The 1921 musical comedy, Shuffle Along, was a soaringly successful Broadway show. Contained inside this show are songs that would eventually become staples in the repertoire, such as \"I'm Just Wild About Harry\" and \"Love Will Find A Way.\" This musical also served a civil purpose. As an all black musical, the show desegregated theaters all across the country. This album is being release alongside the April 2016 revival of the show, and features Tony Award-winning stars such as Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald.

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In a new book, author Caseen Gaines looks at the extraordinary life and afterlife of the first Black Broadway hit, 'Shuffle Along.'

The Broadway musical season that began with a Hamiltonian bang last August has now ended with another historical explosion.

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Boy's Life - 1943-01 - Lets Shuffle Along - Make Snowshoes

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In when did this happen, I can hardly believe the years have passed so quickly. I was young and pretty and now I'm old and wrinkled.

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Shuffle Along, which was a musical comedy that featured an all-black cast, was a huge achievement in black theater during the early 20th century. Produced by composer Eubie Blake and lyricist Noble Sissle, Shuffle Along opened at the Howard Theater in Washington, D.C in late March, 1921. It premiered on Broadway later that year and launched the ...

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Though much of it is unwatchable today — it contains blackface and other minstrelsy — Shuffle Along brought jazz to Broadway and was the first African American show to be a smash hit.

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Shuffle to the left, then shuffle to the right. Twist your hips from side to side, with all your might. Wriggle and shuffle along with Mumma and Bubs as they do a happy pipi dance to gather kai from the moana for their picnic dinner with the whanau.Lily Uivel's illustrations perfectly capture the story's strong sense of discovery and family fun. Format: PaperbackImprint: ScholasticPublished: March 2024ISBN:  9781775438083

Tony winners Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, George C. Wolfe, Billy Porter and Savion Glover collaborated on the backstage story.

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The sparkling new Broadway musical Shuffle Along boasts an all-star cast and one heck of a tap-happy, super talented ensemble. Dancer Phillip Attmore is among those skillful hoofers who tear up the floor nightly at The Music Box Theatre. This guy has charisma to spare and literally bursts out of the chorus performing a rapid-fire succession of rhythm turns that are reminiscent of the dynamic tapping from the old classic movie musicals.

Happy Friday everyone! It's time for our Moda Sampler Block Shuffle! This week we are completing our quilts with the borders and finishing

