Willie Covan on Central to Vine TV Covan, Willie performer Harris, Taps performer Television/Video 1949-10-06 On or about the latter part of October a mixed cast of stellar entertainers of stage, screen and radio will appear in person in an hour-long television show, From Central to Vine (the first television show to be broadcast from the East Side) to be prod and dir. by Harry Levette, Sentinel Motion Picture columnist. Some of the artists scheduled to appear include Willie Covan, famous dance teacher, and Taps Harris. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Sampson, Henry T.: Swingin' On the Etherwaves: A Chronological History of African Americans in Radio and Television Broadcasting, 1925-1955. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press (2005). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Willie Covan (biography) loc.music.tdabio.62 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1413