Wonderful work my hoofer friend! been tapping for 55 years! also a award winning dance teacher! still tapping, after two open heart bypasses!!!! at 60 yrs still love the art that it is. So much today is gone! old school tap wings, and riffs they don't teach it to day! and the taps sound are not as good as the old twin tone... and to see what they are teaching ! it a crime... thank you for your web site really enjoy it! keep tapping ! ps if you need to know about twin tone taps dumont made them 1947--- 1976... which they would made them again... you can type in dumont twin tone tap, and see the patten drawing, of the tap.... once again thank you! sam pica.

how are you?

Great Site

Very informative sight. Loved it all! According to my friend, Bunny Briggs, the hoofers used to greet each other with "Bamalam" instead of the usual "hello".

Hal LeRoy and his wife, Ruth, were friends of my family. We all lived in Maywood, NJ, USA.

Nice site, just swingin by

I tapped danced from 7yrs. old till I was 16. And loved every minute of it.

One time I was tapping so fast that I actually cracked the wood floor! Probably more of a statement on the carpentry rather than my skills...

Hey! I want to start a tap dance group in Preston or near the Preston. If anyone is interested please email me annika.puura@gmail.com

Does anyone know of a Senior Tap Group in SJC area? Would like to contact them, if possible. E-mail tj2391@aol.com

this is ok bt add color to ur front page

this is ok bt add color to ur front page

My Passion is Tap Dancing.

Love this site. Great dancers.

I LOVE THE PAGE.

Great site! I'm here for the fishing :-)

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Alert ("Hoofers club")

This site is wonderful! If anyone knows of any tapping gigs or teaches needed in the Washington Metropolitan area please email me!

These legends were exceptional because of their innate musical ability I’m glad you pay homage to them.

sheila  sheila@hotmail.com
US
-Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 04:05:12 (BST)

Maga dey here guys okkkkkkkkkkkk.

If you love tap dance, get down to Sadler's Wells from 13-16 June to see Savion Glover in London for the first time. Mr Glover won a Tony Award in 1996 for the Broadway smash hit Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk and was also most recently the feet of Mumbles in Happy Feet!

Let me know if you are interested and I'll send you a flyer!

Where could I have a lesson in Tap-dancing in London? We're a group of around 20 people being in London 11th till 13th of November 2007- and we would LOVE being taught how to danse this wonderful, "goofy" danse, tapdancing.
kind regards - Hanne from Denmark

l love this site

1954-19** New York, If you could not Dance,play basketball, or sing you were out! Great website. Visit me at
OldHeidelberg.com

Hello Hoofers Club!
I'm eager to know what exactly went on in your days with in the dance world. So i went out to a library in Liverpool and found a book: The Black Tradition In American Dance. I'm studying in Liverpool, doing; dance and fine art with design. So i went onto the internet, browsed about and found Hoofers Club. It is really amazing to know the background way before my time (1987). That would be wicked to be on your guest list.

Hello Hoofers Club!
I'm eager to know what exactly went on in your days with in the dance world. So i went out to a library in Liverpool and found a book: The Black Tradition In American Dance. I'm studying in Liverpool, doing; dance and fine art with design. So i went onto the internet, browsed about and found Hoofers Club. It is really amazing to know the background way before my time (1987). That would be wicked to be on your guest list.

Hit the floor hard baby it's theraputic for me i take my frustrution out out the floor.After i get through hitting the floor I'm good...very good.Holla at ya boy when ya see him....Brooklyn..Bed Stuy...Tap or Die...

Wonderful research. I'm working on a film script about early black theatre in the US and so much info here is of interest and inspiration. Thank you for sharing this.

Thank you for the History Lesson

This is a really interesting website with excellent information.

Lovely site!

vcbv

great website, im looking for a chance...i want to be a great tap dancer, i have been working on it for the past 2 years and im very good and i just want to learn so much more. I have danced in theatre and i loved every second of it and i just knew thats where i belong on the stage. im a 16 yr old girl and i have a dream and im looking for someone to give me that chance. if anybody is out there please contact me, i will not let you down. i promise

great site, well laid out

Cool site, lots of info...

Nice resource. Thanks :)

So much history...

coolest site ever

Excellent site!

Hi!!! It is my dream to become a tap dancer and I have been highly inspired by the likes of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Tony do you have any tips like really good schools because I am growing out of mine at 16 and need to progress to more serious schools? Could you get back to me help needed. How did you get where you are today I really have to make it because tap makes me feel alive. It is with tap only that I feel you can really dance to music.

