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Copasetics. [Performance excerpts]

Title
  1. Copasetics. [Performance excerpts] [videorecording]
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  1. [1977]

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Additional authors
  1. Brown, Buster, 1913-2002
  2. Brown, Ernest
  3. Cook, Charles, 1917-1991
  4. Cross, James
  5. Gaines, Bubba
  6. Gibson, Bert
  7. Nelson, Gilbert.
  8. Larkin, Milton.
  9. Mitchell, Dwike.
  10. Edwards, Herrar.
  11. Bufalino, Brenda.
  12. Copasetics.
  13. DHCA.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (61 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
  1. Excerpts from the first half of the Copasetics' stage program. Same performance segment recorded from two different camera angles.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of the American Tap Dance Orchestra.
Series statement
  1. American Tap Dance Orchestra Video Library.
Uniform title
  1. Great feats of feet (Motion picture)
Subject
  1. Tap dancing
  2. Dance
  3. Video
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
Contents
  1. [Recorded from stage right] (ca. 31 min.). "Satin doll" [instrumental number] -- Entry of the Copasetics -- "Everything will be copasetic" / sung by Gilbert Nelson -- "'Way down yonder in New Orleans" -- "I got a song" -- Freedom song -- Tramp band -- "Mama don't allow" -- "Swanee River" -- School game ("Oh Mr. Rooster") -- "Funny step" -- Time step -- "B.S. chorus" -- Dancing and walking / performed by Buster Brown -- Sand dance, without sand / performed by Buster Brown -- Impression of Pete Nugent ("Breezin' along with the breeze") / performed by Cook.
  2. [Recorded from stage left] (27 min.). [Same material as above]
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-3105
Note
  1. Original container labeled: Copasetics 1975, 047 + 010.
  2. Time code on frame.
  3. Footage recorded for the documentary Great feats of feet (1977), produced and directed by Brenda Bufalino. For a recording of the completed documentary, see: *MGZIC 7-507.
  4. For additional data compiled by Tony Waag, archivist, American Tap Dance Orchestra, see *MGX 98-6644 American Tap Dance Orchestra Video Library.
  5. Performance reviewed by Sally Banes in Dance magazine, July 1977, p. 81-82.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped in performance at the Main Building Auditorium, New Paltz, New York, on May 7, 1977.
Title
  1. Copasetics. [Performance excerpts] [videorecording]
Imprint
  1. [1977]
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Series
  1. American Tap Dance Orchestra Video Library.
Performer
  1. Danced by the Copasetics: Buster Brown, Ernest "Brownie" Brown, Charles "Cookie" Cook, James "Stump" Cross, Leslie "Bubba" Gaines, Albert [Bert] Gibson.
  2. Singer: Gilbert Nelson.
  3. Musicians: Milton Larkin (trombone), Dwike Mitchell (piano), "Ditto" Herrar Edwards (percussion).
Event
  1. Videotaped in performance at the Main Building Auditorium, New Paltz, New York, on May 7, 1977.
Added author
  1. Brown, Buster, 1913-2002, dancer.
  2. Brown, Ernest, dancer.
  3. Cook, Charles, 1917-1991, dancer.
  4. Cross, James, dancer.
  5. Gaines, Bubba, dancer.
  6. Gibson, Bert, dancer.
  7. Nelson, Gilbert. voc
  8. Larkin, Milton. Instrumentalist
  9. Mitchell, Dwike. Instrumentalist
  10. Edwards, Herrar. Instrumentalist
  11. Bufalino, Brenda. Producer. Director
  12. Copasetics.
  13. DHCA.
Added title
  1. Great feats of feet (Motion picture)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-3105
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