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TIMES DOUBLETOEwww.doubletoe.com May 2015 Issue Grand Ole Tradition Grand Ole Opry Square Dancers Melvin Sloan and Eddie Oliver Reflect on Five Decades of Dance Entertainment DOUBLETOE footprint May 2015 Summertime...July/August 2010 Clogging Group Trips InSummertime... This Issue and the living is easy. So says Lee Froehle has been coordinatingIn This clogging Issue trips and Indexthe song...... 2 tours for more than a decade and has taken her own Editorial “Changing Channels” ...... 4 Indexgroups...... to Europe, Disney and around the U.S. She 2 CalendarAnyone withof Events a teenager ...... remembers the 6 High School Musical opening scene where a Editorialhas also “Summertime” organized Clogging...... Expos for over 1,000 2 Virginia Clogger Dorothy Stephenson ...... 8 people in Washington, DC, plus Hawaii. Ireland, Cherryholmesclassroom full Interview of eager ...... students are watching 14 Clogmunication:Scotland and more. Whether you are a small group Dancersthe clock in andAction chanting, Photo Contest“Summer...... Summer... 23 Yourwanting Letters a fun and trip, Emailsa cruise...... for a few families or a 3 ChoreographySummer!” The “Get bell Back” rings and everyone breaks large studio wanting a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, by Susie Blankenship, TX ...... 24 Calendar of Events...... 4 into song and dance. Just like real life, right? Lee can arrange performances and tours just for you! Choreography “Love Potion # 9” MelvinLee Sloan: Froehle 614-580-1950 We by Barryput so Welch, much CAhope...... into this season. After a26 Grand Ole Opry Dancer Looks Back Choreographylong, and -- for “All many Night -- Long”tough Winter, we can air [email protected] out by Johnthe spaces, Pryor, TX get ...... to those projects, do those28 on Years of Clogging at the Opry...... 8 Choreographyoutdoor shows “High and Hopes”gear up for another round of Eddie Oliver: classes. by Mary Smith, There VAis gardening ...... to tend to, vacations30 Grand Ole Opry Dancer Looks Back Choreographyto plan, cleaning “If Heaven for sure Ain’t and Alot lots Likeof hopeful Dixie” plans by Jean for Moeller,relaxation TX and ...... a whole lot of nothin’. 32 on 49 Years of Clogging at the Opry...... 14 Choreography “Can’t Back Down” Choreo “Wild in your Smile” Too by Maria often, Tucker, though, UT the ...... reality of all of this effort34 Choreographythat is saved for“Little the Bitsunny of Life” months can bring by Karen Tripp, California...... 20 stresses by Maxine and Wallis, unforeseen KS ...... complications. Other’s36 Choreo “Counting Stars” Instructorsvacation plans and Dancerscut into our Directory numbers ...... for those 26 By Josh King, Australia...... 22 important Summer shows. Well planned outings Advertisingand events turn into Indexmore work than fun when Instructors and Dancer Directory...... 28 Lee’s Clogging Events ...... 2 Midsouthyou find Footwearyou are trying ...... to wrangle people to fit 3 America’sthings into Clogging their busy Hall Summer of Fame schedules. CLOGGINGAdvertising CRUISES, Index CompetitionI think sometimes Calendar we ...... put too much emphasis 4 STOMP, the Musical ...... 5 America’s Clogging Hall of Fame on the Summer months. Anton Chekhov FESTIVALS, TOURS, Thewrote Carolina “People Opry don’t ...... notice whether it’s winter or5 Calendar of Events...... 5 Stevens Clogging Supplies ...... 9 summer when they’re happy.” Fontana Clogging JamboreePARADES...... & MORE! 6, 7 Indiana Fall Classic Clogging Championships ...... 11 Oktober(CLOG)festSure, the weather ...... is better. But when you get13 Stevens Clogging Supplies...... 11 CCAtogether Vegas with Invitational the people Competition you love and...... who love15 CLOG Convention in Baltimore...... 15 Doubletoethe dance Times you love, Magazine it can ...... be sunny, partly cloudy17 Midwest Fall Classic...... 17 2011or even Hawaii downright Clogging frosty. Expo ...... A good time will 18-19be had Cloggingby all. Cruise to Western Caribbean ...... 21 Double Toe Times Subscription...... 24 Dancers in Action Photo Contest ...... 23 Carl’s Clogging Supply...... 28 WorldMake oftime Clogging just for Workshop yourself and & Competition your family ...... and25 Smokyfriends Mountain this Summer. Encore Sure, ...... you can enjoy the27 The Double Toe Times is now available Doubletoeshows you Times can putMagazine together, ...... the fun you can plan29 High Hopes Outreach ...... 31 in digital format for your IPad, Kindle or E-Reader and the time you can share. There will be plenty Practice Music for Clogging ...... 25 or download to your computer! more time free times on everyone’s hands when Carl’sthe leaves Clogging fall. Supplies ...... 44
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Jackie: Thanks so much! Clogging is a TRIP Our adventure in the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany was such an amazing time! We saw many I wanted to write to let you know that I totally enjoyed dear friends and made some incredible new friends. your article highlighting your trip to Europe with fellow clogging teacher Shane Gruber. (Double Toe Times It is amazing to see how technology has brought our May, 2015) worlds together. I do know how you can make friends from all over the When I first started reading the Double Toe Times, it place. If it wasn’t for “Your Highness” (South Dakota was one of the only means of finding out about events clogging instructor Lois Heinis) I wouldn’t be writing and the directory was the best way to see who was this from Wyoming. But you know when our daughter clogging in each state and country around the world. took a semester in London, England I was in touch With the internet and smart devices, we are now just a with a clogger who gave me directions to a community click away from the world at our fingertips. center in London where there was clogging. John and Knowing that the information we provide has been I took the tube and walked to this center. Needless helpful is so great to hear! to say our timing was off and their clogging class was the following week. I have the privilege of returning to Europe this Fall and will hopefully bring back more stories of the clogging This person took the time to write me back and give that is shared at the events. me directions. Where did I get his info, you ask? ...from the Doubletoe Times. Jeff Driggs, Editor Where did I find out about a clogging instructor close Oklahoma Borderline to Sturgis, South Dakota? ... the Doubletoe Times. Bobbie Adams once told me that I was the first person I have to say the magazine has made a difference in from the state of Oklahoma to subscribe to the Double my life. Toe Times magazine, so I will keep on re-subscribing It is all your fault that I am sitting here, 50 miles from a and reading! Walmart waiting for 3 to 12 inches of snow (depending I retired from teaching and having a group in on where you live in the Black Hills) to melt, so that I February, but I will always be a clogger and hope can venture out to find some clogging. to see my clogging friends on the dance floor at a I attended a workshop in Montana and noticed a workshop soon. clogger in a t-shirt that I had only seen back east. I Alan Keene approached her and we started talking. It seems she Oklahoma moved to Montana for her work and she was from Alan: Pennsylvania. I knew the group she had clogged with The late Bobbie Adams (the founder and original back east from several of the workshops. Anyway, we editor of the Double Toe Times) could tell you who communicate and she has attended our workshops was the first clogger from each state and country to and stayed with John and I. support this magazine and she was thrilled each time I just never thought clogging would have given me so a new area joined her readership map. much in life. If I had just started sooner! Thanks for all you have done to promote clogging in I am thankful for what I have and what the future the state of Oklahoma and beyond. You have taught holds for me clogging-wise. hundreds of people to dance through the years and Once again, it was a great article. I would like to hear you have always been a great stewart of the traditions more about your trips! of clogging. Jackie Mosmiller Jeff Driggs, Editor Wyoming The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 3 Calendar of Clogging Events The Double Toe Times lists clogging events as a free service to the clogging community. Events are listed by date and category and are recognized by the following symbols: (W) = Workshop, (C) = Competition, (D) = Dance Only, (T) = Training Seminar (P) = Performance, Exhibitions or Concert Submitting an event is easy... just visit the Double Toe Times website at www.doubletoe.com and click on “Events.” You may also email [email protected] with the title “Clogging Event.” Call or email today to advertise!
