So I'm taking Mom to see the Christmas tour of the Rockettes tonight at L.A. Live and can't wait! It should be so much fun!!! I didn't know much about them though, so I found out some interesting information. The "Rockettes" are a dancing group founded in 1925 by Russel Markert. Originally they were called the "Missouri Rockets." The Rockets were such a success that a countrywide tour began, and at the end they landed in New York. Roxy Rothafel was a New Yorker who had just opened the new ... Continue Reading