A message from Andrew Merrigan

Hello Tap dancers, it is hard to believe that 8 months ago we held our first Tap Into A Cure Workshop, and it was a roaring success. We donated $8000 to the Stollery Children's Hospital. This year we are going to help the inner city children with our donation to the Edmonton School's Lunch Program where they feed children everyday with a nutritional meal that they would otherwise go without, even during the summer months. Read more on our NEW website. www.tapintoacure.com

We have added an extra day of classes, from your requests, and added a participants showcase. There will be a tap jam, panel discussion and with our special guest

Harold "Stumpy" Cromer, you never know what could happen. Spending time with Harold and hearing his many wonderful stories is intoxicating, he is living history, and we are honoured to share him with you. You will have a chance to perform a piece choreographed by Harold in "Hoofin' for Hunger", if you attend his rep classes. Robert Reed, Josh Hilberman, Bril Barrett, Lance Liles, Danny Nielsen, Logan Miller and Andrew Merrigan will join Mr. Cromer on the faculty.

Make your tap weekend an Alberta holiday, Edmonton is home to the world's largest shopping mall, West Edmonton Mall. Edmonton is known as Festival City, so there will always be something different to do every week of the summer. We are a scenic drive away from the glorious Rocky Mountains, Alberta is home to Drumheller, one of the world's best dinosaur exhibits at the Royal Tyrell Museum. Calgary, our other beautiful city, is 3 hours away and Banff and Jasper are two of the most breath taking towns on the planet. A tour of Fort McMurray and the oil sands plant is, too, a short drive away. Alberta is an adventure waiting to happen and you now can include a great tap weekend in your summer vacation. And remember our Canadian dollar is a bargain on the world market. Moms could do some back to school shopping very cheaply while your tapper gets a workout.

For those of you who haven't had a tap class, please join us at "Hoofin' for Hunger" the finale show and silent auction at Festival Place in Sherwood Park. I guarantee you will not be disappointed, so come out to the show on August 19, 2007 at 7 pm and prepare to be mesmerized by the talent you will see. There may even be a few surprise guests!

So come join us and share the weekend with amazing Tap Masters and faculty, who all want to share their styles, secrets and talent with all of you. Visit our New website at www.tapintoacure.com ;

phone 780 722 9562

Hope to see you in Alberta in August for Tap Into A Cure. Please pass this email to all tappers you know, no one should miss this great workshop.

Thanks

Andrew Merrigan