Aug 2015 Oct 2015 Jun 2015 Jul 2015 Aug 15, 2015 Aug 7-8, 2015 Oct 24, 2015 Jun 6, 2015 Jul 10-12, 2015 Wilson County Fair (C) Mississippi Clogging OktoberClogFest Big Horn Mountain CCA Youth Leadership (NCHC) Extravaganza (W) Workshop (WP) Showdown (C) Retreat Lebanon, TN Pearl, MS Columbus, IN (NCHC) Location TBA Info: Grace Pack Instructors: Joel Harrison from Inst: Jeff Driggs, Naomi Pyle & Buffalo, WY Info: ccaclog.com 615-449-3821 ALL THAT! more TBA Info: Shanell Hatch Jul 11, 2015 [email protected] Workshops Clyde Muse Center Donner Center 307-620-0282 Power All Star Challenge Info: Angie Miller Info: Naomi Pyle [email protected] (C) Aug 22, 2015 Jun 2015 (601) 906-2882 812-579-6979 Sound FX Clogging June 6, 2015 (NCHC) (CAD) msclogextravaganza.com [email protected] Jun 6, 2015 Woodstock, GA Championships (C) Thundering Feet Clog Mars Hill University Woodstock High School (ACHF) Workshop Aug 14-15, 2015 Nov 2015 Championships (C) Info: Ryan Rickard Lincolnton, NC Niagara Falls, Canada Sunshine State Nov 7, 2015 (ACHF) (770) 639-7285 James W. Warren Coronation Seniors’ Clogging Jamboree (W) Appalachian Stomp (W) Mars Hill, NC [email protected] Citizens Center Centre, Daytona Beach, FL Purcellville, VA Moore Auditorium Info: Dianne Loftin Instructors: TBA Instructors: Shane Gruber, Carver Community Center Info: Danielle B. Plimpton Jul 19, 2015 864-277-0553 Colleen Zurbrigg, Shirley Brown, Info: Jeff Wood Inst. Blake Bartlett Dunn Johanna Maloughney Bailey Mountain Cloggers Fusion Fest (C) [email protected] 850-386-1263 Info: Mary Smith or Quinn Stansell Info: [email protected] [email protected] 828-689-1113 (NCHC) [email protected] [email protected] Newton, NC 704-418-8047 Naomi Pyle AppalachianStomp.com [email protected] Jun 18-20, 2015 812-579-6979 Info: Stefanie Grubbs BYU Cougar Clogging Jun 20, 2015 336-918-6269 [email protected] Nov 7, 2015 Classic (W) Grand Challenge of [email protected] Sep 2015 The Great Texas Provo, UT Champions (C) Sep 11-12, 2015 Inst: TBA Sep 2015 Hoedown (W) (NCHC) Jul 25, 2015 North Carolina Mountain Info: 801-422-4851 Sep 11-12, 2015 Blanco, TX Branson, MO Orange County Clogging State Fair Clogging Inst. Andy Howard http://ce.byu.edu/cw/ Clogging & Folk Festival Oak Ridge Boys Theatre Competition (C) Info: Buster Green Competition (C) dancecamps/clogging.php (WP) Info: David and Susan (ACHF) 830-980-3600 (ACHF) Mountain View, AR Phillips Orange, VA Fletcher, NC Inst: TBA [email protected] Jun 24-26, 2015 678-889-4355 Orange County High Info: 870-269-3851 Glen McCrary WNC Ag Center ECTA Clogging [email protected] School ozarkfolkcenter.com 214-455-1716 Info: Dianne Loftin Convention (W) gnccclog.webs.com Info: Allen & Kim Snow [email protected] 864-277-0553 Rotenburg 540-222-6372 Sep 11-12, 2015 www.texas-clogging.com [email protected] Germany Jun 20-21, 2015 orangeclogersva@gmail. Florida Clogging Council Inst: TBA Carolina Fusion’s Summer com State Convention (W) Nov 13-15, 2015 Sep 19, 2015 Info: Sandra Pohlmann Shindig (C) Melbourne, FL Hickory Hoedown (W,C) Magic Feet Ultimate +49 (0)151 40450699 (ACHF) Jul 24-25, 2015 Instructors TBA Hickory, NC Challenge (C) sandra.pohlmann@gmail. Maggie Valley, NC Southwest US Clogging Eau Gallie Civic Center Info: AJ & Jill Kirby (ACHF) com Stompin’ Grounds Championships (C) Info: http:// Hickory Metro Conv. Ctr. Info: Kody Shaw ecta.de Info: Stefanie Grubbs (NCHC) floridacloggingcouncil. 828-396-2052 336-431-0628 336-918-6269 Scottsdale, AZ weebly.com simscountrycloggers@ or 336-954-9001 Jun 24-27 2015 Info: Matt & Colleeen magicfeetdanceco@gmail. 64th National Square yahoo.com Sep 11-13, 2015 Jun 27, 2015 Pearson com Dance Convention (W) clognc.com 19th Australian Clogging ACHF Judges Training 623-670-8271 Springfield, MA (ACHF) [email protected] Sep 26, 2015 Inst: TBA Association Nov 25-28, 2015 Info: Jimmy Loveless azpride.com Dance Matrix (C) Statehouse Convention National Clogging 29th Annual C.L.O.G. (301) 884-5830 (CCA) Center Convention (W) National Clogging [email protected] Bristol, TN http://64nsdc.org/ Central Coast Convention (W) Aug 2015 New South Wales Thanksgiving Weekend Aug 1, 2015 Info: Matt Sexton Jun 27, 2015 Australia Location TBA Summer Fest Competition mattsexton@ Jul 2015 Cherokee Clogging Inst: Sherry Glass Cox info: David & Susan (C) silhouettesinc.com Jul 17-18, 2015 Challenge (C) Info: 2015enquiries@ Phillips (ACHF) Lynne Ogle Double Toe Jam (W,P) (CCA) gmail.com 678-889-4355 Easley, SC [email protected] Waco, TX Cherokee, NC [email protected] [email protected] Easley High School Inst: TBA Cherokee Cultural Arts Center cloggingaustralia.com clog.org Info: Dianne Loftin Oct 2015 Waco Convention Center Info: Matt & Kelly Sexton 864-277-0553 October 10, 2015 Info: info@doubletoejam. (423) 282-5065 Sep 18-19, 2015 [email protected] Deep South Dance Off (C) org & (423)-676-1305 Fontana Clogging (CCA) doubletoejam.org Competitions [email protected] Jamboree (W,P) For more information on Aug 15, 2015 Athens, GA Fontana Village, NC sanctioned competitions, visit the Bluegrass