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[liebs]

Wow, this is news.  I think Byrd is a good choreographer but never thought of his work as jazz dance.  He is also a very smart guy and a good fundraiser.  Valuable qualities in an AD.  Congratulations to Donald and to Spectrum.

[liebs]

Wow, this is news.  I think Byrd is a good choreographer but never thought of his work as jazz dance.  He is also a very smart guy and a good fundraiser.  Valuable qualities in an AD.  Congratulations to Donald and to Spectrum.

[dirac]

Announcement of Byrd's appointment, from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:




http://seattlepi.nws...304_tf206.shtml

[Alexandra]

Thanks for that, and for Hoyt's and liebs' posts as well.

I'm confused, though.  Does this mean there is no more Donald Byrd company?  I thought that was one of the more successful dance troupes around.  Or will the Byrd company merge with Spectrum?

I don't think of him as a jazz dance choreographer either.  But categories don't mean very much these days

[liebs]

Alexandra, Byrd closed his company early in the summer after struggling for years to get out of the debt that his "Harlem Nutcracker" ran up.

[Alexandra]

Welcome, Shelly

Thanks for the info, Liebs -- I missed that one!  I skip the financial reports sometimes.  I think of the Harlem Nutcracker as being successful, because it came here so often!

[Alexandra]

Welcome, Shelly

Thanks for the info, Liebs -- I missed that one!  I skip the financial reports sometimes.  I think of the Harlem Nutcracker as being successful, because it came here so often!