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"Crazy Rhythm, Fancy Feet" is the perfect entertainment for the retirement community. It is a fun-filled variety show celebrating America’s diverse music and dance heritage. Our show is performed by the dynamic dance duo of Bob and Eva to recorded music. Dance routines included in the show are the Charleston, tap, swing, cha-cha, waltz, and a fox trot done in the style of Fred and Ginger. Since Bob also sings and plays sax, clarinet and flute, there are instrumental musical performances such as “Honeysuckle Rose” and “In the Mood” plus audience participation segments such as sing-a-longs and the game “name that singer.” All of these are big “hits” with the seniors.

We have performed at most of the Philadelphia area's premiere retirement communities such as Pine Run, Freedom Village, the Quadrangle and Medford Leas. The is a more extensive list below.

After our perfomances, we are told by both the residents and the activities director that we are one of the best acts they have ever had. The show is a "must" when programming your entertainment for the year. If this year is already booked, please call us when you are scheduling for next season or if you have a cancellation this year

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Program Specifics

We have been asked for return engagements at EVERY retirement community at which we have performed.

In response to these requests, we have created 3 different shows for the seniors using completely different music and dance routines. Here are the programs for the three shows:

Show 1
Cakewalk (1880) - danced by Bob and Eva
In the Mood (1940) - played on sax by Bob
Charleston (1920) - danced by Bob and Eva
Tap dancing (1929) - tap dancing by Bob and Eva while Bob plays "Honeysuckle Rose" on the clarinet
Name That Singer - fun audience participation game to see if the residents can remember who made particular songs famous
Cha-cha (1950) - danced by Bob and Eva with a fun surprise in the middle of the performance
Polka (1940) - danced by Bob and Eva
Sing-along Medley (1940) - another audience participation segment in which the residents can show off their beautiful voices
Waltz (1980) - Bob and Eva dance a fantasy themed waltz from the movie “Edward Scissorhands”
Fred and Ginger style foxtrot (1930) - Bob and Eva dance a classy foxtrot to “Beyond the Sea”
Irish Medley - Bob plays clarinet and sings a medley of Irish favorites
Swing (1940) - Bob and Eva dance a very athletic version of swing with many flips, dips, and “air steps”

Show 2
Early Samba (1910) - Bob and Eva dance the Maxixe, an early form of samba
Martini Blues (1917) - Bob and Eva dance a fun skit in which a tipsy sophisticate and his furious wife dance a one-step
Sing-along Medley - audience participation segment in which the residents can show off their beautiful voices
Waltz (1980) - Bob and Eva dance a beautiful waltz while Bob plays flute simultaneously
Swing (1940) - Bob and Eva dance to “PA 6-5000" with a bit of audience participation thrown in for good measure
Memory Game - Fun questions from the ‘40s to challenge the audience
Clogging (1930) - Bob and Eva make some noise with their taps doing Appalachian clogging to the song “Chicken”
Cinderella (After Midnight) - A fun skit with the unlikely duo of a jazz sax player and a cleaning lady
Tap (1940) - Bob does a solo tap dance to the classic “Sing, sing, sing”
Disco (1970) - Bob and Eva perform a Bee Gees number reminiscent of a routine from “Saturday Night Fever”
Flight of the Bubble Bee (1850) - Just for the fun of it, Bob shows off his clarinet abilities
Samba (1940) - Bob and Eva perform a zany samba to “Cuban Pete”. This version is quite different from the samba from an earlier era that started our show

Show 3 (Broadway)
Thoroughly Modern Millie – Bob and Eva dance the Charleston
Whatever Lola Wants -Tango
Edelweiss – Bob plays flute
My Favorite Things – Bob and Eva dance the waltz
On the Street Where You Live – Foxtrot
Embraceable You – Sing-along
Too Darn Hot – Flute playing and swing dancing
Thank Heaven for Little Girls – Tap dancing
Broadway Quiz
76 Trombones – Bob and Eva dance the one-step and cakewalk
Cabaret – Bob plays clarinet and sings
Cuban Pete - Samba

