Jane Goldberg, Charles Cook, Bubba Gaines at Jacob's Pillow Goldberg, Jane performer Cook, Charles "Cookie" performer Gaines, Leslie "Bubba" performer Concert 1978-07-25 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival July 25-29, 1978 Jane Goldberg and Charles "Cookie" Cook, with Leslie "Bubba" Gaines The first concert of tap dancing at Jacob's Pillow since Paul Draper's performance in 1941. Performers included Jane Goldberg, Charles "Cookie" Cook, Leslie "Bubba" Gaines, with John Kaston (drums) and Andy Wasserman (piano). Performance selections include "Dancing in the Dark" (Goldberg), "The Tapper's Tapes" (Goldberg), "What It's All About" (Cook and Gaines), "The Tradition Passes On" (Cook and Goldberg), "I Remember Hanya" (Cook), "Bubba Gaines Return" and "Cook and Goldberg" Return." A reviewer wrote: "As a last-minute replacement for a dance group cancellation, Jane Goldberg announced the last time tap dance was presented was in 1941 when Paul Draper tapped to classical music. "The evening was shared with the Jacob's Pillow dancers in the world premiere of Norman Walker's "Afternoon of a Faun"; the ballet and tap interspersed in the programming: I couldn't but laugh at the juxtaposition of van Hamel and Clark Tippet's intense and serious duet (both in shades of crystal turquoise) and Cook and Gaines' vaudevillian partnering (dressed in hot pink and black and silver tuxedoes). Aside from seeing a few well-dressed ladies leaving the theatre in the midst of their performance (I say, it ruined their sensibilities), the audience appreciated the show. "A tap concert is a homey and seemingly loose event with each dancer telling jokes, stories and dropping names of other famous tap dancers. At the end of the evening you get the feeling that you've shared quite intimately with the performers and that you really know these artists. "Jane Goldberg opened with "Dancing in the Dark" performed without music in total darkness, dedicating her dance to the memory of Stanley Brown, of the Brazilian Nuts. In "Tapper's Tapes" she set a nice rhythm dialog with drummer John Kaston. "This kind of dancing was rarely passed on in the formal sense but rather developed on street corners, in the wings of theatres, and at the Hoofer's club, Harlem headquarters for tap" she explained while tapping; this number included including interviews with Buddy Rich (jazz drummer and former tap dancer) and jazz tap dancer Leon Collins. "Cook handled the rap and tap format set by Goldberg like a pro, , sharing his favorite time steps, including "chop suey" and "thanks for the buggy ride." Bubba Gaines danced his single, double and rhythm time time steps. Hopefully we won't have to wait another 37 years to see these American tap masters do their thing." (Constance Valis Hill [writing as Denis Valjean] "Jacob's Pillow Not Sure What It's gettting Into with first Tap Dancing in 37 Years" KITE August 2, 1978; Jennifer Dunning, "Jacob's Pillow to Offer The Tap Founder Hated, New York Times 24 July 1974, C18). Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Leslie "Bubba" Gaines (biography) loc.music.tdabio.94 Charles "Cookie" Cook (biography) loc.music.tdabio.58 Jane Goldberg (biography) loc.music.tdabio.99 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1011