The May/June 2004 issue of Dance Spirit Magazine features a Jason Samuels Smith cover story and an interview with Cartier Williams about tapping with Savion at the White House.

The New York Committee to Celebrate National Tap Dance Day holds their annual Tap Extravaganza tonite in New York City. Arthur Duncan, Mable Lee, Frankie Manning, George Wein, and Leroy Meyers will be honored for their various contributions to the arts.

May 25th is the anniversary of Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson's birth. Just wanted to keep this date in the minds of all who are fans of tap dance or who are hoofers themselves. And of course, it is National Tap Day!

Professional child tap dancers are needed for a show scheduled for Summer 2004 at the Tropicana Hotel in Atlantic City. The run is 2-3 months. Please send any viewing tapes, photos, and literature of pro child tappers to.......

It's not illegal to tap dance for money in New Orleans' French Quarter, but the city is cracking down on unsupervised tap dancing minors. One mom was convicted of making her kids tap dance for money, according to this article in the New Orleans Times-Picayune. It was certainly profitable as it only took her kids a couple of hours to "rake in $150."

So says Savion Glover in a four minute video interview on hip-hop web site nobodysmiling.com. Read the text of the interview here and check out the video of the interview, along with Savion jamming a bit, here.

An open stage jam session will take place in Paris, France on Saturday, May 22nd. The Jam will honor the memory of Gregory Hines and will take place at the Opus Cafe from 7pm-10pm. Admission is 12 euros. The Opus Cafe is located at 167 Quai de Valmy. Phone: 01-40-34-70-00

The May 2004 issue of Dance Magazine features a 15-page cover story on tap in 2004. Jane Goldberg writes about Savion. Marda Kirn writes about tap traditions (with pictures of Christoper Scott, Rod Ferrone, Jimmy Slyde, Alexandria Bradley, and Cartier Williams). There are also individual features on Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Jason Samuels Smith, and Roxane Butterfly. New York writer Sylviane Gold also contributes a special story on the return of tap to Broadway.