60-year-old Lancaster man goes viral on TikTok rollerskating at Overlook Roller Rink
Dean Wenrich also known as #ShuffleDad has over 10 million combined views on TikTok skating to DMX s Ruff Ryders Anthem and Van Mcoy s The Hustle Author: Jermaine Rowley (FOX43) Updated: 10:51 PM EDT May 6, 2021
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. In 1974, Dean Wenrich, 13, worked at Overlook Roller Rink in Lancaster County seven days a week where he fulfilled multiple roles including janitorial duties.
Then, life happened. He met his wife, they had their first child and he worked two full-time jobs. Wenrich had to push Overlook Roller Rink to the back burner.
Wenrich, now 60 and works Lancaster City s Lead Hazard Control Program, has returned to the skating rink, but now a local star. Wenrich, also known as #ShuffleDad has over a million views on his daughter s TikTok account skating through Overlook Roller Rink.
When the DJ at the Overlook Roller Rink presses play on the Bee Geesâ âStayinâ Alive,â everyone on four wheels reports to the floor.
On a Saturday night at Overlook, thereâs a mix of young couples on dates, families with small children and members of the Dutchland Derby Rollers practicing their craft.
Amid the people and the unshakable groove from the brothers Gibb, thereâs 60-year-old Dean Wenrich. In his glasses and buttoned-down shirt tucked into jeans, Wenrich projects pure confidence as he shuffle skates around, and around, and around again.
Though he perhaps looks more like a favorite uncle than a dedicated weekly roller skater, Wenrich is a man of multitudes.