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Tap - You Can't be Sad When You are Tapping

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Introduction:
"Tap dancing is a great workout and fascinating to watch. What do you know about this exciting form of dance?"


1. What is NOT a step in tap?
    Paradiddle
    Shuffle
    Doug
    Grab Off


2. In the USA, what day was proclaimed as National Tap Dance Day, by a vote of Congress in 1989?
    July 29th
    May 25th
    April 10th
    October 5th


3. Honi Coles and his partner were known for their grace and style. No tricks and gimmicks for these tappers. Who was Honi's partner?
    Cholly Atkins
    Bill Bailey
    Bill Robinson
    Harvey Nicholas


4. Michael Jackson was not a tapper, but he made the moonwalk famous. Who created this cool backsliding dance step?
    Marcel Marceau
    No one knows
    Cab Calloway
    Bill Bailey


5. Who said "Tap is here, it's now".
    Gregory Hines
    Savion Glover
    Fred Astaire
    Ann Miller


6. Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson made history as the first interracial dance pair. What movie showcased their most impressive stair dance?
    The Little Colonel
    The Littlest Rebel
    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
    In Old Kentucky


7. Tap has its root in what form of dance?
    All of these
    African Gumboot Dance
    Clogging
    Zapateado


8. Metal taps were added to shoes in what year, to create what we now call tap shoes?
    1910
    1880
    1925
    1900


9. "Happy Feet" is a movie about the life of whom?
    Bojangles
    Fred Astaire
    Mumbles
    Gene Kelly


10. In the movie "Cotton Club", with Gregory Hines playing a character modeled on Harold Nicholas, included musical scenes at the celebrated Harlem nightspot. Who had once been a dancer there?
    His father
    His grandmother
    His brother
    His wife


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