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A955-0
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- 1926-04 (Creation)
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These five young dancers, who studied at the Merrick Studio in Tacoma, performed an Egyptian ballet choreographed by Lillian Deskin as part of the National Music Week festival concert in May of 1926. The big music festival which featured 1,000 elementary and middle school students, including orchestras, bands, choruses and dancers, was presented consecutively from May 4th through 6th at Jason Lee Intermediate School, Lincoln High School and the new Mason Intermediate School. The theme was "Think more about music." At this time, all Tacoma Public School students studied music for 75 minutes a week. Lillian Deskin was a dance teacher in Tacoma in the 1920s; she eventually left her partner Mortimer J. Merrick to form the Lillian Deskin Academy. The young dancers are, in no particular order, Adeline Coppock, Georgia Daubemgeck, Hermine Herron, Patricia Cessford and Yvonne Scott. (WSHS) (TNT 4/30/1926, pg. 11- story)
Lillian Deskin Academy (Tacoma); Dancers--Tacoma--1920-1930; Dance--Tacoma; Costumes--Egyptian; Merrick Studio (Tacoma);