Clogging Morton Theatre Jul 24-26, 2015 Inst: Jeff Driggs, Naomi Pyle, Jun 28, 2015 major sanctioning organization’s Competition (C) Info: Heather Kohberger Aussie Clog (W) Scotty Bilz, Chip Summey, Barry websites at: Explosion Clogging Welch, Matt Sexton, Rob & (CCA) and Blake Dunn Redland Bay ACHF = America’s Clogging Championships (C) Melissa Pack Hall of Fame Morehead, KY dance@ Brisbane (NCHC) Fontana Village Resort achfclog.com Info: Scott & Dena Dobson cloggingconnection.com Australia Cherokee, NC Info: Jeff Driggs CCA = Clogging Champions of [email protected] cloggingconnection.com Info: Olive Borovsky America 304-776-9571 Cherokee Cultural Arts Ctr ccaclog.com +07 3345 3066 ccaclog.com Info: Matt & Kelly Sexton oliveclogging@optusnet. [email protected] NCHC = National Clogging and Hoedown Championships (423) 282-5065 com.au Naomi Pyle 812-579-6979 clog.org & (423)-676-1305 cloggingaustralia.com CAD = Cadence [email protected] [email protected] clogcadence.com fontanaworkshop.com 4 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging Oct 23-25, 2015 Nov 2015 Nov. 14, 2015 ACHF Annual World Nov 7, 2015 Fall Classic Clogging Championships (C) CCA Mountain Classic (C) Championships (C) (ACHF) (CCA) (CCA) Info: Jimmy Loveless Columbus, NC Lexington, Kentucky 301-884-5830 Polk County High School Kentucky Thoroughbred Ellis Perry Info: Rhonda Wallen Center 919-484-0623 [email protected] Info: Jeff Driggs Dianne Loftin Lynne Ogle 304-610-6254 864-277-0553 [email protected] [email protected] achfclog.com ccaclog.com Naomi Pyle 812-343-3285 [email protected] cloggingcontest.com
Our Officers Secretary Ex-Officio Members President Dianne Loftin Lib Mills Jimmy Loveless 864-277-0553 864-885-2707 Don’t see your event 301-884-5830 Home [email protected] [email protected] 240-507-7062 Cell [email protected] Treasurer Lou Maiuri Carol Wiggins 304-872-5803 Vice President 843-696-2974 cell 304-619-5803 cell listed here? Ellis Perry glittergranny50@gmail. [email protected] 919-484-0623 com Then let us know about it and we will list it here for free! [email protected] [email protected] 2015 Sanctioned Events The Double Toe Times featured the most complete April 11, 2015 – Southern Junction Clogging Championships and current listing of clogging workshops, events Piedmont, SC vent Location: Wren High School Auditorium and competitions found anywhere! Send you event Contact: Gwen Davis – 864-299-8601 – [email protected] information now for inclusion! April 25, 2015 – Appalachian Clogging Classic Clyde, NC Event Location: Haywood Community College Auditorium Can’t get enough clogging Contact: Dianne Loftin – 864-277-0553 – [email protected] May 16, 2015 – Beach Blast Rocky Point, NC Event Location: Cape Fear Middle School news? Contact: Jessica Larson – 910-604-0879 [email protected] Get daily clogging updates, news, photos, June 6, 2015 – Mars Hill University Championships videos and more on the Doubletoe Times Mars Hill, NC Event Location: Moore Auditorium Facebook Fan Page! Contact: Danielle B. Plimpton, Bailey Mountain Cloggers 828-689-1113 – [email protected] June 20-21, 2015 – Carolina Fusion’s Summer Shindig Lexington, NC Event Location: Edward C. Smith Civic Center Contact: Stefanie Grubbs – 336-918-6269 – [email protected] Just go to Facebook and search for June 27, 2015 – ACHF Judges Training “Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging” Location TBA Contact: Jimmy Loveless 301-884-5830 [email protected] Join the more than 3,800 others who already have July 25, 2015 – Orange County Clogging Competition become fans! Orange, VA Event Location: Orange County High School Also on twitter.com/cloggingnews Contact: Allen & Kim Snow – 540-222-6372 – [email protected] August 1, 2015 – Summer Fest Competition Easley, SC Event Location: Easley High School The Double Contact: Dianne Loftin – 864-277-0553 – [email protected] Toe Times is August 22, 2015 – Sound FX Clogging Championships collaborating Lincolnton, NC Event Location: James W. Warren Citizens Center Contact: Dianne Loftin – 864-277-0553 – [email protected] with CLOG or Quinn Stansell – 704-418-8047 – [email protected] Today (the September 11-12, 2015 – North Carolina Mountain State Fair Clogging publication of Competition – Fletcher, NC Event Location: WNC Ag Center the Clogging Contact: Dianne Loftin – 864-277-0553 – [email protected] Leaders September 19, 2015 – Magic Feet Ultimate Challenge Organization) Contact: Kody Shaw – 336-431-0628 or 336-954-9001 to pay tribute to [email protected] clogging pioneer JoAnn Gibbs. October 23-25, 2015 – ACHF Annual World Championships Please share your photos, stories Contact: Jimmy Loveless 301-884-5830 – Ellis Perry 919-484-0623 – Dianne and tributes by emailing them to us at Loftin 864-277-0553 [email protected] by June 30. www.achfclog.com
The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 5 Jeff Driggs and Naomi Pyle’s FONTANA CLOGGING JAMBOREE September 18 & 19, 2015 at Fontana Village Resort, North Carolina Smoky Mountains make plans to join us for our 13th big year!
