- Description
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See Also:
- LeRoy Myers (biography)
- Leslie "Bubba" Gaines (biography)
- Charles "Cookie" Cook (biography)
- James "Buster" Brown (biography)
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The Copasetics at Essex County and Passaic County Colleges / James "Buster" Brown [concert]
- Title
- The Copasetics at Essex County and Passaic County Colleges [Concert]
- Performers
- Brown, James "Buster"
- cook, Charles Cookie
- Carpenter, Louis Simms
- Gaines, Leslie "Bubba"
- Myers, LeRoy
- Roberts, Henry "Phace"
- Published/Created
- 1987-10-16
- Genre
- Concert
- Venue
- Essex County College, Newark, NJ; Passaic County College, Paterson, NJ
- Abstract
- October 16-17, 1987 Essex County College in Newark, NJ and Passaic County College, Paterson, NJ.
Included in the program are "Military Drill" and "Tea For Two" by Charles Cook; Leslie Bubba Gaines demonstrates history of tap from its origins in African rhythms to the incorporation of the Irish jig and clog dancing; Henry Phace Roberts; Louis Simms Carpenter (member of the Four Flash Devils) who achieved a marathon run at London's Palladium Theatre in the 1935; James Buster Brown.
Leroy Myers as Master of Ceremonies.
Savion Glover and Alfred Gorman honored at the performance as these are New Jersey dancers.
Sharing the bill with the Copasetics is Dinizulu and His African Dancers, Drummers and Singers.
(Barbara Gilford, "Old-Time Hoofers coming to 2 collegges" New York Times Oct. 11, 1987, NJ2).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015