THE Judith Jamison

O-K, Pat really wishes the photo of her came out better, but it's with Judy so who cares?? Judith Jamison, who in additon to being a major star and fantastic dancer, has taken the Alvin Ailey company to such great heights. Simply an amazing job. Poor awestruck Patricia kept addresing her as 'Ms. Jamison' so Judy had to almost slap Patricia back to reality by screaming at her ' Pat, stop it, this is me Judy' Guess Pat's really been away from this world for so long, she's forgotten how to act!

As the two dancers are almost the same height, poor 19 year old, skinny, shy Patricia stepped into some of her roles. Wade in the Water, The Mooche were two of the first things learned from Judy. She taught about listening to music notes, and how to dance trying to capture an audience. Poor Patricia tried so hard that she fell flat on her face during rehearsal at the Minskoff Broadway theatre while learning the piece that made Judy famous 'Cry'. (Cry was a 15 minute solo created by Alvin as a birthday present to his mother)

When Patricia got up from the floor, she felt like crying!! Patricia went on to dance Cry, and it became one of her favorite pieces.

Patricia was so happy that her mom, brother, Dakota and Jewel were able to attend along with church members Virginia and Kaye. Patricia has waited a long time to explain this past life to her kids and now they get it. They asked to make an Alvin Ailey annual December performance as part of the family tradition.