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The other first Radio City Rockette

She Kept Dancing: The True Story of a Professional Dancer with a Limb Difference by Sydney Mesher and Catherine Laudone

October 26, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Years ago, my dad (who was a painting contractor) had a client who noticed the t-shirt he was wearing. It was my (knock-off) Rockette t-shirt (my mom did the laundry and didn’t pay attention to the fact that it was not one of my dad’s shirts and put it with his work clothes. I was a bigger teen; my dad a smaller guy). The client informed my dad that A) it was not official and B) did he know she was a Rockette herself? Well […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: arts, Catherine Laudone, Dance, disabilities, Natelle Quek, Performing Arts, Radio City Rockettes, Sydney Mesher, Sydney Mesher and Catherine Laudone

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:777 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: arts, Catherine Laudone, Dance, disabilities, Natelle Quek, Performing Arts, Radio City Rockettes, Sydney Mesher, Sydney Mesher and Catherine Laudone ·
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