Minnesota "Tapping in the Twin Cities" Tap Festival (Fifth Annual) Festival 1999-08-17 St Paul, MN August 17 - 22 1999. Fifth Annual Tap Festival, Tappin' in the Twin Cities. A Collins Production. Producer Mary Collins, Executive Director Skip Cunningham, Director of "The Real Legends of Tap" Chester Whitmore. Master classes, showcases and performances with Buster Brown, Bunny Briggs, Ernest Brown, Prince Spencer, Brenda Bufalino, Norma Miller, Skip Cunningham, Chester Whitmore, Bruce Stegmann, Lance Beiiishek, Mariana Gray, Reggio and Tyheesha Collins and Ed Kresley along with Fayard and Harold Nicholas. On August 21, the Walker Art Center featured the Nicholas Brothers in the "Talking Dance' series. Performance on August 22nd at the O'Shaughnessy Auditorium at the College of St. Catherine, St Paul. Music with Bernie Edstrom's Orchestra. 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.1091