Teaser: Tapping Dads

Wendy Garofoli | Aug 28, 2008 | 0

Temecula Dance Company's World Famous Tapping Dads

Just when you thought you couldn't catch any more interesting dance performances on TV, "America's Got Talent" has come through with a great bunch of dancers to get behind. They are called the Tapping Dads, a group of 18 fathers of children involved in the Temecula Dance Company in California. They are under the direction of Jimmy Peters, the AD of Temecula Dance Co., as well as choreographer Katie Morel.

Tapping Dads will air on "America's Got Talent" on Wednesday, September 3.

For more insider info on Tapping Dads, including an exclusive interview with Jimmy Peters, read on after the jump!

Who are the Tapping Dads? "These are normal dads who got involved in their daughters' activities," says Peters. "They work 50-60 hours a week, and when their families go to sleep, they go to rehearsal."

Members include: Nick Almond, Rod Amstutz, Ron Broussard, Troy Buck, Ken Davis, Mike Fekete, Matt Greenberg, John Haschak, Greg Krohnfeldt, Greg Jones, Steve Moffatt, Ed Morel, Jimmy Peters, Dean Rickard, Don Sadlon, Dave Serrano, Seferino Soto, and Rice Berkshire.

An interesting fact about Tapping Dads: "We've lost 500 lbs as a group. One father lost 70 lbs himself," says Peters. "He did it through dedication and hard work."

So what drives the Tapping Dads, who are not trained dancers, to do what they do? "We don't want to let our daughters down," says Peters. "We have those little faces to go home to, and we have to be able to say to them, 'We did everything we could.'"

For more information on Tapping Dads, go to their Myspace page.

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