January 24th is Howard Sims "Sandman" Day!!!Sandman was an absolutely amazing tap dancer and one of the original "Hoofers" who innovated the dance and culture. Thank you Sandman for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about Sandman. :-)
http://www.nea.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/fellow.php?id=1984_11&type=bio
For Sims, tap dancing was "most telling a story ... a different story to each person because everybody takes it a different way. It takes a lot of skill because you have to be moving every muscle in your body. The dancing we'd do is what we feel and what we hear. You have to have a vast amount of imagination to be a hoofer. Anybody can be a tap dancer, but being a hoofer is like going over the bridge."
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