featuring your hosts Naomi Pyle (IN) and Jeff Driggs (WV) Scotty Bilz (GA), Chip Summey (NC) and Barry Welch (CA) plus special guest instructor Matt Sexton (TN) and Rob & Melissa Pack (TN) Live Bluegrass Music Both Nights, Workshops, Fun Dances, Exhibitions, Seminars Experience a weekend like no other in the clogging world! Great National Instructors, the world’s most famous oak clogging dance floor, live bluegrass music and much more! Nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains, Fontana Village has a rich history in square dancing and clogging. Steps like the “Rockin’ Chair” were invented at this very place. Come and experience the magic of this place for yourself! There is just an atmosphere and an energy about this place and this weekend that is hard to describe. For info, contact Naomi Pyle (812) 579-6979 [email protected] Jeff Driggs (304) 776-9571 [email protected]
6 www.doubletoe.com www.fontanaworkshop.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging Fri., Sept. 18, 2015 Noon pm - 1:00 pm Registration Check in for a great weekend of clogging! 1:00 - 5:00 pm Workshops Enjoy great afternoon workshops in the Event Fontana Village Resort is located in western North Carolina, Hall dance rooms featuring the Fontana staff! 20 miles north of Robbinsville on Highway 28 North on the western end of Fontana Lake. Visit Fontana’s website at 7:00 - 7:30 pm Registration www.fontanavillage.com for a list of maps and directions. 7:30 - 10:00 pm Fun Dance Enjoy easy teaches, fun routines, old-time squares and more featuring the clogging staff. 10:00 pm - 11:30 pm Social at the Grill Join the staff and the band at the Wildwood Grill for live music, fellowship and a late night bite! If you are a musician or singer, bring your instrument or a music track and share #------your talents with your fellow cloggers. The lodge pool will also be open late. Fontana Jamboree Registration Form Please complete the form below and return it with your check, money order or Sat., Sept. 19, 2015 credit card information to be registered. You will be mailed a confirmation and 8:00 - 9:00 am Registration packets will be held for pickup at registration at the event. 9:00 am - Noon Workshops There are no refunds after September 1, 2015. The Event Hall’s Dam Room and Lounge, and the Carolina Room Dance Hall at the Lodge will host classes with our Instructors/Directors: register 10 or more dancers and get your ribbons for free! national staff in a variety of levels and musical styles. Clog on the Event Hall’s amazing floating hardwood floor. Name______TRADITIONAL AND ADVANCED MATERIAL, Team/Studio______SEMINARS, & INTERMEDIATE MAIN HALL Noon - 1:30 pm Lunch Break Your Address______Enjoy lunch at one of the many fine eateries on the property or head to the grocery for your own fixin’s! City______ST/Prov____Zip______Country_____ 1:30 - 4:30 pm Workshops More great workshops in all halls! Phone(s)______4:30 - 7:00 pm Supper Break email______7:00 - 8:00 pm Bluegrass Concert Featuring the return of the Grass Stains from West Virginia _____ Dancers @ $30.00 (postmarked before 9/1/2014)...... $______(featuring Jeff’s brother Bill on banjo) and Drew Williams from Nashville! _____ Dancers @ $35.00 (postmarked after 9/1/2014)...... $______www.thegrassstains.com No refunds will be given after 9/1/2015 www.drewandlacey.com 8:00 - 9:00 pm Exhibitions _____ Spectators @ $10.00...... $______We showcase great dancing groups and our staff in a great show of talent. Sign up and exhibit! _____ Syllabus @ $10.00...... $______9:00 - 10:30 pm Fun Dance _____ Video Camera Pass @ $10.00...... $______Enjoy reviews, fun routines, old-time squares, live music and more featuring the clogging staff and our guest instructors _____ Jamboree Tshirt @ $18.00...... $______Accommodations Tshirt quantities are limited... pre-buy to make sure you get one! There are a variety of housing options at Fontana Village. Please list number of each size needed. Write in to pre-order a special size. Special rates have been set for the clogging jamboree. You ___S ___M ___L ___XL ___XXL can look at the rooms and amenities at www.fontanavillage. com and click on “Accommodations.” Some rooms offer a lower rate for those who come in early or stay late. 10% Total Enclosed...... $______NC Sales tax applies to all rooms. The village will fill up, so paying by [ ] check made payable to Fontana Clogging Jamboree reserve early! See the web for the special clogger rates! To reserve accommodations, call [ ] credit card [ ] VISA [ ] MC [ ] AMEX [ ] DISC Name on card______800.849.2258 Billing Address______Cut Off Date for special rates is August 7, 2015. Card #______Exp. Date______Note the early rate cut-off date... be sure to call early to 3 or 4 digit authorization Code______Zip Code______make sure you get a room before the village fills up! Mail Completed forms to: Fontana Clogging Jamboree • P. O. Box 1352 • St. Albans, WV 25177-1352 fontanaworkshop.com www.fontanaworkshop.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 7 Music and dancing come naturally for Melvin Sloan by Ken Beck the Opry from 1980 to 2002. “My family, we been in music and dance The dancers’ freestyle form was quite different forever. We’re eat up with it,” says Melvin Sloan, from modern clogging and traditional Western speaking the gospel truth. “We was always swing square dancing, but more about that later. making music and dancing everywhere.” Melvin’s mother, Leona Adams Sloan, also taught Indeed, it would not be hard to make the case music at the Gladeville school 18 years, at Flat that Melvin, his parents and his siblings could lay Rock (today’s Southside Elementary) for 20 claim to being Wilson County, Tennessee’s First years and helped at Major School. On Sundays Family of Music and Dance. she played piano for Hurricane Baptist Church For starters, for half a century Melvin and and Rocky Valley Baptist Church. his elder brother, the late Ralph Sloan, guided “No telling how many people my mother square dancers through more than 2,500 touched with her music,” reminisces Melvin of his appearances on the world-famous Grand Ole mom, who died in 2008 at the age of 101. Opry and never missed a show. “Our family was eat up with music from both But the clan’s music and dance roots reach sides. My mother and her sisters, the Adams back to the 1800s, while Melvin’s mother infused Sisters, you can’t believe how great they were a love for singing in the hearts of hundreds, more at gospel singing, and my father was a great likely thousands, of local schoolchildren in the singer.” 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s. Raised in a park “My mama started teaching music in Norene The life-long entertainer describes his School in 1947-1948, and she taught school childhood home as a loving family where there at Norene for 25 years. She taught music, was hard work and little money but lots of fun she taught singing and whatever went with and good memories. music. She had students put on shows. The communities would come to the school and the Born in a two-room place would be full of people and her students log house in Cedars of would entertain,” says the all-round Lebanon State musician, whose Melvin Sloan Dancers, aka Park on March 27, The Tennessee Travelers, square danced on 1940, Melvin is the youngest of five who survived childhood. His siblings are Ralph, Nelda, Joyce and Robbie. The family lived in the state park most of his boyhood. When he was about 12 years old, he helped his dad dismantle a house and barn. He and his sister’s job was to pull the nails out of the lumber, which was used to build a home as they resettled on 75 acres off of Chicken Road. His father Earl farmed and helped 8 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging at the state park before going to work at He obeyed, and a year later at Lebanon Moser’s Super Market on South Maple from High his agriculture teacher Buck Evins 1953 until