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Wing’s family later moved to Vancouver in 1939. After following his love for dance and winning an amateur tap competition, Wing was a quick success and by 21 was living and working in New York City. He performed as a solo tap dancer & emcee for ‘China Doll’ nightclub. Wing’s show was a huge success, which earned him many rave reviews. His unique choreography which incorporated technical jazz elements with tap was met with standing ovations every night. He was often compared to comedic actor, Ray Bolger, but Wing coined his style, “ballet-tap,” and took it on the road as a solo act, performing in clubs across North America. Wing is widely known for breaking new ground for ethnic Chinese performers and rejecting stereotypes by opting to wear a classy top hat and tuxedo for his performances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1558754744470-QFFRA2DRCCWDBY43HOQV/Screen+Shot+2019-05-24+at+8.25.34+PM.png Honourees - Joey Hollingsworth - 2019 Joey Hollingsworth Tap Dancing on Mr. Rogers’ Neighbourhood (1972). Joey Hollingsworth is a tap dancer, singer and conga player who has performed on stage and screen around the world. Joey was born in 1937 in London, Ontario. He learned to tap dance at a very young age and was dancing professionally by the time he was five. In the 1940s, he met and danced with Bill Bojangles Robinson backstage at a performance in London, Ontario. Hollingsworth appeared extensively on television from 1950s-1970s including. He was the first Black man to compete on Pick the Stars (CBC Television). He also performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, Wayne and Shuster Show, and Mr. Rogers Neighbourhood. In the 1960s he danced in numerous Civil Rights events in Canada and the U.S. Hollingsworth has received multiple awards and accolades for his work and contributions, including being inducted into the Jack Richardson Music Hall of Fame and receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ontario Black History Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1482130156300-ISYSY5WZO3WXB81VJZLI/2016ted+cawkersmall.jpeg Honourees - Ted Cawker - 2016 In 2016 West Coast Tap honoured tap dance teachers - those special people who share their talent and passion for tap dance with the next generation. We highlighted the contributions of three tap teachers who helped keep the art form alive during the ‘tap slump’ of the 60s & 70s and who lay the foundations for the amazing ‘tap dance hub’ that the lower mainland is today. Ted Cawker was born in Quebec in 1909 but his family later moved to Burnaby. He performed around town and in 1935 began teaching at June Roper’s ‘BC School of Dancing’. Ted toured North America and ended up in California staging dance sequences for many of 20th Century Fox’s musicals. He later opened the Cawker School of Dance in Bellingham and spent many years teaching on both sides of the boader. Jean Jepson was born in Vancouver in 1927. She started dancing as a young child and, at 17, she went to New York to join the Schubert Repertoire Company. Back in Vancouver she opened her own dance studio. Jean was a highly-regarded teacher, choreographer and examiner for the CDTA. Evelyn Ward was born and raised in Vancouver. At the age of 16, she rented a basement and offered tap lessons for 25 cents an hour, earning enough to pay her way through UBC to earn a Bachelor of Education. In the early 40s, she had a dance studio built on Hastings Street. At the Evelyn Ward Academy of Dance, she taught thousands of students including majorettes who led the PNE and Easter Day parades for 40 years, and the generations of performers at Theatre Under the Stars, in Stanley Park, and the Kitsilano Showboat. In 2003, the city of Vancouver named May 25th, Tap Day, as “Evelyne Ward Day.” The local tap dance community is grateful for the contributions of these, and all other, dedicated tap dance teachers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1482130402395-MLQYAW3MRYL38R1AYF13/2016jeanjepson.jpg Honourees - Jean Jepson - 2016 In 2016 West Coast Tap honoured tap dance teachers - those special people who share their talent and passion for tap dance with the next generation. We highlighted the contributions of three tap teachers who helped keep the art form alive during the ‘tap slump’ of the 60s & 70s and who lay the foundations for the amazing ‘tap dance hub’ that the lower mainland is today. Ted Cawker was born in Quebec in 1909 but his family later moved to Burnaby. He performed around town and in 1935 began teaching at June Roper’s ‘BC School of Dancing’. Ted toured North America and ended up in California staging dance sequences for many of 20th Century Fox’s musicals. He later opened the Cawker School of Dance in Bellingham and spent many years teaching on both sides of the boader. Jean Jepson was born in Vancouver in 1927. She started dancing as a young child and, at 17, she went to New York to join the Schubert Repertoire Company. Back in Vancouver she opened her own dance studio. Jean was a highly-regarded teacher, choreographer and examiner for the CDTA. Evelyn Ward was born and raised in Vancouver. At the age of 16, she rented a basement and offered tap lessons for 25 cents an hour, earning enough to pay her way through UBC to earn a Bachelor of Education. In the early 40s, she had a dance studio built on Hastings Street. At the Evelyn Ward Academy of Dance, she taught thousands of students including majorettes who led the PNE and Easter Day parades for 40 years, and