Show 4
Jitterbug (1955) - Bob and Eva dance to "Johnny B. Goode" in 1950s outfits transforming the audience back to the era of drive-in movie theatres and greasers.
Name that Lift - Bob and Eva will demonstrate different athletic lifts and throws. The audience has to guess the name of the dance move. Lots of fun.
Tap dancing and sing-along - Bob tap dances while he leads a sing-long to "It Had to be You" and "Embraceable You"
Tango - Bob and Eva dance the romantic Argentine tango
Mozart salsa - Bob plays flute to a salsa version of a Mozart tune. This is quite a novelty and a lot of fun.
Salsa - Bob and Eva dance a hot salsa number to a tune by Steve Winwood
Memory game - An audience participation favorite
Fred and Ginger style foxtrot - Since the audiences love this choreography so much, we decided to repeat this number from Show 1.
Viennese waltz - the world's quickest waltz is also the most elegant. Get lost in the beauty of Austria's most famous export.
Polka - Bob and Eva dance to two classic polkas, the "Too Fat Polka" and the "Clarinet Polka". Bob even plays the clarinet for part of the song.
You Knock Me Out - Jazz and west coast swing is mixed to express the funky rhythms of this contemporary tune.
Begin the Beguine - The finale is danced to this Artie Shaw classic. Bob and Eva switch between foxtrot and swing throughout the song.

Rosemont Presbyterian Village - Rosemont, PA
Waverly Heights - Gladwyne, PA
Spring House Estates - Lower Gwynedd, PA
Granite Farms Estates - Media, PA
Philadelphia Protestant Home - Philadelphia, PA
White Horse Village - Newtown Square, PA Riddle Village - Media, PA
Elm Terrace Gardens - Lansdale, PA
Pine Run Village - Doylestown, PA
Dunwoody - Newtown Square, PA
Masonic Home of Pennsylvania - Lafayette Hill, PA
Freedom Village - West Brandywine, PA
Riverview Estates - Riverton, NJ
Paul’s Run - Philadelphia, PA
Lima Estates - Media, PA
Shannondell at Valley Forge - Audubon, PA
Normandy Farms Estates - Blue Bell, PA
Medford Leas - Medford, NJ
Meadowood - Lansdale, PA
Quadrangle - Haverford, PA
Brittany Pointe Estates - Lansdale, PA
Masonic Home of New Jersey - Burlington, NJ
Highgate - Paoli, PA
Sunrise Assisted Living - Plymouth Meeting, PA
Gwynedd Estates - Ambler, PA
Southgate Retirement Community - Carneys Point, NJ
Fort Washington Estates - Fort Washington, PA
Peter Becker Community - Harleysville, PA
Fountains at Cedar Parke - Atco, NJ
Crosslands - Kennett Square, PA

We mentioned it before, but it is worth repeating. We have been asked back at EVERY retirement community at which we have performed. For recommendations please call the activities director at any of the retirement villages at which we have performed.

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A creative mixture of traditional and original steps hail the exuberance of the 1920s in this fun-loving number.

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Jumping, swinging, twirling, and flying – this boisterous number shows the precise rhythm and great athleticism needed for swing dancing

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The elegant sway of chiffon and tails recaptures the beauty and grace of the 20^th century’s most celebrated dance duo.

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Bob and Eva make some noise with their taps when clogging to the song “Chicken”The audience is encouraged to get into the country mood by shouting “yee-ha” and ya-hoo” during the performance.

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A fun surprise in the middle of this routine shows the audience what the male dancer is “not” supposed to do to his partner when performing.

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Bob and Eva perform to the song “You Should Be Dancing” by the Bee Gees. John Travolta performed to this tune in the film “Saturday Night Fever”.

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Bob and Eva dance the classic tap routine, the “shim-sham-shimmy”. To add some extra excitement, Bob simultaneously plays the song “Honeysuckle Rose” on the clarinet.

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This routine is performed to the song “Cuban Pete”. The actor/comedian Jim Carrey sang and danced to this song in the film “The Mask”. He inspired Bob and Eva to come up with their own interpretation of this fun tune.

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It is he oldest American partner dance in the show. Created by the slaves mimicking their wealthy owners, this dance was actually embraced by the owners since it is so much fun. True to tradition, the male and female dancers try to “out-do” each other in the solo section.

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This skit has a slight twist to the original story. Our princess becomes a cleaning lady having an unlikely interaction with a jazz sax player.

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Bob serenades Eva and the audience with the classic swing tune “In The Mood”.

