For the grand finale of this weeks tap-centric postings, lets watch the grand finale of ‘Stormy Weather’ (1943) featuring the astonishingly elegant, athletic and altogether delightful dance team of Harold and Fayard Nicholas. This five minute clip includes the opening chorus of Cab Calloway singing ‘Jumping Jive’ so either skip ahead to 1:30 to get to the brothers or hang for a brief minute with the redoubtable and still very strange Cab. I read once that somebody asked Fayard Nicholas how they performed all those splits without getting hurt and Fayard replied, ‘Who said it didn’t hurt?’