Hi, I was just doing a surf on Tap Dancing. I have recently opened my own business. Called 'Viva La Diva' I moved from Sydney to Bendigo and decided to do something about my life. I can't dance like I used to (I Belly Dance now). More people need to know the history of Tap Dancing and Dance..

Nice Site :)

Great website for tap resources to be used in my dance classes!

www.hoofershouse.net

This is so incerdible to just click onto a website and be able to find so many interesting things about the past and current tap masters and hoofers. Much love to Gregory Hines. He will never be forgotten and his style and grace shall live on through all tap dancers throughout the world! Keep on keepin' on peeps and never stop dancing! Why dance?...Why breathe? That is my motto for life..

thought your site was interesting, i really want to learn more about hoofing i am 30 and started taping 3yrs ago and have fallen in love with it, but i love the hoofing of Savion Glover, the late Gregory Hines, And my fav would be Sammy Davis JR.All we have around my part of the world is traditional tap. Thank You, Adam

I AM DOING A PREPORT ON TAP.THANKS FOR THE IMFROMATION,IT HELPED ME ALOT.I AM GETTING TO LIKE TAP NOW THAT I READ ABOUT.WE ARE DOING A PLAY ON TAP.CAN YOU MAKE IT TO PS93 IN THE BRONX BOYTON STORY AVE

Now after i have looked through this website I have gotten lots more info for my research project Holla Back When You See Me In The Streets

I AM DOING A PREPORT ON TAP.THANKS FOR THE IMFROMATION,IT HELPED ME ALOT.I AM GETTING TO LIKE TAP NOW THAT I READ ABOUT.WE ARE DOING A PLAY ON TAP.CAN YOU MAKE IT TO PS93 IN THE BRONX BOYTON STORY AVE

Your website is helping me with my class black history show HOLLA

Hi Im studying things about the hoofers club for a repot. By the way your website is great I got alot of information from it and thanks to you I'll have a wonderful report.

Oops! Pressed a button before I could coment!! Anyway, great site. I'm doing a degree in performing arts and needed some info on tap dancing. thanks so much!

I was glad to find the site via a google seach, but it didn't tell me what I wanted to know which is, where in England/London can I buy a Video tape that will teach me how to tap dance?
Can anyone help me?
Jackie

My name is Ludmila and I'm from Brazil. I love tap dancing and I'd like to stay in contact with others tap dancers in UK, because we can change information about it.
I liked this site a lot because we can learn more about this perfect kind of dance.

I would like to say that I LOVE To tap dance but I just don't know how to put myself out there enough. But I love to hoof. I'm like your page it's hot.

I loved the site tap dancing is such a freedom i do lots of dancing but tap is the only one that makes my body feel as one with music, this site and contents has been inspiring many thanks
Laura *****

Your website was a big help for me...i can't seem to get enough info for my senior project, which I'm basing on Tap Dancing. Your info on tap dancing helped me get what I needed!

Thank you for clarifying the history of tap. While preparing a lecture about tap and reviewing hours and hours of tap videos, I know have a better perspective where and how the different sytles emerged.

Hi everyone. I just want to say how much i love dancing. I am wanting to be a professional dancer when i am older and all your little clips and advice has made me truly inspired. I am 15 years old and have been dancing since i was 4. Its the best thing that has happened to me. Lots of love Lauren x x

I love the web-site. Thanks so much for the good information.

I love this cite!!! I have been dancing since the age of 3 and have continued for 17 years and counting. Tap is a great release of emotion and in my opinion everyone should at least try it. When you're bothered by something strap on your shoes and forget about everything else. Tap is my passion and I love to see how many other people have been touched by this too!!!

Hey
I am a 13 year old tapper and I love tap dancing!!
It is the best but up here in Canada it isnt such a huge hit. DO you know of any performers coming to canada? thanks for the info- luv the site-

Hi Tony!
Nice web-site! I have a Great gentleman by the name of Leonard Reed he is 96years old. This information is for you and your quest. He is
well known for creating the shim sham shimmy.
We are creating a web-site for him. He's worked
with Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway and many, many
more. t-shirts, autographed photos, etc. will be
available soon. Questions e-mail me.
Barbara

I think this is a great site. I neede to find information about the Cotton Club for my Jazz exam and I found the information on this site very usefull

Love your website, so informative and interesting.I would love to be on your mailing list. I am a (very) Mature age Tapper having danced for half a century and still going strong. Hope to be able to meet some fellow tappers when I visit U.K.later in year.

As a dance educator for 15 years, I truly appreciate being able to 'brush' up on tap history. Thanks for all of the valuable info!!

