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He is known as a "soft shoe expert", [1] and he invented the Slap Step. [2] Rector was the protégé of John Leubrie Hill [ 3 ] and later danced as a team with Ralph Cooper . He danced in notable revues, including Darktown Follies (1914), Tan Town Topics (1926), Blackbirds of 1928 , Hot Rhythm (1930), Rhapsody in Black (1931), Blackberries of ...
Some beginner tap shoes have heels made of plastic. [28] The toe box of the tap shoe is located on the front of the shoe for the purpose of reinforcing the shoe; however there are tap shoes that use a soft leather instead. [28] A single tap shoe has two taps: one under the heel, and another under the toes. [27] Popular tap shoe makers include ...
Leonard Reed. Leonard Reed (January 7, 1907 in Lightning Creek, Oklahoma – April 5, 2004 in West Covina, California) was an American tap dancer, co-creator with his partner, Willie Bryant, of the famous Shim Sham Shimmy (Goofus) tap dance routine.
In his 80s, Butts invented another game, titled simply Alfreds Other Game, [12] released in 1985 by Selchow and Righter. [13] Also a tile-based game, it includes 144 letter tiles and four playing boards. [4] Players receive 36 letters from which they try to make as many word combinations as possible. [14] Butts called it "simultaneous solitaire ...
West Side Story (1980) Dancer; Paint Your Wagon (1986) Dancer; Rasputin (1987) Dancer; My Fair Lady (1989) Dancer; Man of La Mancha (1990) Dancer; 42nd St (1991) Actor, Dancer; Hot Shoe Shuffle (1993) Choreographer, Dancer
Richard B. Spikes was born in San Francisco, California and the fifth of nine children of Monroe Spikes, a barber, and his wife Medora (Kirby) Spikes. [1] Two of his younger brothers, John Curry Spikes (1881–1955) and Reb Spikes (1888–1982), were musicians and songwriters (Someday Sweetheart, a jazz standard [1919] was their biggest hit). [2]
He attended school through the eighth grade and as a young man he worked as a salesman. He served in the Michigan Air National Guard and worked on the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company before taking a job at Lakeside Toys in Minneapolis. He moved his family to Minnesota in 1962. He invented dozens of other toys and games, and had 97 ...
Paul Alling Sperry born in New Haven, Connecticut, the second of three sons born to Nettie Alling Sperry and Sereno Clark Sperry. [1] His younger brother, Armstrong Wells Sperry, was a writer and illustrator of children's literature, best known for his 1941 Newbery Medal-winning book, Call It Courage. [1]