Las Vegas Tap Festival (First Annual) Festival 1996-08-07 Las Vegas, NV August 7-8 1996. "The Stars Come Out" Las Vegas' first Tap Festival. A two-day intensive program of classes and two different evening performances. Faculty/performers Cholly Atkins, Fayard Nicholas, Henry LeTang, Jack Ackerman, Hal Belfer, Norma Miller, Sharon Lynn Kelleher, Barbi Evans, Pat Rico, Chaz Young, Susan Abbott, Chrissy Colton. "A Very Special Evening of Tap" hosted by Cholly Atkins August 7 and Fayard Nicholas August 8. 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.1034