Great site. Lost count of all the times I clicked on your videos! Thanks.
Véro

I grew up in Harlem in the 60's. I've been to several of the establishments mentioned but I missed the Savoy, as the contruction of Delano Village started on the old site of the ballroom. Maybe you can help me. There was a ballroom on the corner of 137th street and 7th ave (at the time) but the name escapes me. Are you familiar with the establishment?
I really enjoyed your site and hope to see more sites of this type. It's so inportant history is not lost.

Tony

I have to do a teaching session, and have chosen this as my subject. This site has been very informative, thanks¬!

Brilliant site. Much information - some I knew some I didn't. There's always something new to learn, whether it be new choreography or great tappers of the past. I'm still going at 48 and started as a child. What a brilliant way to keep fit along with creating new and interesting (and difficult) amalgamations. Keep up the good work.

Thanks Tony for more info on the Hoofers Club...you are right, info is sketchy. I found reference to a guy named Big John, aka "Meatball" in Dicky Wells bio THE NIGHT PEOPLE. Wells was a tombonist, known esp for work with the Basie band and spent alot of time at cutting contest at the Hoolub in the 30's...I guess it was quite a scene for the musicians too. I dance and teach tap at Indiana University and I'm working on a masters in Afro- American Studies...Thanks for sharing the info and pictures...Aprreciatively...Allana

Thanks Tony for more info on the Hoofers Club...you are right, info is sketchy. I found reference to a guy named Big John, aka "Meatball" in Dicky Wells bio THE NIGHT PEOPLE. Wells was a tombonist, known esp for work with the Basie band and spent alot of time at cutting contest at the Hoolub in the 30's...I guess it was quite a scene for the musicians too. I dance and teach tap at Indiana University and I'm working on a masters in Afro- American Studies...Thanks for sharing the info and pictures...Aprreciatively...Allana

i think your website rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hello
i like to find web site that has a little more information about tap dance. my son attends Genesis dance school in queens ny. his homework, yes homework from dance school was to bring in a report on gregory hines and savon glover, also to 5 other tap dancers. i have not been able to locate any useful information. please help. is there a web site that we can use. thank you.

I think that this club is great. i have been tap dancing now for eleven years and i love browsing the web to find sites on the style of dance i love the most.

I'm working on a tap website and I stumbled across your page. It is absolutely incredible Thank you so much for taking the time to write down a piece of the history behind modern tap dancing. I have been tapping for about 11 years and there is nothing I love more in the world. I want nothing more in the world than to be a known tapper like Ann Miller who is my tap idol. Again thank you so much and I will be putting a link to this site on mine because I think everyone should learn more about tap and this is the place to look for the in depth history of an incredible art form.

I'm working on a tap website and I stumbled across your page. It is absolutely incredible Thank you so much for taking the time to write down a piece of the history behind modern tap dancing. I have been tapping for about 11 years and there is nothing I love more in the world. I want nothing more in the world than to be a known tapper like Ann Miller who is my tap idol. Again thank you so much and I will be putting a link to this site on mine because I think everyone should learn more about tap and this is the place to look for the in depth history of an incredible art form.

Hi I've just found your site whilst doing some research for my own web site on Tap Dancing I am studying web design and our assignment is to design and build our first web page. I am also a tap dancer(a more mature dancer i mignt add). I have one lesson a week and our teacher puts on a show every 18months or so and at the beginning of May I made my first debut on stage dancing with our group of ladies we danced to Razzle Dazzle. We did ok but we could have been better but I dont think we let Sue our teacher down too much. The audience seemed to like it anyway. In the show were all of her other students the youngest being 3yrs old, the oldest about 63yrs old.I will be visiting the site again in the near future.
Marilyn Coates

Hi! great site I'm a hoofer and i'm 11 years old i've been tapping for 8 years gotta go send me an e mail

Hello!
We are Alex and Ann.We are dancers.teacher of jazz,modern choreography.You are welcome!!!
Alex-Ann.

thanks for having a great site. i take tap, jazz and hip hop and its great to learn the history of something I love. I needed info for a project and this has a lot of cool information!

you need more modern tap news

Great site. I teach tap for two schools locally adn am keen to learn more and more. I would love to hear from any hoofers out there who may know lots of places to get books, tapes, info on choreography etc.

Came accross your site whilst browsing ,looking for somewhere I might be able to join a class or a jam while I am in U.K. and Europe May, June 2002. Very impressed with all your news and features. I am a " mature aged" lady, I do two x1&1/2 hour tap classes a week here in Melbourne and have just started doing a Jazz ballet class as well. Would love to do a little while I am visiting your country. Josie

Im a big fan of dancing.
i've just finished watchin 'save the last dance'(3times)now i want to do hiphop dancing i already do disco and frestyle im now 11.
Gotta dash. l8tr

Most inspirational, especially for someone like me who, after 10 years in the wilderness (mostly office work) has finally found her way back to this old and strongest passion. Does your club have a London venue? If so, I'd love to join up. Looking forward to hearing from you.

