Maxwell, Calif, is a small Sacramentio Valley town of 20 streets (counting the alleys), and home to Stadust Dance -- I think.

I'd like to prove it, but to do that I'm going to have to camp on the front doorstep until the proprietress makes an appearance.

Anonymous tipsterds tell me lady has some Big Town credentials somewhere in her past. Which Big Town they tipster can't say for sure, but rumor suggests San Francisco, and maybe even NY. Whichever, it's enough to spark curiosity.

But, as I said, I don't know for sure,since I'm hearing it all second hand -- straight from the horse's ex-wife's first cousin cousin twice removed's mouth, so to speak.

Still, in my continuing quest for fresh showfolk news folk, I'll take what I can get.

A couple of Sunday afternoons ago, I drove to Maxwell, population zip, or thereabouts, and found the Stardust at 100 F Oak Street.

Judging by the signs, the studio is upstairs in the antuique Oddfellows Building in bustling downtown Maxwell. Ground floor sports an insurance salesman's office. Across the street is a java joint. Around the streets, there's nary a car moving.

The hours of operation posted on the glass entry door indicates the studio is open late afternoons and evenigs on maybe four days a week.

Ther's a little ballet offered and a lot of the other, but no tap mentioned (unless I missed it.)

The phone and address of Stardust Dance is listed oin the Internet, but there doesn't seem to be a web page for the place. Not even a weblog. So I have no link to publish for the readers' convenience.

I gave the joint a jingle tonight, but no answer.

So ,I think I'll have to drive over on a weekday night and look up to see if the lights are on and maybe I can buttonhole the intructor and hear her tale.

If I time it right and get lucky, maybe I can make it over there on the night of the new moon, when the whole sky is nothing by stars with the dust from them showerng down on loving dancers everywhere.