his death in 1967. encouraged some of the boys to form a The girls in the family were . band, so Melvin joined forces with Steve as musically inclined as the two Shelton, Charles Johnson and Eldon brothers. Joyce played piano Stanton, and they began to play at schools in the Lebanon High Glee and local talent shows. Club. Robbie still sings It was also at Lebanon High where he met with a gospel trio, and his wife to be, Beverly Padgett, in the school Nelda harmonizes with band where she played tenor sax and he the church groups around trombone. the county. (Robbie also Beverly remembers how Melvin as a helped country singer freshman introduced himself to the band Mandy Barnett in very class, saying, “My name is Melvin early days of her career.) Sloan and I’m talented.” “We didn’t know anything As band members they rode else other than just get up and sing the bus to football games. and dance. We got music, music, music,” He’d carry her sax and she’d says the man who was leading singing at let him sit beside her on the church when he was 13. bus. The two married in the fall of 1957 “The first time I was ever on radio was in as Melvin began his senior year. It was grade school in the late ‘40s on WCOR down a sound decision that has stood strong for 57 on the public square off of South Cumberland. years. Their union produced two children, David My mother taught a chapel program for Major and Susan Sloan, and their families. School, and Mama played piano and we sang, After the agricultural band came to a halt, and I sang a solo.” Melvin and Charles Johnson kept playing. They Picking his first guitar hired Doug Buhler as a drummer and performed At 13 Melvin became ill, and the doctor put country and rock ‘n’ roll music across Middle him to bed for weeks. It was then that brother Tennessee. In the 1960s Melvin and his mother Ralph, 15 years Melvin’s senior, gave him a life- teamed to sing gospel music across the county, changing gift. and later Melvin enlisted with Kenneth Whited, his sister Katherine Comer and Billy Ford to sing “Ralph brought me this guitar he had brought with their gospel quartet, the Kingdom Heirs. back from Germany after the war, and he told me to learn to play it,” recalled Melvin. (Continued on page 10)
The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 9 days after that the cancer eat into his back and Melvin Sloan he collapsed and was not able to stand,” said (Continued from page 9) Melvin. “But he did get to see his final act on Hee Haw. Brother kicks up his heels “The square dance is now the state dance of Two decades earlier brother Ralph had taken Tennessee because of Ralph,” noted Melvin, a musical path. In his early teens Ralph took up who, along with his late brother was inducted into admission from those attending the Saturday America’s Clogging Hall of Fame in 1997. night square dances at Cedars of Lebanon State Park. Soon he was playing rhythm guitar in Ralph passes torch to Melvin the band and then he began calling the square “Before Ralph died we was as close as you dances. could get. He took care of me like I was his son, In the late 1940s, Ralph put on square dances and I took care of him like he was my big, big at Cream Land, a skating rink on Sparta Pike, brother. Ralph and I talked about the dancing and soon afterward compiled a square dance during his sickness. group to perform at fairs and contests. At one “When he died, I called Hal Durham [manager of these events, Ralph became acquainted with of the Opry] and talked to him and told him I John McDonald, the WSM Radio Farm Director, would lead the group now and that we would who hosted “Noontime Neighbor,” an agricultural continue to dance if that was OK.” program. Ralph died March 12, 1980, and Melvin, Via McDonald, Ralph and his group was invited who had never square danced professionally, to be on the Opry just as one of the square dance made his Opry debut about eight days later. teams was leaving. His learning curve was short but not sweet. He “They asked Ralph to come and fill in. When he describes it as “very difficult.” first started they had two square dance teams, “I only had days to learn. I had the rhythm. one group did the early show and the other group Learning the patterns was the thing. Each pattern did the late show,” explained Melvin. had a name to it such as ‘Bridle Old John,’ Thus, on July 5, 1952, Ralph Sloan and his ‘Ocean Wave’ or ‘Lady Round the Lady.’ We Tennessee Travelers tapped their feet on the could practice backstage, and we’d walk boards of old Ryman Auditorium, a gig Ralph would not relinquish until (Continued on page 12) he was felled by cancer 28 years later. “Ralph’s last performance was a taping for the Hee Haw TV show. He got up from the hospital and went and performed with the team and did an excellent job. A few
Melvin Sloan’s first square dance group in 1980 featured, kneeling Kaye Sloan Flatt and Melvin Sloan; standing, from left: Cindy Hoover, Vernon Huffines, Jean Huffines, Jessie White, Tana Hodges, Wendell Hodges, Eddie Oliver, Carolyn Burris, Carl Franklin and Melissa Brooks. 10 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 11 And when Acuff was invited by President Melvin Sloan Ronald Reagan to perform at the Kennedy (Continued from page 10) Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, through things, and they’d help me,” Melvin says D.C., on May 3, 1983, Melvin and his group of the other performers in the eight-person dance were also asked to perform. Others on the bill troupe. for this “Salute to Roy Acuff” were Minnie Pearl, the Charlie Daniels Band, Loretta Lynn, Charley Talk about a crash course. He was fast footing Pride and Tammy Wynette. it in front of thousands in his white, size 9½ shoes with two jingle taps on each shoe, and the crowds While he danced in front of the nation on such had no idea he was a novice. TV shows as Hee Haw, The Today Show and Nashville Now, Melvin relishes the opportunities Dancing from the heart he has had to clog and preform. “I enjoyed the Melvin, who affectionately refers to their style square dancing very much,” he said. as “dancing from the heart,” says it is actually Hanging up his shoes Appalachian-style square dance. After 50 years of Sloan boys dancing up “That means each dancer does the footwork a storm on the Opry boards, in 2002 Melvin as he wants to as long as he is in rhythm. There decided to call it a night. are eight people out there and each one of them does different steps, but they all do the same “I was 62 years old. My back was in terrible bad square-dance pattern to end the dance. Each shape, and I had a knee about worn out. We’d couple would go to the front of stage and dance been there 50 years with my time and Ralph’s their own little routine and bow and leave the time. It was time to slow down with all that I had stage. going,” he said. “In them days the word ‘clogging’ wasn’t known At that point the Opry took over management of in Middle Tennessee. Each person learned their the group and dubbed them with a new name, the own steps as they wanted to. They weren’t taught Opry Square Dancers. Today, seven of Melvin’s to dance. When you teach somebody to dance, dancers continue to dance their hearts out on the they are more than apt to use the same style and world’s longest running radio show: Eddie Oliver, footwork.” Jessica Parton Fain, Clyde Richardson, Heather Curry, Sarah Twilley Harris, Marcia Campbell and In 1980 another square dance group swapped Michelle Butler Rogers. every other weekend with the Sloan dancers on the Opry. Melvin recalls that in And Melvin points out that “Eddie Oliver is the 1990 after Ben Smathers died, his group, Ben Smathers and the Stoney Mountain Cloggers stopped performing. From then on the Melvin Sloan Dancers were on the Opry every Saturday night. While many of the Opry stars made Melvin fill right at home, he says, “Roy Acuff took me under his arms. Acuff was just there for me.”
