Hitting the boards.What's that thundering sound? It's the roar of tappers across the country putting metal to wood as they celebrate National Tap Dance Day this month. In New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , the Tap Extravaganza (May 28) honors Jerry Ames, Jo Rowan, John Rowan, John (1773–1843) U.S. representative/senator; born in York, Pa. A lawyer, he represented Kentucky in Congress (Rep., 1807–09), returning to the state legislature (1813–24), and then going to the Senate (1825–39) where he chaired the Bedford, and Ralph Guild. New tappers will perform alongside old-timers. On May 18 the Chicago Human Rhythm Project kicks off a tribute to 90-year-old Ernest "Brownie" Brown with a medley of Chicago-area companies performing to Brownie's favorite music. And down in Austin, The Soul to Sole Tap Festival (May 31-June 4) includes a participant showcase, an improv A multidimensional Windows spreadsheet from Lotus that allows for easy switching to different views of the data. Data are referenced by name as in a database, rather than the typical spreadsheet row and column coordinates. Improv was originally developed for the NeXt computer. jam, a video night, a concert, and master classes with Arthur Duncan Arthur Duncan (born September 25, 1933, in Pasadena, California) is an American tap dancer, most known for his stint as a performer on The Lawrence Welk Show. He was the only African-American regular on the long-running series until Paul Humphrey joined the series in 1976 and Jane Goldberg. |
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