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Charles “Honi” coles was a famous tap dancer of the 1930s who was said to have “the fastest feet in the business.” People who witnessed his dance at the Apollo Theater said that his feet moved so fast, it looked like an illusion.

Coles was given the nickname ‘Honi’ by his mother. The streets in Coles’ hometown of Philadelphia were beaming with aspiring tap dancers “cutting” one another in contests. That’s where coles “honed his craft.”

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