America’s Clogging Hall of Fame Solo Winners Mark Clifford and Sonja Wiseman danced on the Opry Stage with Melvin Sloan and his team in the 1990s. Opry legend Bill Anderson hosted the segment. The ACHF tradition continues to this day. 12 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging last one of Ralph’s group that is still dancing at as work. It was really something special,” she the Opry.” says, confessing that she never was a square Oliver, who began dancing on the stage of dancer. Ryman Auditorium at the age of 13 in 1966, However, she had her own talents, which kept notched his 49th anniversary of performing on the her husband’s affairs running smooth. Opry in May. “You have to have a business person to keep “Ralph had a lot of rhythm in his feet and, up with all of this, and Beverly was the business depending on how fast or how slow the music, person. She was my secretary and a lot of times could stay with the beat and get busy,” recalled my roadie,” Melvin said. Oliver of his first square dance master. “Melvin Fiddlers Grove Opry takes off had never danced prior to Ralph’s death. We kind of had to teach Melvin how to dance, and he Three years after retiring from the Opry, Melvin done a good job after he got started. decided to start a country music show at the Wilson County Fair. He selected a location for the “The thing Melvin always stressed was entertainment tent and paid the $500 for that spot professionalism. People came to the Opry to see for the first year. (There was no fee after the first a show, and he wanted us to do our part and year.) Denver Bates and Howard Riggin furnished be professional about it. He wanted our clothes me money for a big tent at no charge for four looking nice and our demeanor onstage to be years. nice. Melvin was a lot about professionalism. One of his traits was that the dancers looked good.” The second year Myron Browning from Home Depot and Lee Pettross from Lebanon As for their friendship, Oliver says, “I could call Distributing were instrumental in providing Melvin anytime time or night and tell him I needed materials to build the Fiddlers Grove Opry him to come to me, and he’d be there. We have a building. very special relationship that has developed over the years since he quit dancing. Prior to that he And over the past years Melvin brought in such was the boss, the leader of the group.” Opry pals to entertain as Jim Ed Brown, Little Jimmy Dickens, Jeannie Seeley, Billy Walker Mates work side by side and others. Along the way the raised floor in the Melvin, never a slacker, couldn’t sit around the Fiddlers Grove Opry was named the Leona A. house and do nothing. After all, he had started Sloan Family Stage. sacking groceries at Moser’s when he was 13 After coordinating the fair’s country music before following a succession of jobs in Lebanon shows for five years, Melvin selected Tom and at Hughes Service and Supplies, Ralph Sloan Beverly Grant to take charge of the Fiddlers Feed Supplies and Dallas Jones Electric Supply. Grove Opry, and he says, “They do a good job.” He later co-owned Tri-City Electric Supply, operated Lebanon Porter Paints for five or six Melvin is also proud that the annual Christmas years; owned Sloan Monument Company for 10 party for special-challenged children, an event years, flipped houses with his better half, built brother Ralph and other Shriners initiated in the commercial buildings and had a rental business. mid-1960s, is still going strong as it presents the kids with food and music and entertainment by Beverly, his mate, says she knew what she was Shriner clowns. getting into when she married the music man. Summarizing his life of 70-plus years of making “I knew it would be music because that’s all he music, Melvin Sloan says, “There’s been a lot of ever did know. After his brother died, I knew we great memories and enjoyment. We met some of would be in it full time. Practically everything we the finest people and made life-long friends. The did was together,” said Beverly, and that included main thing we think about is our home and family, designing the square dancers’ color-coordinated the dancers and musicians, and all the people outfits. of Wilson County that has been so good to us. It “We just had a big time and it was fun as well has been an adventure.”
The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 13 Not quite ready to hang up those dancing shoes By Bonnie Bucy, Lebanon Tennessee Democrat pants, a black shirt and a pair of black shoes,” In 1952, Willy Oliver went to the stage of the Eddie Oliver said. “I told him I did, so Ralph told Grand Ole Opry as a square dancer with the me to get them on, that he’d be by to pick me up Ralph Sloan Dancers. in 30 minutes. I danced with Ralph Sloan from May 1966 to 1980 when he died and then danced On Nov. 24, 1952, Willy’s son, Eddie, was born. with his brother, Melvin, when he took over the Roy Oliver, Willy’s brother and Eddie’s uncle, and group from 1980 to 2002. When the Opry took Edna Edwards, his father’s sister and Eddie’s over the dance group in 2002 and we became aunt, were part of that original group, as well. the Grand Ole Opry Square Dancers under the The first few months of his life, Eddie Oliver’s leadership of Clyde Richardson, I’ve danced with weekends were spent backstage at the Opry in a them from then until the present. That makes 49 portable bed. When he began to stand, he also years I’ve been dancing professionally on the started to show signs of a dancer himself. Grand Ole Opry and many other places. By the time Eddie was 13 years old, he was good enough to step in when his “I plan to stay with it father decided to step out of professional until I hit the 50-year dancing. In May 1966, Ralph Sloan called mark, and then I plan for Willy Oliver to stand in one night, but to hang up my dancing Willy had something else planned, so shoes,” he said. Sloan asked about Eddie filling in. Willy Oliver grew up in told him he’d have to talk to Eddie about Lebanon, attended that. McClain Elementary “Ralph asked me if I had a pair of black (Cont. on page 16)
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Eddie Oliver (right) joins the Opry Square dancers backstage and guest dancer prior to taking the stage. The Opry Square Dancers continue a tradition of dance on the stage for more than 75 years.
