TWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE
Lizanne Truex, talent extraordinaire
aka "The Oklahoma Pixie"
Walter A. Wyckoff
aka "Weary Willie"
With the 50th Anniversary DVD
release of "Oklahoma", the question
"Who are the 2 dancers?"
now pops up with increasing frequency
as people re-discover the two "teens"
who are infatuated
with Will Parker (Gene Nelson).

Well, you'll find out why, IMHO
Lizanne is so special.

Author Larry Billman,
who danced with Liz in the '60s,
said of her,
"Lizanne was never 'Chorus' material.
She was a brilliant dancer and had that
kind of charisma that made an audience
sit up and take notice whenever she
entered the stage."
No finer praise could be said
of any dancer,
and in Lizanne's case,
it is fully warranted.

And this from a Las Vegas reviewer,
who has seen talented dancers
come and go,
"The blonde, pixie-ish performer
is one of the finest dancers
to ever set talented feet
to Las Vegas boards
and
she's been a mainstay
of the Tropicana cast
ever since the plush hostelry opened."

Click on her picture to view my
reasons for being enraptured with this
talented little lady
to the point that I am pestering IMDb
to upgrade her screen credit in
"Oklahoma!"
from a generic "Dancer"
to something more appropriate.
Click on his picture and read about his
epic trek across America in 1891-92,
working his way as an unskilled
laborer in his "Experiment in Reality".

Follow our retracement of his journey
110 years later in tribute
to this remarkable man.