#ModaSamplerShuffleBlocks April 2, 2016 C'est finit! Front and back are all finished, and it will hang in the shop. I balanced the traditional sampler front with a modern back! And the yellow binding wraps it all together. ps - the back sky fabric has glow in the dark constellations! February 14 The border is finished. all that is left now is the backing, batting, quilting and binding. January 12, 2016 The blocks are nearly finished: once I finish 'shuffling' them around I will add the final 11 sashes and corner blocks. I'm working on the flying geese border in the meantime, adding corner stone block colors of Moda Marble Swirl fabric as the geese, and using Ricky Tim's 'one seam pattern' for those border blocks. All thirty blocks, with almost all sashings and the beginnings of the flying geese border. This is week 10 and the final three free Moda Sampler Block patterns are posted! Because we may not be here to post on New Year's day, we're posting that set of blocks earlier than scheduled. (No block release was scheduled for Christmas weekend.) I'm sure you'd rather receive this posting early rather than late. Mea culpa. The final three blocks will be posted as scheduled, on January 8th. December 26 and January 2: Blocks 25,26,27 December 19: Blocks 22,23,24 Clearly, I made one too many blocks tonight. This will definitely be a do-over! December 12: Blocks 19,20,21 Block 19 was challenging, and the video tutorial was helpful, particularly for the cat's cradle blocks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ6ChJp160g I struggled to fit these Block #20 pieces together ... I tried smaller seams, wider seams ... I cut to size and then trimmed some more ... watched the video and took the quilter's belated advice NOT to iron the little blocks but just 'moosh' them (my words) into place~ Message to self - watch the WHOLE video first! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ6ChJp160g Love this block ... lightning in the sky, or a Charlie Brown sweater? Remember that you are sewing in two different directions. December 11th: three special postings from Moda Moda has offered these tips, which I have had on paper in the shop for customers. I was unable to post them for blog customers as a PDF file; another shop owner sent me the Jpeg images. The first two are tips for EASY CORNER TRIANGLES and flying geese units, and the third is a four-page document for a suggested finished quilt using the Moda Sampler Blocks. December 4, 2015 Remember that fusible interfacing for this applique is on sale at Quilters' Quarters this month ... AND comes with a free fusible Christmas image for each 1/4 yd of fusible purchased. November 27, 2015 November 20, 2015 Blocks 10, 11 and 12 November 13, 2015 Here are blocks 7,8 and 9; the samples that can be seen in the shop: November 6, 2015 Here is the second set of three Moda Sampler Blocks: Ummm I think I'll do this again with just green in the center... And here's a wonderful addition to the Quilters' Quarters collection of fabrics: small pieces for small prices~ Quilters' Quarters has a selection of pre-cuts to help Quilters design their sampler blocks. Lots of color with little prices! "Sweet Sixteenths" are half the size of a "Chub", measuring just 9" x 10.5", and priced at only 75 cents! Great choice for small quilt blocks, and applique's! Chubs are 1/8 yd pre-cuts measuring 9" x 22" priced at $1.50 "Pops" are single layers of a 10" X 10" layer cake bundle ... these are fromQuilting Treasures' beautiful Mimosa fabric. We have more! Bolts, too!These sell for 99 cents each! What would a quilt shop be without an "OOPS" pile of remnants ... less than 9"x10" but close These are priced to go ... 25 cents each! Great choice for applique's, too! October 30, 2015 Welcome to our brand new project page! Quilters' Quarters is proud to offer Moda Fabric in the shop, and to celebrate our new participating-shop status, we will be posting new blocks designed by the folks at Moda Fabrics for you. Moda's Marble Swirl Line 2015 Each week, (that's WEEK, not month) Moda will supply shops with PDFs of the block design and pattern. They will also send 'Tip Sheets' that will help quilters with the blocks designed. I will post the new blocks each Saturday by Noon here at the Moda Sampler Block Shuffle page of our Quilters' Quarters blog. I'll also post a reminder on our Facebook Page that the new "BOW" (Block of the Week) patterns are ready and waiting for you at this page. The goal is that I will get into the habit of checking Moda's page each week, and posting the patterns that will invite you to get into the habit of checking Quilters' Quarters each week! Do I know that this is November? And that this month and next will surely see a full project schedule on most quilters' calendars? I do ... and so does Moda. But these patterns and the fabrics for making them can be collected week by week, and perhaps set aside with an intent to use them to fill time during the indoor weather ahead. Moda also suggests that they might, in themselves, be seen as a special gift package for a quilting friend! Moda Fabric will be giving Quilters' Quarters and the other participating shops tips on how to make beautiful fabrics more accessible and affordable for you, the customers. Most quilters have become accustomed to adding variety to their 'stash' of fabric by purchasing 'fat quarters' in our shop; we will now be adding even smaller increments and making them available as "chubs" and "pops" as well as other sizes that you and I will enjoy finding in our shop. There will also be a 'finishing' set of instructions given toward the end of the project timeline. Recommended fabric usage is two jelly rolls or two layer cake bundles of your favorite choices, and some of the smaller fabric pieces to add a little bit of extra, individualized style to your blocks. Here is the first set of block patterns ... and the tips that will make completing the blocks easier. There will be 2 or 3 individual block patterns posted each week from November 4, 2015 through early January, 2016. You'll be able to copy and print them from this page. I will also have paper copies in the shop for those folks who may not be able to print them at home. They may remain on this page for only two weeks, so I encourage to check the blog each weekend to copy and print the current block patterns while they are here. I thought you could right-click the pattern and select print, but when I did that, it printed the ENTIRE blog page, which is several paper pages long! Better to copy and save the image to a word document (as a jpeg image) and then manipulate it for size and THEN print it out. Or, you can stop into the shop to pick up a paper copy of each Moda Sample Block. The patterns are printed in gray-scale to encourage you to design your own blocks choosing your own preference for colors or prints. Create~ I will also have paper copies of tips from Moda on how best to finesse your techniques while completing these blocks. There will be thirty blocks in all, and a set of directions at the end of the setting of the thirty blocks, and the finishing of the quilt. Looking forward to seeing you in the shop! If you haven't yet signed up for newsletters from this blog, see the open window near the top of the right hand margin, enter your email address, and you'll receive our semi-monthly newsletters with special offers and updates about new fabrics in the shop. Happy quilting!