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TRIVIA National Tap Dance Day - May 25 1989 The American Congress declared May 25 National Tap Dance Day. This day is the birthday of legendary tap dancer Bill Robinson. Nothing stops the rest of the world from celebrating this day as The International Tap Dance Day. Radio Rix FM invited Hillevi Durlind and Mattias Lundmark to Rix MorronZoo for some tap talk. Mattias tried to teach Gert Fylking how to perform a shuffle. More pics: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)                   BOOKS ABOUT TAP The Tap Dance Dictionary - Mark Knowles The ultimate dictionary of tap steps. With Shim sham, B.S. Chorus and more than 50 different timesteps. Tapworks: A Tap Dictionary and Reference Manual - Beverly Fletcher History and dictionary, tap steps A-Z. Inside Tap: Technique and Improvisation For Today's Tap Dancer - Anita Feldman Description of tap steps, practice, technique and improvisation. The Souls of Your Feet - A Tap Dance Guidebook For Rhythm Explorers - Acia M. Gray Description of tap steps, technique and practice. Tap Dancing: Rhythm in Their Feet - Heather Rees This book is British so the terminology is slightly different. history, steps, technique. TAP HISTORY Tap! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and Their Stories 1900-1955 - Rusty E. Frank Tap Roots: the Early History of Tap Dancing - Mark Knowles Jazz Tap: From African Drums to American Feet (African Diaspora) - Anne E. Johnson (for kids) Talking Feet: buck, flatfoot and tap - Mike Seeger Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance - Marshall Winslow Stearns, Jean Stearns                 BIOGRAPHIES Brotherhood in Rhythm: The Jazz Tap Dancing Of The Nicholas Brothers - Constance Valis Hill Class Act - Cholly Atkins, Jacqui Malone Gene Kelly: A Life of Dance and Dreams - Alvin Yudkoff Gonna Do Great Things: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. - Gary Fishgall In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. - Wil Haygood Mr. Bojangles: The Biography of Bill Robinson - Jim Haskins, N. R. Mitgang Savion! : My Life in Tap - Savion Glover (for kids) Steps in Time - Fred Astaire Tapping The Source: Tap Dance Stories, Theory And Practice - Brenda Bufalino All books are in English and can be ordered from your lokal book store or from internet book sites as www.amazon.com (USA), www.amazon.co.uk (England), www.amazon.de (Germany), www.barnesandnoble.com (USA).       VIDEO/DVD There are lots of tap instruction videos and DVDs with varied quality. Here we recommend some that Rusty Frank has produced. More info and more DVDs on her homepage www.swingshiftontap.com. Also check out videos and DVDs at www.justtap.com and www.amazon.com. Rusty Frank and The 1930's B.S. Chorus Eddie Brown's B.S. Chorus Leonard Reed's Shim Sham Shimmy Leonard Reed's "The Revenge Of The Shim Sham"

Mattias and Gert A workshop with show group Jeerk at Swedish Swing Society. (2005) Rytm ba performs to an astonished audience (4) in Kungsträdgården during "Smaka på Stockholm" week. (2004) Larsa tapping on Drottninggatan in Stockholm accompanied by Anders on sax and Curre on guitar. (2004) Tap jam in Helsinki, Finland