Appalachian Clogging Dance
I've been thinking how we used to dance...with our feet. Some examples of clogging below:
This woman calls it Appalachian Flatfooting...I'll forgive her, she's from the UK, but yeah, she's pretty good at it:
This gentleman sprinkles cornmeal on his board. Dancehalls would sprinkle cornmeal too, so we could slide better:
This is from 1964. This is how I learned to dance with boys. We danced like this in school for gym class, too....it was fun! My family has a big reunion every year, for I guess you could call my Clan...it's interesting to see such a large example of my gene pool....we're a slender bunch and many redheads. 70 years running, our reunion. After dinner, we dance the night away, like this:
Mountain Clog Dancing:
I've been thinking how we used to dance...with our feet. Some examples of clogging below:
This woman calls it Appalachian Flatfooting...I'll forgive her, she's from the UK, but yeah, she's pretty good at it:
This gentleman sprinkles cornmeal on his board. Dancehalls would sprinkle cornmeal too, so we could slide better:
This is from 1964. This is how I learned to dance with boys. We danced like this in school for gym class, too....it was fun! My family has a big reunion every year, for I guess you could call my Clan...it's interesting to see such a large example of my gene pool....we're a slender bunch and many redheads. 70 years running, our reunion. After dinner, we dance the night away, like this:
Mountain Clog Dancing: