Festival to honor tap great Hines

Tap dance great Gregory Hines was to have been the headliner at the first Los Angeles Tap Festival Saturday at Hamilton High School in L.A. Instead, the festival, presented by the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, will be dedicated to Hines, who died of cancer over the weekend.

The roster of artists will include Fayard Nicholas, Debbie Allen, Leonard Reed, Dianne Walker, Arthur Duncan, Jason Samuels Smith, Chloe Arnold, the Jazz Tap Ensemble, the Kennedy Tap Company, Anyone Can Get It and other guests to be announced.

The tribute will start at 7 p.m. in the Norman J. Pattiz Concert Hall at the high school, 2955. S. Robertson Blvd. Tickets are $25 to $45. More information is available at (310) 458-7752.

Chris Pasles