Robert L. Reed is the founder, artistic director, and producer of The St. Louis Tap Festival, The St. Louis Hoofer's Club, and The Robert L. Reed Tap Heritage Institute, Inc. He is on the panel for the Missouri Arts Council and was named the official tap master for Missouri by the Columbia University Missouri Folk Arts Program. Mr. Reed is a protégé of Maceo Anderson, an original founding member of the fabulous Four Step Brothers. He has toured with Cab Calloway and was the featured dancer at the legendary Peg Leg Bates Country Club. He can be seen in the documentary, Dancing With The Peg. He has opened for such luminaries as Sammy Davis, Jr., Jerry Lewis, Cher, Liberace, Redd Foxx, David Hasselhoff, The Smothers Brothers, The Temptations, and The Dramatics. Mr. Reed was a featured performer at the Conde Duque with the legendary drummer Panama Fraces in Madrid, Spain. He also performed with famed dance choreographer Michael Peters in Rome, Italy and was a featured performer in Nagoya, Japan; Frankfurt, Germany; Monte Carlo; Switzerland; and New Zealand. He consults for several festivals, choreographs and teaches worldwide. In March 2000, he was presented with the Preservation of our Heritage - American Dance Award from Oklahoma City University. August 3rd has been designated "Robert L. Reed Tap Heritage Day" in St. Louis by the Honorable Mayor Clarence Harmon. Mr. Reed recently accepted a job performing with Riverdance.