FOOTLIGHT VANITIES OF 1953

THE ENTERTAINMENT EVENT OF 1953 WAS MISS HAZEL ROBINSON'S DANCE SCHOOL'S BUSBY BERKELEY-ISH PRODUCTION OF FOOTLIGHT VANITIES.........IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY PREOCCUPATION WITH ART, DANCE, AND JUST ABOUT ANY KIND OF CREATIVE INVOLVEMENT. BY AGE 10 I WAS TAKING TAP & BALLROOM DANCING, PIANO, 'FLUTOPHONE'...WHICH HAD EVOLVED FROM 'TONETTE', BONGO DRUMS; AND WAS EYEING A B-FLAT CORNET AT ARNOLD HORNBUCKLE'S MUSIC SHOP.

THIS IS THE WAY MISS HAZEL WOULD HAVE LOVED IT TO BE: OF COURSE IT WAS MORE LIKE THIS: HA..HA!