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	Out On Main - news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Champion was in town to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Dance Council of America.
		Champion was the original model for Snow White and her voice was used for the character Blue Fairy in "Pinocchio." She eventually teamed up with Gower Champion, gaining national recognition by appearing on Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town" and performing on-the-road in numerous cities.
		Champion won an Emmy for the choreography in "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom" and currently serves as a member of the Tony Award nominating committee.
	www.johnpaul.com /outonmain/news/champion.html (290 words)

	Gower Champion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gower Champion was an American theatre director, choreographer, and dancer.
		Throughout the 1950s, they performed on a number of television variety shows, and in 1957, they starred in their own short-lived CBS sitcom, The Marge and Gower Champion Show, which was based on their actual career experiences.
		Champion was one of several notable graduates of Fairfax High School, West Hollywood, California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gower_Champion (636 words)

	DANCE REVIEW; Dance Team: 1 Spunky, 1 Stubborn, Both Artists - New York Times
		Champion was a late starter: he was the fellow who sat behind her at Bancroft Junior High in Hollywood and whom she lost sight of when she began an independent career as a dancer and actress.
		Champion more than headstrong in their numbers, which had a strong narrative thread, they resembled two soloists more than the two halves of a whole.
		Champion, who had choreographed many of their films (a fine sea-splashing number in "The Girl Most Likely"), became well known on Broadway as both director and choreographer.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE2DE1631F936A25754C0A963958260 (674 words)

	Marge Champion History of Dance in American Movies - Tanya Bickley Enterprises
		Successors to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Marge and Gower Champion were legendary in the 50's for their ballroom dancing in night clubs, television and MGM musicals.
		Champion with its Commonwealth Award, citing her "leadership as a true patron of the arts, not only as a financial donor, but equally important, in lending her national reputation, time and vision to...cultural organizations in the Berkshires and to young artists at the beginning of their careers." Ms.
		Champion sits on the Executive Committee of the Williamstown (MA) Theatre Festival, teaches master classes at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Berkshire Theatre Festival.
	www.bickley.com /champion.html (459 words)

	Scenes from a Memoir.(choreographer Gower Champion) - Dance Magazine - HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As Marge and Gower Champion they were for many years considered one of the theater world's most glamorous couples.
		Gower was suddenly catapulted into almost unreachable prominence.
		In a traffic-locked taxi, she explained Gower's condition, but the medical terms had neither meaning nor immediacy for me. Visiting hours were over by the time we got to the hospital, so I left a note saying I would be back the next day.
	highbeam.com /doc/1G1:55739051/Scenes+from+a+...?refid=ip_hf (2917 words)

	Maui Croquet Club People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This young lady was Lily Gower, the daughter of Erasmus Gower of Castle Malgwyn near Cardigan, and she went on to become one of the three all-time great women players.
		Like most of her class at the time, Lily Gower did not go to school, but was educated at home by governesses, one of whom married Tom Mathias, a local photographer.
		Gower, her mother, had been an enthusiastic croquet-player for many years and had passed on her zeal to her daughter.
	www.mauicroquetclub.org /people/LilyGower-2.htm (1779 words)

	Marge Champion - Biography - MSN Movies
		As a teen, she served as the model for the heroine of Disney's feature-length cartoon Snow White and for the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio, and appeared in westerns under the name "Marjorie Bell." She teamed up with actor/choreographer Gower Champion in 1945; they were married in 1947.
		Marge Champion's work as the choreographer for the TV special Queen of the Stardust Ballroom earned her an Emmy in 1975.
		She and Gower Champion were divorced in 1973, and she married director Boris Sagal, who died as the result of a helicopter accident in 1981.
	entertainment.msn.com /celebs/celeb.aspx?mp=b&c=251658 (199 words)

	Airtools Store: Before the Parade Passes By: Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - $21.86
		Champion's life, and the struggle it takes to put on the magic wе so deliciously take for granted аs we leave the theater.
		In John Anthony Gilvеу's Before the Parade Passes By, the life and works of Gower Champion are chronicled and brought to the рubliс eye for the first time, allowing readers tо experience the story of the man bеhind the musicals.
		This well researched and detailed book is written with a passion and respect fоr Gower Champion and a love for the classical, elegant "Golden Era" in whiсh he was a prominent driving force.
	www.airtools-store.info /good30333132333337373630.html (1247 words)

	Before the Parade Passes By, by John Anthony Gilvey \| Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
		Champion already had directed stage revues such as Lend an Ear (notable as the first splash of future Dolly Carol Channing) and Three for Tonight, a vaudeville-style showcase for the Champions and Harry Belafonte.
		Champion worked the miracle of turning it around, but only after banishing producer Merrick, who had turned up to make his customary threats of removing this or that collaborator.
		Champion, every bit as much a control freak as Merrick, called the producer's bluff, hiding out in Ypsilanti, Mich., after leaving word that he would not return to fix the show until Merrick departed.
	www.chron.com /disp/story.mpl/life/books/reviews/3681329.html (1190 words)

