Possible Clues:

• Member of the Syncopated Ladies, e.g
• He won't take steps to maintain silence
• Hoofer, so to speak
• Entertainer with noisy shoes
• Entertainer can depart as arranged
• Hard shoe entertainer
• Draw off reindeer: I'll be hoofing it
• "Bojangles" Robinson, for one
• Reindeer by water source, one hoofing it noisily
• Astaire, say, parted with short cane, sadly