I need more time to digest your site but have been very interested in the reading so far. I visited with the hope of being able to find out where to get hold of an instructional video in the UK. There do not seem to be any outlets here for the purchase that I have come across and buying from the USA puts the price up considerably. I am an old beginner and would love to be able to practice in the comfort of my own home too as once a week class is not enough. Can you help me please.

Wow! It is a TRUE pleasure to discover your site. I am a tap and flamenco dancer by trade. Still studying. But now I have discovered within myself a strong desire to learn the Hoofer technique. Hope you can share some suggestions. I am located in North HOllywood, CA

Thanks again for this site.

best2ualways,

fifi

I love to tap dance. I started when i was three and im am still doing it now 12 years later. i recently took intermediate tao (istd) and recieved an A 92%. I love dancing but i am also quite academic and now that i am leaving school i am not sure whether to go into full time training or a normal college doing a levels. PLease could you tell me what sort of jobs would be available to me from dance training full time.

I love to tap dance. I started when i was three and im am still doing it now 12 years later. i recently took intermediate tao (istd) and recieved an A 92%. I love dancing but i am also quite academic and now that i am leaving school i am not sure whether to go into full time training or a normal college doing a levels. PLease could you tell me what sort of jobs would be available to me from dance training full time.

This is a great site. I just found it and love what I see. I did not start tap dance until I was an adult, but after 111 years of tapping, I like to share my love of tap with others witha great program called the Tap Dance Sampler. It gets people who never had the opportunity to tap, a shot at it. All someone has to do to learn some steps is simply tell me what their shoe size is so we can go to the many boxes of tap shoes and find a pair his or her size, so they can get a taste of one of the most fun form of dances there is on the planet. It is now a part of a First Night celebration not far from here. I also have a nice display of tap dance of the past for others to get to know all the great tappers of the past

derek h. if u c this pleze rreply via site, bcos icant bleve this is hapnin

This is a wonderful site for tap dancers arond the world! I love it!

I enjoyed reading about your site. I am 34 and run my own stage school, have done so for 15years. I love teaching, but there is nothing more amazing than tapping to the rhythm! I get lost in the music and the music comes through me into my tapping.

Great viewing, I have been tapping since I was 9, I am 18 now and would love to do this as aproffesion. I am a qualified ISTD teacher but there is nothing like to Freestyle Jazz Tap. Keep on Tapping.

I really enjoyed this site, plenty of information regarding the tap subject. I have been tapping for the past 25 years. There is always different rythums to learn, and you know you are never too old too learn.

Pls send me some information or newsletter regarding to your website.
Thank You!!.

I cannot comment right now cause im new in this web site,would you send me more information regarding this.

I cannot comment right now cause im new inthis web site,would you send me more information regarding this.

I ENJOYED READING ABOUT THE HOOFERS CLUB MEMBERS.
I AM A PRO FREESTYLE DANCER(NOT BREAKDANCING)AND
THE RULES THEY SHARED AT THE CLUB WE LIVE.LIKE,
TO BE A INDIVIDUAL,TO HAVE YOUR OWN STYLE.
FREESTYLE DANCING IS THE SELF EXPRESSION OF A
DANCERS SOUL AT THE TIME OF A DANCE NUMBER.
THIS SITE IS A INSPRATION TO PEOPLE THAT SHARE
MY VISION,IN THAT DANCERS THAT CRE8 THEIR OWN
STYLE SHOULD BE VIEWED AS DANCE ARTIST!
COMING SOON FREESTYLEDANCE.COM MY SITE.
BKA. AVANT-GARDE....JASON U. HARDING.
I LOVE THIS SITE...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happened on your web site by accident. I have only had time for a quick look today but will be back in the future. Good to see so much interesting work. Tap dancing's going strong. How could it ever be otherwise. It's great fun and exciting to watch too.

Mari

GREat StUff! Tap, tap and away...

From the age of three i did tap & Ballet & then at the age of six i had to move & i could only do Ballet.I really enjoyed Dancing & then sadly when I had Just turn nine I had to give up Dancing all together because my swimming lesson had to be changed & there was only 15 minutes between them both so I didn't have enough time! I would love to Join another group like you!
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its very good now do we get mail throughthe post
and prises and stuffif i say good things.

i think ur page is great!!! i lurve dance. i do ballet, tap, jazz, everything!!!

