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"Tap For Toddlers"
In this beginning tap class, Judy Ann Bassing uses seventeen young children to demonstrate the basic movements of tap. This class uses the original music by John Matthew presented on the "Tap For Toddlers" album. Judy leads the viewer through different levels of beginners and a fascinating variety of movements. The first group of kids, who are four to five years old, execute the simple combinations of movements which have only one sound. The second group, which is six and seven years old, demonstrate single sound movements which are slightly more advanced. At the end of the class everyone does a "Fun Dance". As a special treat, Judy dances a whole new routine made for very young children using steps learned in this class. The faster this routine is danced, the more difficult it becomes. This can serve as a measure of the dancer's progress.