New York City Tap Extravaganza 1999 Concert 1999-05-23 May 23,1999 The New York City Tap Extravaganza, produced by the New York Committee to Celebrate National Tap Dance Day, The Town Hall, New York City. Co-chairmen and co-producers Al Heyward and Carl Schlesinger. Performers include American Spirit Dance Company of Oklahoma City University (Brad Barnes, Nita Borchardt, Karen Boyd, Jeremy Duvall, Rachel Ecclestone, Lauren Gaul, Shelley Harwell, Krista Kutnick, Brandy Rice, Emile Schmidt, Allison VanFleet, Tim Varney, Laura Williams, Melissa Zaremba), Liz Homer-Smith, Andrew Nemr, The American Tap Dance Orchestra (Neil Applebaum, Barbara Duffy, Mari Fujibayasha, Andrea Goodman, Jeff Ingledue, Margaret Morrison, Olivia Rosenkrantz, Sam Semiya, Tony Waag) with musicians/vocalists Pat Tortorici, Mimi Moyers, Robin Burdulis, Frank Kimbrough, Ben Allison), Hank Smith, Valeria Pinheiro & Vata (Luciana Belchoir, Flavia Ferreira de Costa, Paulo Sergio Fernandez dos Santos Jr., Igor Ramos Correa with Abada Capoeira dancers Rogerio Araujo De Barros and Rodoval Angelo Ruas), Buster Brown, Feet 2 the Beat (Rod Ferrone and Max Pollak), Mable Lee, Jimmy Slyde, Savion Glover and Friends, with a Closing Shim Sham Dedicated to Departed Tappers and Friends Bob Ahggart, Peg Leg Bates, Charles Brown, Gregg Burge, Jackie Bessie Dudley, Betty Roche, Jimmy Shaw, Jesse Stone and Joe Williams. Music by the Frank Owens Trio: Owens (piano), Bernice Books (drums), Lisle Atkinson (bass). 1999 Flo-Bert Lifetime Achievement Award to Brenda Bufalino and Bunny Briggs. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.760