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Two of these children died in their twenties. [11] In 1938, Veloz and Yolanda published a dance manual, Tango and Rumba: The Dances of Today and Tomorrow (New York: Harper & Brothers), co-written with Willard Hall. [12] They hosted a TV show, The Veloz and Yolanda Hour, for several years. [13] They opened a nightclub in Florida, The Iris. [1]
Hazel Ascot (born 10 May 1928) was a tap-dancing British child-star in the 1930s who was billed as the "British Shirley Temple". She starred in two films before abandoning her theatrical career. She starred in two films before abandoning her theatrical career.
Fayard Antonio Nicholas was born August 28, 1914, in Mobile, Alabama, [1] and Harold Lloyd Nicholas was born March 17, 1921, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, [1] to Viola Harden (maiden; 1893–1971), a pianist, and Ulysses Dominick Nicholas (1892–1935), a drummer.
Today historical dances are danced as performance, for pleasure at themed balls or dance clubs, as historical reenactment, or for musicological or historical research. Dances from the early 20th century can be recreated precisely, being within living memory and after the advent of film and video recording.
Published sources and some official records conflict on the names and dates of the sisters, as they appear to have used each other's names at different times. When Broadway Rhythm was filmed, birth records indicate that the sisters were between about 14 and 17 years old. It has been suggested that in order to perform in London in 1946, the two ...
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Jack "Legs" Diamond was a major Irish-American bootlegger and mobster of the 1920s and 1930s. [5] There are various accounts as to how Diamond and "Kiki" Roberts met, but one was that she had befriended a lady named Agnes O. Laughlin, who was in turn friends with Diamond and introduced them.
The 1960s Tiller Girls formally announced their retirement, and their final show, in April 2011, was a cabaret in aid of Vera Lynn's Children's Charity. The women were then in their late 60s and early 70s, a rare achievement for any dancer, and the joy and pride of bearing the Tiller Girl name was thus passed on into its third century, with the ...