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This is the dance that developed into today’s samba. This original version by comparison is very refined as opposed to the soulful version that we associate with Brazil.

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Bob and Eva express the elegance and beauty of the world’s most popular partner dance. Enter another world when they dance to the theme of “Edward Scissorhands”.

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Bob and Eva perform a fun skit in which a tipsy sophisticate and his furious wife dance the one-step

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The following dance routines were performed with our live band. We perform them to recorded music as well.

Start with an Afro-Cuban beat, mix in some American pop and jazz influences along with loose hips and some attitude and you have…..salsa.

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Colorful gypsy characters dance an earthly duet by the campfire. This routine mixes Irish and gypsy dancing with Finnish music. Somehow it works?#*!

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Eva Brothers has toured Japan with the New York Ragtime Ensemble where she performed and taught vintage dance. She also toured Florida, Boston, Washington and New York and performed at the Chataqua Arts Festival. Eva has taught vintage dance at numerous schools in the Philadelphia area. She has performed for the Philadelphia library system and at regional First Night celebrations. She also has theatrical experience and has performed in numerous shows including Bye Bye Birdie and The Mikado and has performed dance as a colonial character in Philadelphia=s historic district.

Bob Butryn is a professional musician who specializes in sax, clarinet and flute in addition to being a theatrical partner dance performer. He freelances in all styles of music whether it is rock, jazz, pop or classical. He has a B.S. in Music Education from Temple University. He has taught both general and instrumental music in the Philadelphia school system as well as private schools. Bob performed music and dance in Atlantic City, and has toured Germany with a progressive klezmer band AKlingon Klezmer". The most recent tour was in November 2007. He was guest artist with the Pottstown Symphony performing with his Dixieland band, as well as dancing several selections including tap, swing and Charleston. Bob is also a member of the renowned new music group Relache. Bob has choreographed and instructed extensively in the Philadelphia area.

Bob and Eva have been performing and teaching together for 10 years. They have studied dance in a way that resembles the way craftsman learned from the masters many centuries ago. They have located the masters in every style of dance in which they were interested and have taken instruction from them. For example, with swing dancing, Bob and Eva have studied with the legendary Frankie Manning in New York. Frankie, who is 94, is one of the originators of Lindy hop, the early form of swing that bridges the gap between the Charleston and today=s swing dancing.

In addition to performing on a regular basis for corporate clients, Bob and Eva have performed and taught at many venues such as concert halls, retirement communities, schools, libraries, and festivals in the Philadelphia area. Their varied performances include swing at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, disco in Atlantic City, and the Viennese waltz at Princeton University. They have performed numerous routines at the Sunnybrook Ballroom in Pottstown and were selected to instruct swing via the internet for the web site ADanceTutor.com@. Bob and Eva have performed for Ocean City New Jersey's First Night celebration , the Augusta Heritage Festival and the Great Allentown Fair. Their performance which had the widest exposure was a swing dance performance of AIn The Mood@ at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia in 2000 in front of 20,000 conventioneers at the Wachovia Center. This was broadcast live on C-Span and seen worldwide.

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We can also supply all of your musical entertainment needs as well as the dance show.
“Crazy Rhythm, Fancy Feet” can provide the following musical styles: beautiful classical, strolling Dixieland music for an outdoor picnic, German Oktoberfest music, background standards(Stardust, Over the Rainbow, Moonglow) and ballroom. The styles mentioned above can be performed by any combination of musicians whether it be a soloist or full band. We even can provide a full range of music including a little “rock” if there were a “family night” party in which there would be younger folks in attendance.

Since Bob the dancer is also a professional musician, he would perform with any musical ensemble that required a clarinet, sax or flute player. Please keep us in mind for when you are in need of these services. Thank you!

Bob Butryn o 6488 Woodcrest Avenue o Philadelphia, PA 19151 o Ph/fax 215-477-0997 o email BButryn@Verizon.net

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Program Specifics

We have been asked for return engagements at EVERY retirement community at which we have performed. In response to these requests, we have created 3 different shows for the seniors using completely different music and dance routines. Here are the programs for the three shows:

We have been asked for return engagements at EVERY retirement community at which we have performed.

In response to these requests, we have created 3 different shows for the seniors using completely different music and dance routines. Here are the programs for the three shows: