Hoofers Step Out Slyde, Jimmy (Godbolt) performer Walker, Dianne performer Social Event 1997 A jazz tap "performance salon" in which 300 peopled crowded into Mazzeo's, an Italian Restaurant in Pittsfield, MA, which had one reviewer write: "Tap is back, energized by rappers, steppers, and stompers." (Bruce Weber, New York Times 12/29/1997); the celebratory conclusion to a 12-week introductory tap dance program sponsored that fall by Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. "Indeed like the bison, once nearly extinct but kept alive by a few hearty perpetuators until a new herd could be born, tap dancing, a venerable American art form that nearly vanished in this country with the rise of rock and roll culture, has once again, has once again become a viable genre in dance entertainment, both on public stages and in a demonstrably growing subculture." Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Hill, Constance Valis: Constance Valis Hill, personal collection of tap dance materials. (). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Dianne "Lady Di" Walker (biography) loc.music.tdabio.183 Jimmy Slyde (biography) loc.music.tdabio.169 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.895