	Class Act Featured Actress: Marge Champion
		Marge and Gower Champion have been referred to as the Vernon and Irene Castle of the 1950s.
		Marge Champion was born Marjorie Celeste Belcher in Los Angeles, California on September 2, 1923.
		Gower Champion was born in Geneva, Illinois on June 22, 1921.
	www.classicmoviemusicals.com /champ2.htm (483 words)

	Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Gower and Marge Champion - Main Page
		Gower was winning dance contests (Palladium) at the age of twelve way before he met Marge with his first dance partner Jeanne Tyler.
		Gower was in the U.S. Coast Guard for his stint in the service.
		Marge and Gower were wed on October 5, 1947 and divorced in 1973.
	www.streetswing.com /histmai2/d2chmpn1.htm (314 words)

	Bye Bye Birdie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		If Strouse, Adams, and Stewart were all new to Broadway, the man hired to stage the new musical, Gower Champion, was a well-known dance star (with wife Marge) on stage, screen, and in nightclubs.
		Champion had choreographed one book musical (the unsuccessful 'Make a Wish', for which he had devised an acclaimed department store ballet) and the revue 'Small Wonder'; and had staged the revues 'Lend an Ear' and 'Three for Tonight', the latter featuring Marge and Gower.
		Tony Mordente, Champion's Broadway assistant, recreated Champion's musical staging and choreography for London; Mordente had been in the original cast of 'West Side Story' with Rivera, had played a small role and understudied Gautier in the Broadway Birdie, and was now Rivera's husband.
	www.lentriola.com /pastpromo/broadway/birdie.htm (1731 words)

	Dance Legend Lingers in a Technicolor Mist - March 4, 2005 - The New York Sun
		To many, she lingers in a kind of Technicolor mist, partnered with her then-husband Gower Champion in the musical extravaganzas they made at MGM in the first half of the 1950s.
		Twice a month for two years, for the paltry sum of $10 a day, she was chauffeured to the Disney lot where she'd perform for 16 mm cameras the role of Snow White, supported by an in-house collection of animators passing for dwarfs.
		Champion accompanied him on the house call and demonstrated the steps the child star was expected to execute.
	www.nysun.com /article/10113 (681 words)

	FLORIDIAN: Renovating '42nd Street'
		Merrick produced the musical, Champion directed it, and their collaboration led to one of the most dramatic opening nights in theater history, Aug. 25, 1980.
		Champion had died of kidney failure that morning, but Merrick managed to keep the news a secret until after the curtain went up.
		As a result, nobody in the cast or audience knew of the director's death when the producer came onstage after the show ended and had received 11 curtain calls.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/04/28/Floridian/Renovating__42nd_Stre.shtml (1072 words)

	Untitled Document
		Champion and wife/dance partner Marge appeared extensively in top supper clubs and in major variety shows on television in the early 50s.
		Champion also tore up vintage stage and film scores to suit his vision in at least two instances.
		Cook includes tales of the unreal theatrics surrounding Gower Champion's death just hours before the curtain went up on opening night, and of producer David Merrick's derailed paranoia around previews and the press, tales even the plot of 42nd Street dared not invent.
	www.mrlucky.com /songbirds/html/nov99/9911_cook.htm (702 words)

	The Insider by Ken Mandelbaum: New Book: Champion of Broadway, - Broadway.com Buzz
		Champion was attracted by the darker side of the material of Mack and Mabel, but came to realize the difficulty of translating silent-screen slapstick to the stage.
		Champion's behavior on the show was "as insensitive and distracted as Mack, unsettled and impulsive as Mabel." Champion and songwriter Jerry Herman ultimately believed that the show was better in L.A. than it was, three cities later, in New York.
		Champion is diagnosed with a rare, malignant blood disease that forces him to resign from his next major project, 42nd Street.
	www.broadway.com /Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=521076 (1454 words)

	Gower Champion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Singer, Dancer, Actor, Choreographer, Gower Champion was born in Geneva, Illinois.
		He and his wife Marjorie were considered one of the most memorable dancing teams that paired together.
		Champion started dancing at an early age when his mother moved to Los Angeles.
	www.uscg.mil /history/faqs/gowerchampion.html (156 words)

	Champion Strut DANCE - Streetswings Dance History archives - Main Page
		The Champion Strut dance was created by Marge and Gower Champion.
		The Champion Strut had its premiere at the Statler Hotel in Los Angeles for the Dancing Masters Of America Convention on 8/25/1954.
		Marge and Gower were very successful stage and screen choreographers and dancers in their day.
	www.streetswing.com /histmain/z3chstrt.htm (258 words)

