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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.
Butts was a resident of Jackson Heights, New York, and the game of Scrabble was invented there. [5] To memorialize his importance to the invention of the game, a street sign at 35th Avenue and 81st Street in Jackson Heights is stylized using letters with their values in Scrabble as a subscript .
Year Nominee / work Award Result 1994 Best Short Program (Tap Dogs) Video Dance Festival of Strasbourg Prize Won 1995 Best Theatre Choreographer (with David Atkins for Hot Shoe Shuffle)
Richard Bowie Spikes (October 2, 1878 – January 22, 1963) was an African-American inventor who held several United States patents. He is credited with developing and improving inventions such as a beer tap, a modification of an automatic gear shift mechanism for motor vehicles, and a safety braking system for trucks and buses.
Euchre is a classic card game that is currently enjoying a revival. Its simplicity and speed make it attractive to card players who have limited time, and its balance of luck and skill gives both ...
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 ...