Rod and Drew

Rod Howell

Rod Howell is a tap dance teacher, choreographer, performer, and webcast producer in sunny California. He has appeared on national television performing his own tap choreography to music he wrote, and his tap sounds have been recorded and played for the Miss America Pageant. He has peformed at the Lincoln Center, House of Blues, and numberous venues in L.A. and around the country.

Rod is the proud creator of unitedtaps.com the world's largest free online tap video dictionary. He has also created an entire song

of electronic tap boards that make synthesizer sound when tapped on.

In addition to being a leader in tap and technology Rod has taught all over the country for Gregg Russell's 3D Dance Netowrk and L.A. Underground. Rod has also taught at many dance studios including the Edge Performing Arts Center and currently Rod teaches at, The Talent Factory, Pam Rossi's Dance Ten, and Bobbie's School of Performing Arts.

Outside of dance, Rod enjoys writing and recording music and reading car magazines in his spare time. He has a lovely wife named Jen who was also in "Tapsounds Underground," along with a dog named Doodles and a Cat named Maui (and yes they get along great!).

Drew Tyler Bell

Drew Tyler Bell has starred for the past two and a half years as Thomas Forrester on the CBS daytime drama "The Bold and the Beautiful". He appeared in the feature film "Jeepers Creepers 2" and television series "Jake 2.0" on UPN. He can also be seen starring in the upcoming "Love’s Abiding Joy" for the Hallmark Channel. This past summer Drew filmed the independent film "Her Best Move" in which he had a lead role. Drew has been in national commercials for Coca-Cola and Youth Smoking Prevention among others.

Drew also appeared as a principal dancer in a national commercial for "Old Navy". He has been dancing since the age of six and is currently a member of the L.A. tap troupe "Tapsounds Underground". Drew also danced for Disneymania and the Nickelodeon show "All That". He has done voice-over work for T-Mobile and independent films.

In addition to his TV and film career, Drew continues to pursue a music career. He was trained as a classical pianist and violinist. Drew is currently spending his free time writing music.

from one tap sound and then choreographed a dance to it for Gregg Russell's tap company, Tapsounds Underground. Rod has also worked to build his own set