- Description
Tap Dance America is a reference work of bibliographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described. The Library of Congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or video. To request additional information Ask a Librarian.
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Black Patti Foundation Award to Ernie Smith/National Tap Dance Day / Delilah Jackson [social event]
- Title
- Black Patti Foundation Award to Ernie Smith/National Tap Dance Day [Social Event]
- Performers
- Jackson, Delilah
- American Tap Dance Orchestra
- Smith, Ernie
- Bufalino, Brenda
- Published/Created
- 1989-05-25
- Genre
- Social Event
- Abstract
- May 25, 1989. In celebration of National Tap Dance Day, jazz dance film historian Ernie Smith receives the Black Patti Award from the Black Patti Foundation, organized by black cultural historian Delilah Jackson, who co-produced the first concert to commemorate National Tap Dance Day and the creation of the Flo-Bert Award (an abbreviation of 1920s musical artists Florence Mills and Bert Williams) bestowed annually on African-Americans and others who have performed, taught and promoted tap dance.
American Tap Dance Orchestra among the guests to perform at a benefit for the Black Patti Project, a New York City organization that preserves rare footage of jazz in film. - Source
- American Tap Dance Foundation: American Tap Dance Foundation. http://www.atdf.org/; http://www.atdf.org/history.html ().
Last Updated: 12-16-2015