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By Rosemary Novellino-Mearns

ISBN-10: 0990855619

ISBN-13: 9780990855613

ISBN-10: 0990855635

ISBN-13: 9780990855637

The real tale of the way Radio urban song corridor, paintings Deco masterpiece and considered one of big apple City’s iconic vacationer sights and cultural landmarks, was once stored from demolition is instructed eventually. approximately 40 years later, Rosemary Novellino-Mearns, Dance Captain of the mythical Radio urban song corridor Ballet corporation throughout the Nineteen Seventies, tells the superb tale of ways she inspired a small staff of committed colleagues, neighbors, media and political allies to affix forces, problem the Rockefeller institution and, opposed to all odds, retailer “the Showplace of the Nation.”

Rosemary Novellino all started her theatrical occupation as a ballet dancer in Radio urban song Hall’s Ballet corporation the place she labored for twelve years, ultimately turning into Dance Captain. on the track corridor, she labored with choreographers Marc Platt, Ron Lewis, Miriam Nelson, and have become assistant to Peter Gennaro. As President of “The Showpeople’s Committee to avoid wasting Radio urban song corridor” she was once instrumental in saving the tune corridor from demolition and having it declared a countrywide ancient Landmark.

Since retiring as a dancer she has turn into a lyricist together with her composer husband William Mearns who she met at Radio urban tune corridor and played with at the nice level. steered on through husband invoice, her kin, and previous tune corridor colleagues, Rosie took a number of years to put in writing Saving Radio urban tune corridor, an emotionally draining and research-intensive adventure. She is especially proud to have her e-book as one of many first to be released via TurningPointPress.

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