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The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 17 our dressing room. They got rather loud and Eddie Oliver obnoxious, but they left. A few minutes later, (Continued from page 16) we heard a knock on our door and who do you place in your entire life. The place was covered think was standing there? It was Frank Sinatra, up. When we arrived, D.J. Fontana, drummer and he was apologizing for the guys’ behavior. who played with Elvis Presley, but worked with us Frank only drank Jack Daniels, and they were some of the time, and I went for a walk outside. sponsoring his tour. He was in to perform at the Those of our group who stayed inside at the hotel Opry House. They thought they had the whole and ate all ended up with food poisoning. They place to themselves, but no one had told us. It all had to leave during the show to be sick, and it got worked out, and Frank was really a nice guy.” went on into the next day and beyond. That was Oliver went on to tell a story about the night Garth a rough trip.” Brooks came to the Opry to do a guest spot. Remember Willard Scott from the Today Show? The dancers were on the show, and Brooks and Well, he came in to guest on the Grand Ole Opry Oliver were standing backstage talking during one night. Someone hollered for him to get a production. This was a couple of years ago and picture with Oliver. Just prior to taking the picture, maybe two years from the time Brooks had Scott leaned over and gave Oliver a big kiss. announced his retirement from touring. That resulted in a picture with a big laugh and a Oliver remembered saying to Brooks, “Gosh, startled look on Oliver’s face when the picture Garth, I was sure sad to hear you announce two was developed. years ago that you weren’t going to be touring From 1970-84, the Sloan Dancers did the “Good anymore.” Ole Nashville Music Show” at the Opry House. “Well then, Eddie, you are going to be delighted “One day, we went into the Opry House and to hear what I’m announcing tonight,” Brooks kept seeing all these Jack Daniels people all said. “I’m making an announcement that I’m over the place,” said Oliver. “We went back going back out on the road.” into our dressing room to eat our lunch, when Guest shots with people like Dolly Parton and these guys came and informed us we’d have many other superstars followed through the years to leave the premises. We told them no, it was and still happen. them who would have to leave because this was As far as his daytime jobs, Oliver has alternated
18 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging between cars and real estate through the years. He started as a child washing cars at Burchett Ford. He left there in 1977. The time period he attended MTSU was just before the Vietnam War started. His draft number was 42, but he didn’t get drafted or have to serve. He worked at Cumberland Oldsmobile and Cadillac from 1992 to 2011. He went to selling houses at Agee and Johnson Realty and Auction from 2005-11. Oliver returned to the Ford facility in 2011, which is now Bates Ford, and he’s a sales consultant instead of a car washer. As he keeps up a rapid pace at the dealership, it’s apparent his dancing has kept him in pretty good physical condition. Oliver is in praise of all his employers through the years because he said he hasn’t been an easy employee to count on all the time because working with the Opry, doing television shows or anniversary shows take a lot of time away from his job. But, he said all his bosses through the years have been extremely kind and understanding about the times he’s had to be away from his “day job.” In all the traveling he’s done, Oliver said he has never been able to go abroad. “I hope when I hang up my dancing shoes in the next couple of years, I will be able to do some of the traveling I would like to do personally,” he said. When he has personal time, Oliver likes to play golf and hunt. Although Eddie Oliver doesn’t have children of his own, he has two “kids” that he has danced with for several years who he looks at as “his kids.” Jessica Parton Fain is the daughter of one of his partners and is currently vice president of the Nashville YMCA. Michele Butler was only As the only dancer from the Ralph Sloan Dancers, who were a mainstay of the Opry until Ralph’s passing and 13 when she started dancing with the group, the brother Melvin took the reigns, Eddie Oliver has performed same age Oliver was when he started dancing on the Opry stage for 49 years! with the group professionally. She’s now a Throughout his time on the Opry, he has met and teacher in Sumner County. befriended many of the Opry’s members and guest stars and his personal story has been an inspiration to many. Other than the ones already mentioned, the rest Eddie Oliver poses with the legendary Dolly Parton. of the regular Grand Ole Opry Square Dancers Eddie and Garth Brooks, who always causes a stir when include Marcia Thomas, Larry Chumn, Anthony he makes an Opry visit. Harrell and Heather Curry. Eddie and famed weatherman and anchor Willard Scott. The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 19 Wild in Your Smile
Music: Dustin Lynch Genre: Country Choreographer: Karen Tripp, [email protected] Level: Low Intermediate
Sequence: Wait 16, Intro, ABC ABC Break B C* C A A
PART A (16 beats) (4) Pushoff Left (4) Fancy Double Repeat with opposite footwork
PART B (32 beats) (8) Crazy Step (8) 2 Outhouses (8) High horse (8) 2 Turkeys
PART C (32 beats) (8) 1 Samantha (8) 2 Toe Tappers (8) 2 Slur Vine Brushes L&R (4) 1 Cross Over Rock (4) 1 Bad Stamp
Repeat Part A: Pushoff L, Fancy Double, Repeat
Repeat Part B: Crazy Step, 2 Outhouses, High Horse, 2 Turkeys
