Colorado Dance Festival's "Mile High International Tap Summit" Kirn, Marda performer Festival 1987-06-15 Mile High Tap Summit June 15-28, 1987 including a conference spanning two weekends (June 20 and June 27-28) 1987 As part of a two-week international tap summit, the Colorado Dance Festival presented its second major conference devoted to the original American art of tap. Jazz tap, also known as rhythm tap titled "Feet to Feet, Passing on the Beat--The Living Tradition of Tap." Panel discussion, master classes, jam session, video and film showings and tap talks, lecture demonstrations, and performance. Participants: Delno Polk Bailey, Bunny Briggs, Eddie Brown, Homer Brown, Brenda Bufalino, Steve Condos, Lynn Dally, Fred Duarte, Karl Eggert, Jane Goldberg, Major Quincey Holley, Jr., Babe McCrea, Sarah Petronio, Keith Terry, Pam Thompson, Dianne Walker, Letitia Williams, LaVaughan Robinson, Jimmy Slyde, Sally R. Sommer, and Ernie Smith. Performance of "The Great Tap Reunion" (June 25-26) a gala performance (at Casino Cabaret in Denver, Colorado) in a theatrical setting with dancers Bunny Briggs, Eddie Brown, Brenda Bufalino, Steve Condos, Lynn Dally, Jane Goldberg, Sarah Petronio, LaVaughan Robinson, Jimmy Slyde, Dianne Walker, and Sam Weber, and jazz musicians the Jeff Collela Trio (Collela, piano; Eric von Essen, bass; Jerry Kalaf, drums; Jay corre, saxophone; Major Holley, bass). Women tap dancers were integrated into the entire Colorado Dance Festival. That was the year that Marda Kirn and Sally Sommer initiated the idea of an International Tap Association. ITA was announced as an organization by Lorraine Condos at the San Francisco Tap Festival. 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 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.996