Memory Lane..Tap Dancing Through Life

Back in the day, a dance teacher came from a nearby small town to our even smaller town to give lessons every Wednesday afternoon at the American Legion Hut. She had bright red hair piled up on top of her head and taught it all...ballet, jazz, and tap. My best friend, Carla (on the far left) and I (next to her) were in a class with two older girls, Melanie and Evelyn. This particular recital would have been at the end of our second year of lessons. Carla's mom, our beloved Miss Peggy, leaned over to my mother during our dance and exclaimed, "LOOK, Melanie and Evelyn don't know what they're doing...they're not in step with our girls AT all!"

You've got to love Miss Peggy's faith in Carla and me...Unfortunately, my daddy had his camera at the ready and the evidence is pretty compelling that as tap dancing through life goes, Carla and I were going nowhere fast!!