Author / Artist Ron Hevener Talks Horses

For Immediate Release
June 22, 2007

Contact:
Office of Ron Hevener
(717) 664-5089
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(Lancaster, PA) – Do you love horses? Horse figurines? Horse paintings? Horse stories? TV shows about horses? Talking about horses? That’s exactly what Author/Artist Ron Hevener will be doing during his upcoming tour of public libraries in Pennsylvania next month: Talking horses.

Currently, Mr. Hevener is filming the TV documentary for his novel, “Fate of the Stallion!” The family story, about an Arabian racehorse named “Nahgua,” took place in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country and over the years caught the imagination of horse lovers everywhere. When the original Nahgua died at age 23 last year, the press called him “One of Lancaster County’s most celebrated residents.”

Hevener remembers the moment. “I was out of town making plans for the documentary when I got the news,” he says. “We were set to start filming and I couldn’t believe it was happening. I guess I thought Nahgua would live forever.”

With the film, Nahgua just might do that. But, finding the right horse to portray the famous stallion was no easy task. “He had to be an Arabian, he had to be the color bay, and he had to be special,” the author says. “He had to have a star on his forehead, like Nahgua did, and, most of all, he had to love people.”

That special stallion was found at the U.S. Arabian National Horse Show in Kentucky. As Hevener studied some of the best young horses in the country, one of them stood calmly before the crowd. He was the color of Nahgua, with the mark of the star on his forehead, and it was clear that he was a crowd-pleaser. Hevener had made a rare find: a 16- Hand tall Arabian stallion, named Selket Louchiano.

“Louchiano was everything I imagined about Nahgua when I wrote the story,” says Hevener, who made his name as an artist by selling his original paintings, clay figurines and telling stories to tourists at Lancaster County farmers’ markets. “I had worked hard over the years and my career as an artist and writer had grown. This time, I was finding a horse at a national horse show instead of finding him at a country auction. I loved Louchiano right away. He was beautiful and powerful. Exactly the right horse for the film.”

But, the stallion was set to compete at an important show in Scottsdale, Arizona. “We couldn’t risk losing him,” says Hevener. “He had to go into training for the film right away.” Louchiano is currently in training at a stable in Christiana, PA.

Asked when the public can see Louchiano for themselves, Hevener says, “We’re filming him at the East Coast Arabian Championships in August.” Nahgua was originally stabled in one of their barns and the riding club is featured in the novel. The show is held yearly at the historic Quentin Riding Club, several miles north of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, near Lebanon.

(Photos of Selket Louchiano) –
http://www.ronhevener.com/horses/louchiano.html

Many times, it has been asked: How does Ron Hevener do it? Where does such energy and motivation come from? How did this inspiration get channeled into something so meaningful? How does he understand and portray the very essence and beauty of horses – (starting with his “own” animals): from breeding, owning, training, handling, showing
and racing horses from his own farms — to writing essays and novels about them — to designing figurines and watercolor paintings of them — to filming a TV documentary about them?

If you love horses, come meet the man who has taken that very same love – and designed an entire lifestyle around it. Says Hevener, “If you can stand up for what you love against all odds – then you are alive! Your imagination can leap the clouds. Your heart can race across the endless sands of time. The passion, adventure and glory of Arabian horses will live within you forever. And yours will be the Fate of the Stallion!”

Come join us for “The Mystery and Mastery of the Horse” with Author and Artist, Ron Hevener …….

*** TOUR OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES – JULY 2007 ***

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“THE MYSTERY AND MASTERY OF THE HORSE”
——- with Author and Artist, RON HEVENER ——-
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MANHEIM COMMUNITY LIBRARY – Manheim, PA
(Library System of Lancaster County)
July 19, 2007 — 6:30 PM
Ages 10 and Up
(717) 665-6700
Limited Seating / Sign-up Required
http://www.manheimlibrary.org/

GUTHRIE MEMORIAL LIBRARY – Hanover, PA
(York County Public Libraries)
July 23, 2007 — 1:00 PM
Family Program — Appropriate for All Ages
(717) 632-5183
http://www.guthrielibrary.org

LITITZ PUBLIC LIBRARY – Lititz, PA
(Library System of Lancaster County)
July 23, 2007 — 7:00 PM
Family Program — Appropriate for All Ages
(717) 626-2255
Limited Seating / Sign-Up Required
http://www.lititzlibrary.org/

BAYARD TAYLOR LIBRARY – Kennett Square, PA
(Chester County Library System)
July 24, 2007 — 7:00 PM
Family Program — Appropriate for All Ages
(610) 444-2702
Limited Seating / Sign-Up Required
http://www.ccls.org/libs/bayard.htm

QUARRYVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY – Quarryville, PA
(Library System of Lancaster County)
July 25, 2007 — 2:00 PM
Ages 12 and Up
(717) 786-1336
http://www.quarryvillelibrary.org/quarryville/site/default.asp

ELIZABETHTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY – Elizabethtown, PA
(Library System of Lancaster County, PA)
July 26, 2007 — 3:00 PM
Family Program — Appropriate for All Ages
(717) 367-7467
www.etownpubliclibrary.org

EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY LIBRARY – New Holland, PA
(Library System of Lancaster County)
July 26, 2007 — 7:00 PM
Family Program — Appropriate for All Ages
(717) 354-0525
Sign-Up Requested
http://www.elancolibrary.org/

ADAMSTOWN AREA LIBRARY – Adamstown, PA
(Library System of Lancaster County)
July 31, 2007 – 6:30 PM
Family Program — Appropriate for all Ages
(717) 484-4200
Limited Seating / Sign-up Required
http://www.adamstown.lib.pa.us/