European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine by Dave Walczak education writer yearly trek through visual and performing arts concluded Friday morning in much the same Way it began in Ober Wesel West Germany. Hauling bags backpacks and bundles groups of teen agers shuffled toward buses thinking about their schoolwork their social life and their future. They left with something that can t be bundled or crammed into a suitcase. Call it knowledge or experience. For this select group of High school students however the something will forever be known As creative connections. You won t find this Back at school said Valerie Gerdes a Heidelberg High school senior. All this time devoted to  time began for the 1989 version of creative connections sunday evening when students and instructors got their first look at each other before delving into weaving dancing acting and seven other creative Art forms. What happened Between that first glance and the final View from a seat on a bus formed the tapestry of creative connections Woven from the collective experiences of those who lived it. Julia Rivellino sat Down on the sidewalk leaned against a Concrete slab and gazed Down at her script. This was a free hour before dinner when students could do As they wish. Yet practically everyone was working alone or in Small groups. I m in the mood for it said the Kaiserslautern High school senior explaining Why she preferred working to socializing. I m Reading one of my Story theater workshop stories trying to decide who s going to do what  Julia s script is James Thurber s Short Story the Unicorn in the Garden. From it she and her Story theater colleagues had to decide which words to deliver As dialogue and which to leave As narration. Her instructor Jack Carr decided to Combine Story theater with improvisation. Midway through the workshop the former University of Maryland professor expressed More Confidence in Julia than in his Choice of comedy As the working material. Julia brings a wonderful vitality he said. She never reveals that she s tired. You ask her to do the skit again and she does it again and again. Comedy depends extraordinarily on timing and How to use the audience. You can t expect 16 and 17-year Olds to have enough experience to know How to do that. But the fact that it s difficult does t mean that we should t take a Stab at  Ben Johnson sat on the Edge of the stage stretching his legs. Those limbs had cramped up More than once but he has Learned that pain is continued on pages 14 & 15 Anne Marie Dougherty works with strings during a workshop on weaving. Talented teens turn on to sunday february 26,1987 the stars and stripes Page 13