When the metal hits the deck.NY Imagine floating before the Manhattan skyline with a river breeze at your neck, when the after dinner strains of a live jazz combo give way to the goose-bump-raising thunder of rhythm tap. You're onboard the Tap City Jazz Boat Ride and Tap Jam, and the 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. Tap Festival masters and mentors are laying it down in traditional street style. It's the best party of the summer. In Tony Waag's Tap City, June 25-July 3, the past and future of American tap dance converge: The historic material of Buster Brown, Charles "Honi" Coles, and Gregory Hines Gregory Hines (February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was a Tony Award-winning American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Born Gregory Oliver Hines is delivered through the feet of Brenda Bufalino Brenda Bufalino is an artist of the tap dance world. In a career spanning several decades, she has worked with many influential artists. Bufalino founded the American Tap Dance Foundation. External links
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