Tappin' at the Apollo : the African American female tap dance duo salt and pepper / Cheryl M. Willis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willis, Cheryl M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women tap dancers--History--20th century.

African American women tap dancers.

Salt and Pepper (Dance company).

Evelyn, Edwina, 1922-2011.

Evelyn, Edwina.

Welch, Jewel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, Publishers, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwina "Salt" Evelyn and Jewel "Pepper" Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia. By the 1940s, they were black show business headliners, playing Harlem's Apollo Theater. This book chronicles the lives and careers of two overlooked performers who succeeded during the Big Band era"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1; A Look at the Years That Roared; Tap Was in the Air; Harlem Puts on a New Face; 2; Dancing on the Corner; "We'd move rather than paint"; Building a Church; Let's Lindy; A Budding Career; 3; Steppin' on Stage; Partnerships; The Performing Circuit; Edwina and Ana; Harlem's Lure Dies; On Her Own; Asbury Park's Savoy Nite Club; Washington, D.C.'s Stardust Inn; The Amphitheatre's Gala; 4; Candi and Pepper; Pepper Learns to Dance; Letter to Ella Fitzgerald; Early Dance Partners; Waiting in the Wings; Tallie's Minstrel; A New Team Is Formed

New Orleans, LouisianaMoreland's Touring Company; 11; Chicago; Bronzeville; Chicago's Regal Theatre; Club DeLisa; Making the Money; Rhumboogie Café; Beige Room; Chicago Defender; Daddy-O; 12; On Midwestern Soil; Detroit's Nightlife; Detroit's Temperament; A New Sound: Bebop; Toledo, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Cicero, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 13; "The Girls"; The Choreographers; The Line; The Girls Worked; More Than Rehearsed; Exotic Dancers; Glamor Was Part of the Deal; Another Moment to Shine; 14; Canadian Jazz; The Jazz City; Rockhead's; The Show at Rockhead's

Café St. Michel15; A Sweet Moment Slips Away; The Effects of the Journey; Epilogue: What Do We Do Now?; Family Reunion; Candi and Pepper; Honors; Author's Notes-On a Personal Side; Candi; Edwina; Tribute; Appendix I; Schedule of Performances; Jewel "Pepper" Welch; Edwina Evelyn and Ann (Anne) Baxter; Edwina Evelyn-Solo; Salt and Pepper; Appendix II; In Memory of a Generation Who Performed; Chapter Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Epilogue; Appendix I

Appendix II

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 22, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4766-2315-5