New York City Tap Extravaganza 2001 Concert 2001-05-27 May 27, 2001 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 The Delaware Valley Jazz Company (Barbara Adams Piccoli, Lisa Zerebecki & Kati Chupashko, chors., Kati Chupashko, Larisa Chupashko, Kristi Drake, Beth Horwitz, Rebecca Passmore, Robin Passmore, Anna Vrabel, Kim Wheeler, Britni Sarin, Lisa Zerebecki), Michael Minery, Roy Wilkins Senior Center Dancers (Stanley Knight, chor., Mildred Bishop, Catherine Gumbs, Stanley Knight, Marilyn Mosley, Irene Thomas), Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, The Bob Audy Dancers (Rebekkah Brown, Mark Donato, Stacy Freeman, Timothy Gordon, Dawn Lebrecht, Marty Lawson, Emilie Schmidt, David Rider, Toni Wisti, Robert E. Willis II, Michael Mooney), Akim Funk Buddha (with Chikako Iwahori), James Buster Brown, Mable Lee, and a Closing Shim Sham Dedicated to Departed Tappers and Friends, Elvera Davis, Peter Gennaro, Milt Hinton, Howard "Stretch" Johnson, Carmen Moro, Harold Nicholas, Tomisita Ramira, Maude Russell, Gwen Verdon. Music by the Frank Owens Trio: Owens (piano), Lisle Atkinson (bass), Bernice Books (drums). 2001 Flo-Bert Lifetime Achievement Award to Delilah Jackson and Jeni LeGon, and the first Charles "Honi" Coles Award presented to Jimmy Slyde. 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.762