 Main St Nyack 845 358 6333 Substitute Tooth Produc tions 1 pm May 10 ree Suffern ree Li brary 210 Lafayette Ave Suffern 845 357 1237 Yomo Toro: 845 786 0253 2 pm May 10 ree Haverstraw Middle School 16 Grand St Haverstraw Westchester Westco Productions 915 761 7463 10:30 am May 8 9 11 am May 10 $12 Rochambeau School Theater 228 ish er Ave White Plains Giving Tree and Other Little Theatre of the Deaf 3 pm May 10 $20 $14 The Performing Arts Center Purchase College Anderson Hill Road 914 251 6200 The Joan McGrath Dance Studio: 2:30 pm May 10 ree Port Chester Public Library 1 Haseco Ave Port Chester 914 939 6710 I Really Need to Know I teamed in The Play Group Theatre 914 946 4433 2 and 7 pm May 11 18 $15 $12 students $10 children 12 and under seniors Manor Club 1023 Esplanade Pelham Manor kids line A Way cool for kids of all ages Better than watching videos So so Only if a rainy day bother U6 Toddlers will love it Parents be cautioned Riding ummer may be more than a month away but at Playland Amusement Park the sea son kicks off this weekend with a 75th an niversary celebration guaranteed to blast you straight into cotton candy heaven The park which first opened in 1928 and has since been declared a National Historic Land mark begins the festivities at 11 am Saturday with performances from musicians magicians and pan tomime artists A parade and ribbon cutting will fol low at 11:30 am featuring the Port Chester High School Marching Band and the costumed Playland mascot Coaster the Dragon Rides and attractions will open at noon and remain open until 11 pm from noon to 6 pm a $750 wristband gets you on all the rides you can handle Playland has more than 50 rides divided between Kiddyland and the main amusement park with sev eral new attractions set to debut later this season: the Crazy Mouse Coaster (in the main park) and a goril la themed ride designed for kids and parents (in Kid dyland) But you have to wait until summer to ride the new Playland Express Train which includes the replica of an 1863 locomotive and which still chugs along at a pleasingly slow speed a soothing break from rides like the stomach churning Power Surge and the heart stopping Hurricane Coaster Playland Amusement opening celebration begins at 11 am Saturday ride wristbands go on sale at 10:30 am Rain date is May 17 Parking is $7 To get there take 1 95 to the Play land Parkway exit in Rye or more information call 914 813 7010 or visit wwwryeplaylandorg The Little Theatre of the Deaf How to describe a performance from the Little Theatre of the Deaf? see and hear every says Betty Beekman tour director of the Connecti cut based theater company which comes to the Per forming Arts Center tlii weekend is nobody off on the side doing sign language all integrat ed into the performance Sign language is our art form our choice of artistic The Little Theatre of Deaf which was founded in 1968 as an offshoot of the National Theatre of the Deaf features an ensemble of three deaf actors and one hearing actor who work at re creating literature on the stage see and hear the says Beekman then you see it The current show Giving Tree and Other begins with an introduction to sign Ava CrockettThe Journal News Riders shriek with delight as they zoom around a turn on the Sky Skater at Playland JSSeas language and is followed by an improvisational game that asks audience members for special requests which actors then attempt to illustrate on stage (Past requests have included demonstrations of a flushing toilet and a helicopter landing in cake batter both of which were successfully improvised by troupe mem bers says Beekman) That improvisational game has always been a mainstay of every Little Theatre of the Deaf per formance and helps the troupe fulfill its aim mission is to entertain and to bring literature to life on says Beekman theater of the deaf for Giving Tree and Other Stories" will be presented at 3 pm Saturday at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College Tick ets are $14 and $20 Call 914251 6200 To learn more about the Little Theatre of the Deaf visit wwwntdorg On the Stage The Clarkstown amily Resource Center Partner ship will present an intergenerational show tonight featuring senior citizens along with actors ages 11 to 14 The workshop performance I Am Was Your Age" is an original work created by actors in the pro gram Show time is 7:30 pm today tickets are $5 for adults $2 for childrenseniors At the Helen Hayes Theatre Company 113 Main St Nyack or infor mation about the show call 845 638 4110 More than 60 kids from Westchester Rockland New Jer sey and the Bronx will appear in the Stage Left Chil Theater production of presented this weekend at the Rittenhausen Theater on ifth Avenue in Nyack Showtimes are 7 pm riday 1 and 7 pm Saturday and 1 pm Sunday (also 7 pm May 16 1 and 7 pm May 17 and 1 pm May 18) Tickets are $12 adults $10 children Call 845 365 9000 The Arts Alliance of Haverstraw concludes its Performing Arts Series with a show featuring Yomo Toro known as the master of Puerto Ri can cuatro guitar 2 pm Saturday free Haverstraw Middle School auditorium 16 Grand St Haverstraw 845 786 0253 Westport Country Playhouse will present original works by Connecticut children per formed by members of Play Touring Theatre See of Our Own" at 2 pm Saturday tickets are $9 and $12 The Westport Country Playhouse is at 25 Powers Court off Route 1 in Westport Conn 203 227 4177 The White Plains based Play Group Theatre will present I Really Need to Know I Learned in a musical based on the books by Robert ulgham 2 and 7 pm Sunday (and 2 and 7 pm May 18) at the Manor Club Theater 1023 Esplanade Pel ham Tickets are $15 adults $12 students $10 sen iorschildren 12 and under 914 846 4433 Just for Day Why not start off the day with an 8 am Day Warbler Walk at the Lenoir Preserve? The bird watching trek is co sponsored by the Hudson River Audubon Society ree bring binoculars 19 Dudley St on the Yonkers Hastings border 914 968 5851 for get that Mother's Day for animals too which means you can celebrate at the Bronx Zoo where new moms will be caring for baby giraffes gorillas and rhinos Special storytelling presentations will be offered at 11:30 am 1:30 and 3:30 pm in tire Wild Asia Theater And if more partial to cold blooded creatures check out the Reptile Review at the Cranberry Lake Preserve on Route 22 in North White Plains set to begin at 2 pm ree 914 428 1005 Mothers get free admission all day at the Step ping Stones Museum for Children 303 West Ave in Nor See Ride next page kidsnotes Linda Lombroso Kids news and notes llombrostbejoumalnewscom or 914 6945059 Mt Vernon plans road rally MARYSHUSTACK The Journal News Racers start your engines! the com mand partici pants of the Mount Vernon Grand Prix Vl will likely hear June 1 And once the flag is waved an after noon of Indy style racing in small scale vehicles will follow along Gra matan Avenue Drivers will maneuver their cars on a designated course between Lincoln and Prospect avenues in this event sponsored by the City of Mount Ver non its Chamber of Com merce and its Merchants Association Spectators are encour aged to line the course cheering on their favorite teams drawn from area corporations and organi zations The charity event proceeds will benefit the Mount Vernon Summer Jobs for Youth Program will include several heats of races during the early afternoon followed by the Grand Champi onship Race at 3:45 and an awards ceremony at 5 In addition to the rac ing the activities will also include enter tainment and an antique auto show A training day for rac ers will be held May 18 with registration forms requested by May 15 Owners of vintage ve hicles who might like to participate in the auto show are also being sought The event's rain date is June 8 Call 914 699 7230 Reach Maty Shustack at mshus tacthejoumalnewscom or 9146945040 rtfbit tam gR eg xfeifl Tjrgff arfrUsr txtsgu hi jrsitaB Kfcbrtl euisl: jJji in a tiists vqvO swl vi MH icar nr 4ti maJ!.