the generations of performers at Theatre Under the Stars, in Stanley Park, and the Kitsilano Showboat. In 2003, the city of Vancouver named May 25th, Tap Day, as “Evelyne Ward Day.” The local tap dance community is grateful for the contributions of these, and all other, dedicated tap dance teachers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1482130156080-3RFK5JSA54QXWXXVE0R6/2016evelynward.jpg Honourees - Evelyn Ward -2016 In 2016 West Coast Tap honoured tap dance teachers - those special people who share their talent and passion for tap dance with the next generation. We highlighted the contributions of three tap teachers who helped keep the art form alive during the ‘tap slump’ of the 60s & 70s and who lay the foundations for the amazing ‘tap dance hub’ that the lower mainland is today. Ted Cawker was born in Quebec in 1909 but his family later moved to Burnaby. He performed around town and in 1935 began teaching at June Roper’s ‘BC School of Dancing’. Ted toured North America and ended up in California staging dance sequences for many of 20th Century Fox’s musicals. He later opened the Cawker School of Dance in Bellingham and spent many years teaching on both sides of the boader. Jean Jepson was born in Vancouver in 1927. She started dancing as a young child and, at 17, she went to New York to join the Schubert Repertoire Company. Back in Vancouver she opened her own dance studio. Jean was a highly-regarded teacher, choreographer and examiner for the CDTA. Evelyn Ward was born and raised in Vancouver. At the age of 16, she rented a basement and offered tap lessons for 25 cents an hour, earning enough to pay her way through UBC to earn a Bachelor of Education. In the early 40s, she had a dance studio built on Hastings Street. At the Evelyn Ward Academy of Dance, she taught thousands of students including majorettes who led the PNE and Easter Day parades for 40 years, and the generations of performers at Theatre Under the Stars, in Stanley Park, and the Kitsilano Showboat. In 2003, the city of Vancouver named May 25th, Tap Day, as “Evelyne Ward Day.” The local tap dance community is grateful for the contributions of these, and all other, dedicated tap dance teachers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1482130424708-VY7BIP5XG7ZYNH398OEY/2015ruby+keeler.jpg Honourees - Ruby Keeler - 2015 Ruby Keeler was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 1909. Her two older sisters enjoyed brief performing careers and the girls would dance and sing together at home. When the family moved to New York Ruby began dance lessons. At the age of 13 she attended her first audition where her talent and spunky attitude got her into the chorus of her first show. She performed in a variety of shows before being spotted by Flo Ziegfeld and was given a starring role in one of his famous Broadway shows. In 1933 she was cast as Peggy Sawyer in the movie, ‘42nd Street’ and was given a full time contract with Warner Studios. Ruby continued to perform on Broadway, in films and on television through to her 70s. After suffering a brain aneurysm in 1974, she became the spokesperson for the American National Stroke Association. Ruby has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was awarded an honourary doctorate by St. Bonventure University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1482130262435-2JQHV5BJ0YGQRYBH4STH/2014peggyhonouree.jpg Honourees - Peggy Peat - 2014 Born in England, Peggy began dancing lessons sat the age of 3. At nine years old, Peggy left home frequently to perform in Pantomimes. Her starring role was the Cat in Dick Whittington and His Cat. When World War II broke out, her opportunity to perform ended but she continued to dance, take lessons and began teaching the neighbourhood kids singing and dancing routines to perform at the hospitals. When the war ended, Peggy married Canadian soldier, David, and came to Canada. In 1970 they moved to Maple Ridge and she started the now well-known and highly respected Peggy Peat School of Dance. The studio locations have changed throughout the years, but her school's reputation for providing quality instruction and excellent experiences for dancers has always remained steadfast. Peggy lived her life doing what she loved, instilling the love of dance into generations of young dancers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1482130155871-3H6URQWFKMLHE83FW89L/2013ethelbruneau3.jpg Honourees - Ethel Bruneau - 2013 Ethel studied at the High School of Performing Arts in New York in the 1950s. She later joined the dance troupe that accompanied jazz singer Cab Calloway and his big band on their North American tour. On tour, she discovered Montreal and decided to settle there. Bruneau went on to sing and dance in dozens of Montreal clubs, including Rockhead’s Paradise, Aldo, Black Bottom, Cavendish Club and Maroon. Distinguishing herself on all stages, she won “Miss Swing” and “Afro-Cuban Queen” awards. In the early 1960s, she founded the Ethel Bruneau Tap Dance School in Dorval, where she popularized her style of tap dance. Ethel was awarded a Prix de la Danse de Montreal in 2020. A performer, choreographer and teacher for 70 years, she taught and inspired dozens of tap dancers. This multi-talented figure was dedicated with passion and excellence to her art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1482130155798-46SY17BLEGO12OH7JM18/2011alanandblanchelund.jpg Honourees - Alan and Blanche Lund - 2011 Alan and Blanche met when they both took part in an amateur talent contest in Toronto