An award given annually since 1984 by the Dance Theater Workshop in New York City for achievement in dance and the performing arts.
[After Bessie Schönberg (1906-1997), German-born American dance teacher.]
Bessie
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Bes·sie (bĕs'ē)  |
n.
An award given annually since 1984 by the Dance Theater Workshop in New York City for achievement in dance and the performing arts.
An award given annually since 1984 by the Dance Theater Workshop in New York City for achievement in dance and the performing arts.
| Wikipedia: Bessie (lake monster) |
| Creature | |
|---|---|
| Grouping | Local legend |
| Sub grouping | Lake monster |
| Data | |
| First reported | 1817 |
| Last sighted | 1998 |
| Country | United States |
| Region | Lake Erie |
| Habitat | Water and land |
| Status | Local Legend |
Bessie is a name given to an alleged lake monster in Lake Erie. By the locals, it is also called "South Bay Bessie". The first recorded "sighting" of Bessie occurred in 1817 and more sightings have occurred intermittently and in greater frequency in the last three decades. Bessie is reported to be snake-like and 9-12 meters (30-40 ft) long, at least a foot in diameter, with a grayish color.
It has been reported that the Lake Erie Monster is nothing more than a school of young catfish. This is consistent with the patterns of schooling fish in the lake.
Popular culture
A tribute of sorts to Bessie is Lemmy (Lake Erie Monster), a wood and plastic sculpture of a serpentine creature placed in the Huron River just north of Ohio Route 2 near Huron from around 1994 until 2004, and then from 2005. The sculpture is now broken, and it is unknown on whether it will be fixed.[1][2]
The minor-league hockey team Lake Erie Monsters, AHL affiliate to the NHL's Colorado Avalanche, was named after Bessie. There is also a band named "South Bay Bessie" as a tribute to the beast.
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