4 Apr 2023
#054 👞🧳 Anthony Lo Cascio & Staci Lo Cascio drink bourbon & talk tap in St. Paul, MN on August 1st, 2022. From ASMR to Tap Dogs to Ernie's "best friend" to the Derelicts of Dialect album by 3rd Bass
Last August, 1st of 2022 former Tap Dog, Anthony Lo Cascio and his wife who is also not only a tap dancer, but a best friend of both Ernie and Rosita on Sesame Street Live tours, Staci Lo Cascio. We met up in St. Paul, we drank some nice bourbon, and talked about so many things from ASMR to Yerba Mate, to the Holy Trinity of Tap Dancing Anthonys where he reveals who their 4th member of honor is. You can find Anthony on all social media platforms as well as at taplifecompany.com (https://taplifecompany.com/) and locafoodsinc.com (https://locafoodsinc.com/)
Thank you to Keane Sense of Rhythm, Cathy Wind and Ellen Keane for their support. They’re producing their National Tap Dance Day event Saturday May 27th at the Como Lakeside Pavilion in St. Paul, MN. More info at tapcompany.org (https://tapcompany.org/)
Thank you to The Dancing Fair. If you need tap shoes, dance-related footwear, leg wear, or body wear, hit up the Matt the Shoe Guy at DancingFair.com (https://www.dancingfair.com/)
Shoutout to Ricci Milan and the Rhythm Street Movement for bringing Anthony Lo Cascio to MN. RSM is presenting The Storyboard Experience again this summer July 31st - August 5th at the Cowles Center for Dance in Minneapolis, more info at rhythmstreetmovement.com (https://www.rhythmstreetmovement.com/)
Shoutout to Ashley Gonzalez of the Radient Rhythm Initiative and the Swingin’ Into Summer tap festival in St. Cloud, MN June 8-11th, visit radiantrhythminitiative.com (https://www.radiantrhythminitiative.com/) for more information and to register.
Kaleena Miller Dance and KMD2, are doing a 4-night run of shows at the Southern Theatre in Minneapolis. May 11th and May 12th KMD2 will perform an evening of Tap Dance, with new and classic works by Leon Collins (as taught and shared by Dianne Walker and Lia Spirka), Naomi Funaki, Kaleena Miller, Bobby Hamilton and Tony van de Light, as well as KMD2 company members. southerntheater.org/shows/kmd2-in-concert (southerntheater.org/shows/kmd2-in-concert)
May 13th and May 14th, Kaleena Miller Dance presents Quartet, a 60-minute, sound-focused dance work in 4 parts. Choreographed by Kaleena Miller. Music Consultation from Aby Wolf. southerntheater.org/shows/quartet (southerntheater.org/shows/quartet)
Tap master Dianne Walker, yes aunt Dianne, is launching the Dianne Walker Foundation. Please visit her GoFundMe page and chip in to help her launch this special tap legacy foundation. She is preserving and archiving the works of her mentor Leon Collins, and that’s only the beginning. It’s going to do wonderful things for the world of tap dancing. The goal is to raise $50,000. Make your donation at GoFundMe.com/Dianne-walker (GoFundMe.com/Dianne-walker)
I’m teaching a 6-week session of Monday night adult tap classes at Lundstrum Performing Arts in Minneapolis starting Monday June 12th through July 25th. Visit lundstrum.org (https://lundstrum.org/summer-classes-and-intensives) for more information.
On this episode we discuss everything from how Anthony and Staci eat a diet of no corn, gluten, soy, nor dairy, to Chez lounges, ASMR, the Coney Island Cyclone rollercoaster, dash cams, how it isn’t appropriate to call a “dip” a “death drop,” and shout-outs to Tony Danza and Mary Lou Henner tap dancing on the set of Taxi, rehearsals in Fridley with Stephanie Harmon, Anthony Morigerato, Anthony Russo, Jen Vermes, Michael Flatley, Daisy Duke, Chris Erk and how he scored tickets to “YES”, Time Brickey, Sam Weber, Christopher Walken, Fatboy Slim.
At the beginning and end of this episode, is a recording from 3/15/23. Ashley Gonzalez and Anna Esposito sent me a message inviting me to a jazz jam that happens every Tuesday night at a place called Whitey’s World Famous Saloon in NE Minneapolis. Bassist Graydon Peterson hosts it and plays upright bass, Joe Strachan was on keys, and I was tap dancing on Ashley’s Omara tap board.
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