Sanding (dance) the box of rosin before matches to improve his grip. Sims' popularity as a tap dancer and career at the Apollo certainly made him one of the most if not the most influential sand-dancer of all time. Sand dancing was also used by the popular comedic vaudeville trio, Wilson, Keppel and Betty. They spread sand over the stage in one of their most well-known numbers, "Sand Dance". In their performance, there was no allusion to African American heritage; rather to the sandy environs of Egypt, a clear inspiration for their number. In spite of this deviation from the African American
Norwich Mid-Century Modern Historic District where the ideas of mid-20th century modernism, promoted by Frank Lloyd Wright and others, were able to flourish. In 1951, Keith and Edna Warner (he a retired businessman) moved to Norwich, purchased a large parcel of land on Hopson Road, and built one of the first Mid-Century Modern houses in the town. The Warners subdivided the land, selling building lots to others and building further such houses. Their house and several they built were designed by Charles McKirahan of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The district is located about west of the village center of Norwich, on a low ridge. Hopson Road