Concert is a ‘tapping and singing trip’ down memory lane

When Two on Tap performs, images of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers come to mind. There is singing and toe tapping throughout the concert.

The performing duo of Two on Tap, Melissa Giattino and Ron DeStefano, will perform in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25, at the Hastings Middle School. The concert is part of this year Hastings Concert Association season.

Giattino began her professional performing career at 17 in the National Tour of “A Chorus Line” and hasn't looked back since. While appearing in the all-Gershwin musical “Crazy for You” at the famous Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia, Giattino auditioned for the Hal Prince/Susan Stroman production of “Show Boat” and soon was singing and dancing alongside an all-star cast on London's West End.

Her incredible talents have been featured as a member of the most well-known kick-line in history, the Radio City Rockettes, and she has assisted and dance-captained for some of the most famous tap choreographers in the business.

 Currently, she is helping to shape the next generation of theatergoers and performers as the creative coordinator of Long Island’s Engeman Theater Studio for the Performing Arts.

DeStefano has garnered rave reviews and awards for his performances around the world, from the cabaret venues of New York City to the opera houses of Europe. Originally from South Florida, DeStefano spent his college years balancing classical vocal performance studies at Florida State University with professional musical theatre roles at Seaside Music Theater in Daytona Beach. 

He has crisscrossed North America, singing and dancing at some of the most historic and well-reputed venues in the United States.

The other musicians scheduled to perform during this year’s concert season are Monroe Crossing (making a return appearance), Classical Gas, and Take Me Home: The Best of John Denver (Jim Curry).

For more information, contact Mary Rohr at 651-437-8205 or Carrol Tammen at 651-437-9206.

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