The Hoofers Club was visited by a number of different and some times eccentric personalities which were all unique in there own right. Each had there own set piece or show stopper that would always be warmly received and on some occasions induced applause from the onlookers.

Dancers with various names that fitted with their peculiar habits of dancing of dancing like 'Piano', a dancer that always held onto the piano as he danced, it is not sure if he needed it because he was infirm of legs or if he just liked the security. There was defiantly no lack of energy in his steps that he magically performed. There were dancers with canes, hats and even sand on occasion, although this was something that the proprietor Lonnie Hicks did not encourage and only dancers of some standing were aloud this particular requirement.

Other visitors performed all manner of eccentric steps which were not always Tap steps. As time went by guys were employing more and more acrobatic steps to try to out do their dance rivals, and thus create a good impression. There is no doubt that the Hoofers Club was a place where reputations were put on the line, so much so that the great dancers were never seen in competition with each other, there was just too much at stake. This atmosphere made things vary tense at times and dancers were very apprehensive about showing what the could do for fear of being show up by a challenger who feels it his place to reaffirm his ranking in the room.

After a number of years there seemed to be very little innovation in the Tap steps and many dancers were just making them selves carbon copies of famous big named Tap Dancers. Many steps were basically the same and just executed in a different sequence to what had initially been seen. After a while audiences became desensitised to the novelty of the Tap Dance.

New ways of doing things were found as fast Tapping, slow Tapping and a mixture of the two had already been done. Only the big names could sell the old steps to paying audiences, which were drawn to the shows as they were guaranteed an abundance of showmanship and talent from the experienced headliners.

Other not so well known acts found that they could compete with the big names by introducing the unusual into there acts. Young performers with relatively little experience could find them selves side by side on the same billing as the big names. Things became so visual that in some cases the Tapping was very minimal if any was included at all in their acts, this was also a reaction to the big bands which were becoming louder and louder.

A number of these acts were short lived as injuries were sustained from some of the acrobatics that were employed, most of it was self-taught through trial and error, formal training in gymnastics or acrobatics was a luxury dancers could ill afford.  The error could sometimes being fatal, and many of the dancers were lucky to walk away with torn ligaments and fractures, in fact they were lucky to walk away at all. However, the best of these acts survived and are now well known in the world Tap and motion pictures.

Whatever type of dancing was popular around the Hoofers Club years, you could be sure to see the basic element of it in the little back room. Like today elements of popular dance some how find there way into most forms of dance and especially Tap as it is a very adaptable dance. This was the way of the Hoofers Club, a unique place where the development of dance was encouraged.