(1986) December 4 – Scat  a dance that was part of the evening-length project/dance of Maida Withers Dance Construction Company titled: Obsession – America’s Obsession with Sex.  Scat is a loose-limbed spoof reminiscent of Be-Bop that was danced to music by Herbie Hancock.

Scat was performed, first, as a trio of women, only, with Melody Joy Ruffin, Taffy Schaeffer-Merkert and Annetta Wade, December 4, 1986 at Prince George’s Playhouse – a large beautiful stage in Maryland. Scat was also performed in the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Washington, DC (date?) with a male dancer (name unknown) replacing one woman.Annetta Wade, (? male dancer name) Cathering (Taffy) Schaeffer-Merkert

Susan Short-Bensinger, Larry Graves, Stephanie Simmons (2nd cast)

Susan Short-Bensinger, Stephanie Simmons, Larry Graves

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