in the 1930s; he won first, she won second. The pair got married on May 13, 1944. They enlisted in the army then starred in a stage show that entertained troops in Europe during the Second World War. Back in Canada they were the first contract dancers signed by CBC Television, making regular appearances on such variety shows as ‘Cross-Canada Hit Parade’ and ‘General Electric Showtime’. For years the couple divided their time between Toronto and Charlottetown as Alan became the choreographer and artistic director of the Charlottetown Festival and Blanche ran a successful dance school in North York, Ontario. Alan and Blanche were lifelong dancers who spent their lives performing and teaching dance together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1482130435279-7UQFBI6UB8FEVA24HACR/2010Jeffhyslop.jpg Honourees - Jeff Hyslop - 2010 Jeff Hyslop was one of Grace MacDonald’s many students who went on to have a successful performing career. Jeff is an actor, singer, dancer, choreographer and director born in Vancouver. He has starred on stage and screen but is best known for his work in Children’s television and musical theatre. He has appeared across the nation in lead roles in countless musical and been a part of casts both on Broadway and London’s West End. Grace MacDonald and Jeff Hyslop are inductees to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1482130155626-X3M378U0WYVBDFBYCMTZ/2009gracemacdonald.jpg Honourees - Grace Macdonald - 2010 Grace was born in Winnipeg then moved to British Columbia at the age of 14. When she couldn’t find appropriate dance training she opened her own studio. At 16 she would teach dance classes during the school year and then train in Chicago and New York during the summer months; bringing new moves and techniques back to share with her students. She was the first Canadian to be hired as an instructor with Dance Educators of America. She traveled all over North America teaching at their conventions and meeting many well-known teachers whom she would invite to guest teach in her Vancouver school. She choreographed for CBC productions, the Vancouver Opera Association, the BC Lions cheerleaders, and was best known for her tireless work and dedication to MUSSOC (The Musical Society of the University of British Columbia). Grace Macdonald is remembered as a performer, dance teacher, choreographer, and an inspiration to young performers in Vancouver. Grace MacDonald and Jeff Hyslop are inductees to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1482130253491-9301A767YWDL24C5YLM9/2008heather+cornell.jpg Honourees - Heather Cornell - 2008 Heather Cornell is a tap dance artist, teacher, choreographer and musician who was born in Ontario. She moved to NY to study and began her career in apprenticeship to six of the first generation of American tap masters; Buster Brown, Eddie Brown, Harriet Browne, Cookie Cook, Steve Condos and Chuck Green. Heather is the founder and artistic director of Manhattan Tap; an ensemble company that was a collection of dancers and jazz and world musicians. Heather holds an annual summer tap lab where she hosts tap dancers from around the world and shares her talents and knowledge of tap dance and music. https://www.manhattantap.org/tap-labs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1482130138864-MR1YQIK6CGQEZYSE7MO1/2007len+gibson.jpg Honourees - Len Gibson - 2007 Dancer, teacher and choreographer Leonard Gibson was born in Alberta, in the late 1920s, and grew up in Vancouver. Len taught himself to tap dance and by the age ten he had performed on local stages like the Elk’s Club with The Eddie Cantor Show and Blackstone the Magician. He widened his dance training to include studies in ballet performed with Katharine Dunham’s company when it toured to Vancouver in 1947. Gibson’s dancing impressed Dunham so much that he was offered a scholarship to her school in New York. Back in Vancouver in 1949, he began teaching with Mara McBirney and also founded the Negro Workshop Dance Group. He wrote and choreographed Bamboula – the first musical variety TV program produced in Vancouver - and later choreographed for the Eleanor Collins Show. Gibson continued to work and choreograph in Vancouver well into his golden years, and he is remembered as one of Canada’s most talented choreographers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1482130138849-LGIW5TLV3U2NUYEYYXDD/2006william+orlowski.jpg Honourees - William Orlowski - 2006 William Orlowski was a beautiful tap artist, beautiful spirit and one of Canada’s greatest tap dancers and choreographers. Born in Brampton, Ont., Bill founded the first Canadian dance school to be dedicated entirely to tap dance - the Hoofer’s Club in Toronto. He co-founded the National Tap Dance Company of Canada and served as Artistic Director and choreographer for 30 years, choreographing over 40 works. West Coast Tap was honoured to bring Bill’s talent and artistry to our stage in 2006. For those who were there, it was a performance to remember! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58461c869de4bb2223a1eabe/1482130239348-19E7GLJKRXL1F8CDF11N/2005jeni+legon2.jpg Honourees - Dr. Jeni Legon - 2005 Dr. Jeni Legon was a dynamic and pioneering tap dance artist. She appeared in at least 25 films; starring alongside the likes of Ethel Waters, Al Jolson and Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson. In her later years she made Vancouver her home; sharing her stories and talents with tap dance students. 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