Tap Dancing - May 25

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Saturday, May 25, 2024

Today is  National Tap Dance Day, Towel Day ( celebrated by carrying a towel in honor of author Douglas Adams), National Brown-Bag-It Day, National Wine Day, and Geek Pride Day. 

May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Tap Dancing
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ON THIS DATE

• 240 BC - First recorded passage of Halley's Comet.
• 1787- The Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia.
• 1878 - Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• 1925 - John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
• 1953 - KHUT located at the University of Houston begins broadcasting as the first public TV station.
• 1961 - President John F. Kennedy announces, before a joint session of the Congress, that the U.S. will put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
• 1977 - Star Wars is released.
• 2020- George Floyd is murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1803 - Poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson
• 1878 - Dancer and actor Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
• 1908 - Poet Theodore Roethke
• 1929 - Opera singer Beverly Sills
• 1932 - Celtics basketball player and coach K. C. Jones
• 1939 - English actor Ian McKellen
• 1944 - Muppeteer Frank Oz
• 1963 - Actor, producer, and screenwriter Mike Myers
• 1970 - Actor Octavia Spencer

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Beverly Sills - Una Voce Poco Fa!! - LISTEN
• HMS Pinafore - When I Was a Lad - LISTEN
• The Simpsons - Sideshow Bob - HMS Pinafore - LISTEN
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mister Bojangles - LISTEN
• Sammy Davis Jr. - Mister Bojangles - LISTEN

THEME:  Tap Dancing

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -Savion Glover Rhymes and Taps (2:02) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo's Debut (1:49) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Pinkalicious and Peterrific - Tap Dancing (1:46) - VIEW
• Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DanceSense: Tap and Percussive Dance (14:30) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - NYC Arts - Profile of Ayodele Casel (28:16) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Jump Rope and Tap Dance Routine in "Shaking the Blues Away (1:36)  - VIEW
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Black Journal- Savion Glover (11:24) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - The Body Becomes Music When This Dancer Taps Tradition (6:59) - VIEW
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Articulate - Tap Into America (8:21) - VIEW

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (802) Live Stream More Options

MT. WASHINGTON COG RAILWAY: CLIMBING TO THE CLOUDS
Thursday, 5/25 from 7:30-8 pm NHPBS
Climb aboard the historic Cog Railway for a trip up New England's highest peak on the first mountain climbing train. MT. WASHINGTON COG RAILWAY: CLIMBING TO THE CLOUDS Streaming Video

NHPBS EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (801) More Options

INDIA - NATURE'S WONDERLAND - Episode Two
Thursday, 5/25 from 3-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Continue exploring India and meet a man who spent 30 years planting his own rainforest. On the way, encounter demoiselle cranes, tahr goats, one-horned rhinos, the tiny pika, and lion-tailed macaques. Witness the mass hatching of olive ridley turtles. INDIA - NATURE'S WONDERLAND Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 Comcast (965) More Options

ICON: MUSIC THROUGH THE LENS - On the Cover
Thursday, 5/25 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
Discover the uncensored and never-heard-before stories behind the amazing photographs that graced the front pages of music magazines and played a pivotal role in elevating music photography to iconic status. ICON: MUSIC THROUGH THE LENS Streaming Video

ICON: MUSIC THROUGH THE LENS - On the Wall
Thursday, 5/25 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
Trace the journey of music photography from a niche pastime to a highly collectible art form with stories from gallerists, art experts, and photographers whose work hangs in some of the world's most revered institutions. ICON: MUSIC THROUGH THE LENS Streaming Video

ICON: MUSIC THROUGH THE LENS - On the Record
Thursday, 5/25 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Tune in to how music photography fits into the contemporary, popular culture landscape alongside the rise and influence of social media. ICON: MUSIC THROUGH THE LENS Streaming Video

ALTERNATIVE FACTS: LIES OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066
Thursday, 5/25 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
The untold story of false information and political influences that led to the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. ALTERNATIVE FACTS: LIES OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 Streaming Video

AMERICA REFRAMED - First Vote
Thursday, 5/25 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
A look at Chinese American electoral organizing in North Carolina and Ohio, from the 2016 presidential election to the 2018 midterms. AMERICA REFRAMED Streaming Video

CHINA: FRAME BY FRAME
Thursday, 5/25 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
Emmy-Award-winning filmmaker Bill Einreinhofer reflects on the time he spent in China, what he discovered, what he learned and the dramatic changes he witnessed. CHINA FRAME BY FRAME Streaming Video

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