According to my excellent reference boo Monarchs of Minstrelsy, from “Daddy” Rice to Date by Edward Roy Le Rice, today is the birthday of one of American show business’s premier clog dancers, Tom Hayes (1841-1877). Born in Dublin he debuted in a tent show run by a man named Wild at age 10. In 1860 he camed […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:03AM on September 22, 2013