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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1990
•
Tap Dancing Up A Storm
For AIDS Research And Kaplan
DANNY RASKIN
Local Columnist
T
he late, great Sammy
Davis, Jr., is still,
in show business
parlance, a very tough act to
follow . . . And making it even
more difficult was saying that
of anybody filling his shoes,
he would want it to be
Gregory Hines.
Sammy used to sing, tap
dance, act, play drums and do
impressions . . . Everybody
knows Gregory Hines can act
and certainly tap dance, but
'what they didn't know was
that he could sing, too.
This he proved without a
doubt to a huge throng of
almost 1,700 people.
He was at the Fisher
recently taking a breather
from his movie-making to
entertain for the AIDS
research fund-raiser by
Kaplan Medical Institute in
Israel.
The multi-talented per-
former said Detroit is a great
city for tap dancing . . . And
he made sure the audience
saw the old and the new style
of tap . . . Opening the show
were two spry 70-year-old
gents called "The Sultans"
who danced the classic
routines they were perform-
ing in nightclubs in the
1930s.
Then came "Armani," a
7-year-old tux-clad dancer
with a nothing-phases-me
look and attitude that
brought much applause from
the crowd . . . Later, Hines in-
vited youngsters from the au-
dience to the stage to share
their favorite steps . . . One
brave lassie danced with
Hines and when he asked
where she went to school, the
little gal said, "I don't start
taking tap lessons until next
week."
After WJBK-TV2 news-
caster Theresa Lukenis did
the intros, Honorary Chair-
man Lou Golden, chief
benefactor of Kaplan Medical
Center, presented a plaque to
the honoree, Reverend James
Lyons, executive director of
the Ecumenical Institute for
Jewish-Christian Studies, for
his lifetime of dedication and
devotion to the concept of
religious harmony, know-
ledge and understanding.
The specialties of about 27
eateries in town were served
at the dinner before the per-
formance and at the afterglow
party . . . People lined up at
booths set by 333 East at Om-
ni Hotel, Charley's
Restaurant Group, the Coffee
Beanery, E.G. Nick's, Gayle's
Chocolates, Ginopolis',
Haymakers, Hellas Cafe,
Home Sweet Home, Inn
Season, Kramer Foods, Land-
sdowne, Le Metro, Le Petit
Prince, Mario's, Midtown
Cafe, Pegasus, Platinum
Treats, Ristorante Di
Modesta, Stage & Co., Stem-
ma Confectionary, Sultan's,
Caucus Club, London Chop
House, St. Regis Hotel, Truf-
fles, Unique Restaurant Corp.
. . . Home Bakery had a three
dimensional cake topped with
a standing Gregory Hines
figurine.
"I would have worn my tux,
but I didn't want to park
cars," said Nate Light as he
joined others thankful for so
many who didn't wear one .. .
Lou Golden bouncing around
saying hello and shaking
hands so much that it's a
wonder he wasn't knocked out
by the time it came for him to
be introduced on stage .. .
Lou, by the way, has also set
up a dance scholarship at the
Center for Creative Studies
Institute of Music and Dance.
Among the guests were
Jack and Dorothy Milen,
Hilda Erman, Frank and
Florence Winton, Jack and
Shirlee Iden, Terri Cassel,
Suzie Kamin, Ruby and
Pauline Samson, Fred and
Clare Silber, Jeanette Eps-
tein, Bob and Paulette Kof-
fron being singled out by
Hines as front row friends of
the evening.
"After 6 p.m. it's Audrey
Feldman," said Cy Feldman
about financial adviser wife
Audrey Pearl. Ben Kosins,
Bruce and Rosalie Rosen, Bil-
ly and Annette Liberson,
Steve and Terri Boch, Bob
and Doreen Benson, Harold
and Les Lee Roland, Nate and
Elaine Zeron, Jay and Marion
Grant, Diana Perry, Ken and
Pam Bloom, Stan and Phylis
Berger, Johnny Erman,
Marilyn Spoon, Herb and
Barbara Keiden, Marty and
Sandy Benson, Bruce and
Marlene Lyons were all on
hand.
Food for cast and crew,
about 25 who loved the
trays, donated by Al Winkler
and Pickle Barrel Deli; Mike
and Mary Must, Ethel
Blackman, Susan Winton-
Feinberg, David Fishman,
Shirley Steiner, John Bloom,
Dee and Marshall Shapiro,
Walter Cohen, Dorothy Mills,
Mira Rosenberg, Jamie
Rabinowitz.
Afterglow with Gregory
Hines signing autographs
and posing for pictures show-
ed what a regular guy he is
. . . Many show biz nothings
don't come down to mingle
with the common folk .. .
Irene Light enjoying "all the
places Nate doesn't take me"
. . . Gary Liebman Trio:
Gregory Hines readily
deserved the standing ovation
he received . . . but not more
than the wonderful Lou
Golden volunteers for the
Kaplan Medical Institute
fund-raiser . . . They did
themselves mighty proud.
CONGRATS . . . to Meyer
Leshman . . . on his 90th bir-
Hines made sure
the audience saw
the old and new
styles of tap.
thday . . . He came here from
Poland in the early 1900s and
has been married to wife Min-
nie 63 years . . . They reside
at the Charter House
Apartments.
WHERE THEY ARE
Dept. . . . He used to be
known as "the Corned Beef
King" when Sol Shpargel had
Sol's Deli from 1956 to 1983
.Today Sol is semi-retired
and lives with wife Ruth
around the Orlando area in
Altamount Springs, Fla. . . .
He's away from the cutting
board but active in another
ways with one-day trips to
Carnival's Crystal Palace Re-
sorts & Casino in Nassau .. .
Before making his own move
in the deli business, Sol was
with Boesky's on Hazelwood
and 12th and Dexter and Col-
lingwood, Nate's on Dexter,
Miller's Deli on Six Mile and
Lefkofsky's in the Broadway
Market after getting out of
service in 1946 . . . Their son,
David, is behind the counter
at State & Co. on the Board-
walk, Orchard Lake Rd.
"A NIGHT In The Attic" is
title of party by the Fan Club
of Metropolitan Detroit to
benefit the Attic Theatre .. .
Date is Oct. 26 at the New
Center One Atrium, corner
West Grand Blvd. and Se-
cond, across from the GM and
Fisher buildings.
Twenty restaurants will
provide goodies, a haunted at-
tic theme by local young
designers, live music, costume