I think this page is the best, because the person in the back is doing pullbacks!

i enjoyed the web page!

As a tap dance lover and friend of tap community I think you are doing a great job.
I also thnik you are missing one of the greatest tap dancer Jimmy Slyde in your club guests list. Thank you

Thanks for all this imformation !!!

I think tap is the best thing god ever created! One day i want 2 be on a stage like the people off of stomp and create my own sound!!!! I am so thankful that god gave me such an awesom talent 2 tap! I love all dancing but tap tops them all!!! It inspires me soooo much!! And not alot of people give us tap dancers alot of credit! It always goes 2 the ballet dancers! And i love ballet but Tap is so fun! In ballet u have 2 be so serious. Tap its like u can just be so loose and have so much fun and u dont have 2 be serious! I hope one day i will be in N.Y.C dancing up on satge w/ no music making my own noises!!!!!!!!!!!!

It´s a real great side - and a very good idea!

I like your new tap site very much...
It is really good..

Best Regards

Hello,
I'm Marquita Watkins, better known
as TapDanceKidd to many.I'm one of taps biggest
fans. I only started tapping at the age 11 and
I'm still doing it now at the age of almost 18.
To me tap seems to be one of the most best and
original forms of art to express your inner-self
as well as your outer-self. Just tapping with my
feet with no tap shoes on makes me feel as if I'm
in a world of my own. I think everyone should
enjoy the experience of tapping. If they can't do
it ateast watch it. Especially rhythm tap. My goal
in life is to become one of the most well known
original hoofers of all time. Like Savion Glover
and Gregory Hines who are my favorite. The Hoofers
Club is one of the best things to join if you
are a tap-a-holic like myself. If anyone knows
any connections or would like to see how good of
a tapper I am please feel free to email at
anytime.
Sincerly,
Marquita Watkins
a.k.a. (TapDanceKidd)

I'm one of taps biggest fans. I only started tapping at the age 11 and I'm still doing now at the age of almost 18. To me tap seems to be one of the most original ways of art to express your inner-self as well as your outer-self. Just tapping with my feet with no tap shoes on makes me feel as if I'm in a world of my own. I think everyone sshould enjoy the experience of tapping. If they can't do it at least watch it. Especially rhythm tap. My goal in life is to become one of the most well known original hoofers of all time. Like Savion Glover and Gregory Hines who are my favorite. The Hoofers Club is one of the best things to join if you are a tap-a-holic like myself. If anyone knows any connections or would like to see how good of a tapper I am please feel free to email at anytime.

I thought this was a really interesting site. I love to tap dance and I'm glad you can let other people see how much fun every body else has doing it! You did a very good job presenting all the well know tap dancers!

What a big pile of bullshit. I've never seen such a load of old cack.

;-))

I like I like!!!

I like the site, I like the interesting subject, it is my interest to know. Thank you.
Don...

wooow... great work..

I really enjoyed it.. keep going your work..
It is really nice to learn about Tap dance..

I loved the site. I am doing a research paper
on the history of tap dance and I got a lot of
useful data. I have been a tap dancer since the
age of three, and I am now eighteen. This site
was a great place to read about the greats that
loved to tap as much as I do!!

Chenoah Johnson

GrEaT JoB ToNy********************I Do nOt UnDeRsTanD
TaP DaNcInG...BuT I ReAlLy LiKeD Ur Pix LOL
KeEp Up Ur GoOd WorK AnD Be EvEn MorE PaSsIonAtE AboUt
TaP DanCinG!!!!!

Hello dear... It was a very good and learnable web site. It contains alot of valuable information for both who already know about tap also who want to learn. Well done, keep up for what you want to do. I do proud of you and what you have done. Much love. M.N.

Hello, Tony (and all),

Congratulations for the website. Each new site about tap dancing that appears is a good opportunity to learn, not only for tap dancers but for internet users who doesn't know about this great art form as well. Excuse my bad English, success and my best wishes from Brazil.

Marcelo Batalha
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
http://www.geocities.com/divulgando
(See also http://www.geocities.com/cintiamartin )

Well done Tony...Keep up your good work!

mas.

Hi:
Great site, I did not start tap lessons till about ten years ago, bnut nw I love it so much,that I began a program to get people who never tried it before , to get a pair of tap shoes on to learn some of the basic steps and combinations to see how much fun tap dance can be. Keep up the good work.

Bob Lippi

Wow Tony, What an inspiration. I truly enjoyed each and every one of your informative pages.
It was like a stole down memory lane. An excellent source for students. Keep up the great work!
M*