My mother informed me she wanted to see the Radio City Rockettes touring Christmas show. I went online to buy the tickets and learned a little tidbit that may interest only me – the Rockets started in St. Louis as the Missouri Rockets.
The creator, Russell Markert had seen the Ziegfield Follies and decided he wanted to “get a group of American girls who would be taller and have longer legs and could do really complicated tap routines and eye-high kicks…” He debuted his dream in 1925 and by the ‘30s the Rockettes were kicking it up in the Big Apple. The rest as they say, is history. The Rockettes are known for the kick line that still closes each show.Roc
So we’re headed to St. Louis in a couple of weeks to see the World Famous Radio City Rockettes, just not at Radio City.
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