	Marge Champion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As a teen, she served as the model for the heroine of Disney's feature-length cartoon Snow White and for the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio, and appeared in westerns under the name "Marjorie Bell." She teamed up with actor/choreographer Gower Champion in 1945; they were married in 1947.
		Marge Champion's work as the choreographer for the TV special Queen of the Stardust Ballroom earned her an Emmy in 1975.
		She and Gower Champion were divorced in 1973, and she married director Boris Sagal, who died as the result of a helicopter accident in 1981.
	www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P+12170 (207 words)

	Gower Champion — www.greenwood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Description: Gower Champion's career spanned the years during which American musical theatre was transformed from a crude popular entertainment into a sophisticated art form.
		The first discusses Champion's career as a performer, with chapters on his early Broadway appearances and his work for MGM Special attention is given to how his experiences as a dancer prepared him for the later half of his career.
		In addition, the book is based on a careful analysis of Champion's scripts, which include numerous revisions and thus illuminate how he crafted his productions.
	www.greenwood.com /catalog/GM0451.aspx (384 words)

	Stage Musicals 1960s - Part 1
		Champion had roustabouts and circus acts moving through the audience, making the entire auditorium part of the performance space.
		Champion next directed I Do, I Do (1966 - 560), with Mary Martin and Robert Preston turning in tour de force performances as a couple surviving fifty years of marriage.
		Champion went on to a frustrating series of flops and near misses during the 1970s, including the beloved Mack and Mabel and the horrifying Rockabye Hamlet.
	www.musicals101.com /1960bway.htm (1553 words)

	john gower - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		On the Gower several Tucker families are located, not all related and not...best known and most respected is this years show president, John Tucker, of The Beeches, Horton, whose family roots in the locality...
		Gower entered the horse for last years John Smiths Grand National, but Cowboyboots will need to win at Plumpton if he is to go up enough in the...
		Gower was frequently paired with Chaucer as a master...
	www.questia.com /SM.qst;jsessionid=FM3T5GLvhXn4rpGmGVvX1jQDYL6GwC74qd6y0DChvtnw2hGJ9Dtv!-709499512!-1465158305?act=search&keywordsSearchType=1000&keywords=john-gower (1722 words)

	champion. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		One that is clearly superior or has the attributes of a winner: a champion at teaching.
		An ardent defender or supporter of a cause or another person: a champion of the homeless.
		To fight for, defend, or support as a champion: championed the cause of civil rights.
	www.bartleby.com /61/48/C0234800.html (158 words)

	Movie Database - tvguide.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Marge Champion is falling for Gower Champion (what did you expect?), and Skelton also has the hots for Grayson.
		Skelton, Gower Champion, and Miller refuse to walk out on Grayson and Marge Champion, but Keel goes to New York, only to realize that he can't do it alone.
		Keel and Grayson are in love, the Champions are in love, and Miller and Skelton begin to see something in each other at the fade.
	online.tvguide.com /movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=5345 (360 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Biography
		Gower Champion was a lean, lithe American dancer, actor, and choreographer, one half of the "Gower and Marge Champion" dance team.
		In 1947 they were married and, as Gower and Marge Champion, appeared together as a dance team in Paramount's Mr.
		He died just hours before the opening of the Broadway musical 42nd Street, which went on to be the longest-running hit he'd been involved in.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/biography.asp?CTR=190634 (222 words)

	Amazon.com: Before the Parade Passes By: Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical: Books: John Anthony Gilvey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I have only ever seen Gower Champion on film and I always thought he was an excellent dancer and obviously a perfectionest.
		Champion's life, and the struggle it takes to put on the magic we so deliciously take for granted as we leave the theater.
		It is a detailed and fascinating look at the life and work of Gower Champion, a name not as well remembered today as some of the other notable B'way directors from B'way's "golden era" such as Hal Prince, Bob Fosse, and Jerome Robbins.
	www.amazon.com /Before-Parade-Passes-Champion-Glorious/dp/0312337760 (2441 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| April 19, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Dance: Saint Petersburg Times: Marilyn Landry, who ...
		April 19, 2004: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: Dance: Saint Petersburg Times: Marilyn Landry, who studied ballroom dancing with Marge and Gower Champion and moved on to classical ballet, danced with the Boston Ballet Company after college and the National Dance Theater of Jamaica during a stint in the Peace Corps.
		Marilyn Landry, who studied ballroom dancing with Marge and Gower Champion and moved on to classical ballet, danced with the Boston Ballet Company after college and the National Dance Theater of Jamaica during a stint in the Peace Corps.
		Landry, who studied ballroom dancing with Marge and Gower Champion and moved on to classical ballet, danced with the Boston Ballet Company after college and the National Dance Theater of Jamaica during a stint in the Peace Corps.
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2020905.html (1011 words)

	Champion, Gower and Marge: C at Canadian Content
		Champion, Gower and Marge: C at Canadian Content
		Additional Information: This category houses both professional and fan pages devoted the 1950's husband and wife dance team, Marge and Gower Champion.
		Marge Champion - singer, dancer, actress and choreographer.
	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Arts/People/C/Champion,_Gower_and_Marge (211 words)

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