Repeat Part C: Samantha, 2 Toe Tappers, Slur Vine Brush L&R, Cross over Rock, Bad Stamp
BREAK (32 beats) (8) Clogover Vine (4) Triple ½ Right (4) Fancy Double Repeat all to face front
Repeat Part B: Crazy Step, 2 Outhouses, High Horse, 2 Turkeys
Repeat Part C*: Samantha, 2 Toe Tappers, Slur Vine Brush L&R, *Fancy Double*
Repeat Part C: Samantha, 2 Toe Tappers, Slur Vine Brush L&R, Cross over Rock, Bad Stamp
Repeat Part A: Pushoff L, Fancy, Pushoff R, Fancy Repeat Part A: Pushoff L, Fancy, Pushoff R, Fancy
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b: Back
Br(up): Brush Up (4) 1 Triple DS DS DS RS DS: Double Step L R L RL DT: Double Toe &1 &2 &3 &4 f: Front
H: Heel click (4) 1 Pushoff Left ---- moving left---- H(tch): Heel touch DS RS RS RS Lift: Bend knee and lift leg L RL RL RL ots: Out to side &1 &2 &3 &4 RS: Rock Step
S: Step (4) 1 Fancy Double DS DS RS RS Sl: Slide L R LR LR Slur: Drag toe behind &1 &2 &3 &4 T: Toe
TH: Toe Heel (4) 1 Slur Vine Brush DS Slur(xib) S DS BrUp/H Tch: Touch L R R L R/L Tsn: Toe Snap &1 & 2 &3 &4 (w): With Weight
xib: Cross in back (8) 1 Outhouse DS Tch(ots)/H Tch(xif)/H Tch(ots)/H xif: Cross in front L R/L R/L R/L ux: Uncross &1 &2 &3 &4
(4) 1 Toe Tapper DS Tch(f)/H DT(ots)/H Tch(b)/H L R/L R/L R/L &2 &2 &3 &4
(4) 1 Turkey Dr H(wt) Tsn S DS RS R L L R L RL & 1 & 2 &3 &4
(8) 1 Samantha DS DS(xif) Dr S(b) Dr S(b) RS DS DS RS L R R L L R LR L R LR &1 &2 & 3 & 4 &5 &6 &7 &8
(8) 1 High Horse DS DT(xif)/H DT(ux)/H RS Ba Slide/Lift DS DS RS L R/L R/L RL R R/L L R LR &1 &2 &3 &4 & 5 &6 &7 &8
(8) 1 Clogover Vine DS DS(xif) DS(ots) DS(xib) DS(ots) DS(xif) DS RS L R L R L R L RL &1 &2 &3 &4 &5 &6 &7 &8
(8) 1 Crazy Step DS DS DS Br Sl RS DS RS BrUp Sl L R L R L RL R LR L R &1 &2 &3 & 4 &5 &6 &7 & 8
(4) 1 Bad Stamp DS Sta RS Sta RS L R RL R RL &1 & 2& 3 &4
(4) Crossover Rock DS Dbl(xif)/H Dbl(unx)/H RS L R R RL &1 &2 &3 &4
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COUNTING STARS
Intermediate Counting Stars by OneRepublic 4:17 Mins LEVEL: MUSIC: LENGTH: CHOREO: Josh “Clogdog” King (Victoria, Australia) & Nathan Ballard (Queensland, Australia) SPEED: Normal Visit www.theclogdog.com for cue sheets & videos! SEQUENCE: A – B – C – BREAK – A* – B* – C – BREAK 2 – BREAK 3 – BREAK 4 – C – BREAK 3 WAIT: 32 beats [after beat kicks in] LEFT FOOT LEAD
Beats Movement Beats Movement Beats Movement PART A (32 beats) BREAK (16 beats) BREAK 2 (8 beats) 4 Rock Heel Pull Basic 16 Triple Turkey 8 Groove Walk 4 Skuff In Time 4 Stomp Fancy PART A* (32 beats) BREAK 3 (32 beats) 4 Pause Rock Basic 4 Rock Heel Pull Basic 8 Watch It Burn (1/4 R) 4 Step Slur Double 4 Skuff In Time 8 Watch It Burn (1/4 R) 4 Double Heel Chug Basic 4 Stomp Fancy 8 Watch It Burn (1/4 R) 8 High Horse 4 Three Step Jazz 8 Watch It Burn (1/4 R) 4 Step Slur Double PART B (48 beats) 4 Double Heel Chug Basic BREAK 4 (12 beats) 8 Crazy Sam 8 High Horse 12 Cross Walk Four 4 Stomp Double (1/2 R) 4 2 Skuff Stamp Stomp PART B* (32 beats) PART C (64beats) 8 Crazy Sam 8 Crazy Sam 4 Walk It Over 4 Stomp Double (1/2 R) 4 Stomp Double (Full R) 4 Chain Rock Heel 4 2 Skuff Stamp Stomp 4 2 Skuff Stamp Stomp 4 Stomp Double (3/4 R) 8 2-4-6 8 2-4-6 4 Dirty Toes Up 8 Cross Walk Three 8 Cross Walk Three 4 Walk It Over 4 Chain Rock Heel PART C (64beats) PART C (64 beats) 4 Stomp Double (3/4 R) 4 Walk It Over 4 Walk It Over 4 Lori Basic 4 Chain Rock Heel 4 Chain Rock Heel 4 Walk It Over 4 Stomp Double (3/4 R) 4 Stomp Double (3/4 R) 4 Chain Rock Heel 4 Dirty Toes Up 4 Dirty Toes Up 4 Stomp Double (3/4 R) 4 Walk It Over 4 Walk It Over 4 Dirty Toes Up 4 Chain Rock Heel 4 Chain Rock Heel 4 Walk It Over 4 Stomp Double (3/4 R) 4 Stomp Double (3/4 R) 4 Chain Rock Heel 4 Lori Basic 4 Lori Basic 4 Stomp Double (3/4 R) 4 Walk It Over 4 Walk It Over 4 Maggie 4 Chain Rock Heel 4 Chain Rock Heel 4 Stomp Double (3/4 R) 4 Stomp Double (3/4 R) BREAK 3 (32 beats) 4 Dirty Toes Up 4 Dirty Toes Up 8 Watch It Burn (1/4 R) 4 Walk It Over 4 Walk It Over 8 Watch It Burn (1/4 R) 4 Chain Rock Heel 4 Chain Rock Heel 8 Watch It Burn (1/4 R) 4 Stomp Double (3/4 R) 4 Stomp Double (3/4 R) 8 Watch It Burn (1/4 R) 4 Maggie 4 Maggie
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Step Explanations for: ‘Counting Stars’ – Choreo by: J. King / N. Ballard
ROCK HEEL PULL BASIC:(4) [in this dance beat 1 is FWD] SKUFF IN TIME :(4) R H(WGT)(FWD) PULL(CLOSE)-S(BS) DS RS (P)S SK HOP S SK HOP S L R L L R LR L R L R L R L & 1 & 2 &3 &4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4
STOMP FANCY:(4)[in this dance R (OTS)] PAUSE ROCK BASIC:(4) (P) STO DS R(OTS)S R(OTS)S (P)(P) R TT-BA(BK) DS RS R L R L R L R L-L R LR & 1 &2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & a 2 &3 &4
STEP SLUR DOUBLE :(4) THREE STEP JAZZ : (4) (P) S(OTS) SLR-S(XIB) DS(OTS) DS(XIF) (P)S(OTS) S(XIB) S(OTS) (P) R KNEE IN – R KNEE OUT LIFT L R R L R R L R R R L & 1 & 2 &3 &4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4
HIGH HORSE:(8) DOUBLE HEEL CHUG BASIC:(4) DS DT(XIF) SL DT(X) SL BA(OTS) BA(XIF) HD(F)/BA-SL DS DS RS DT BA/HD (P) SL/LIFT DS RS L R L R L R L L /R R L R LR L L/R L/R R LR &1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 &6 &7 &8 & 1 & 2 &3 &4
CRAZY SAM :(8) STOMP DOUBLE :(4) DS DS(XIF) DS(XIB) DS DS(XIF) DR S RS STA-S (P) STO DS DS RS L R L R L L R LR L L R L R LR &1 &2 &3 &4 &5 & 6 &7 & 8 & 1 &2 &3 &4
SKUFF STAMP STOMP:(2) 2-4-6 :(8) SK SL STA-STO DS (P)STO DS(XIB) R STO DS(XIB) R STO DS(XIB) RS L R L L L R L R L R L R L RL & 1 & 2 &1 & 2 &3 & 4 &5 & 6 &7 &8
CROSS WALK THREE:(8)[&4&5&6 IS DONE LIKE A ‘SKATING’ MOVEMENT] (P)S(XIF)(P)S(BK)(P)S(OTS)(MOVE F BS)SL(OTS)-TW(MOVE F BS)SL(OTS)-TW(MOVE F BS)SL(OTS)-TW DS RS R L R L L R R L L R LR & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &7 &8
WALK IT OVER:(4) CHAIN ROCK HEEL:(4) LORI BASIC :(4) DS DS(XIF) DR S(BK) DR S(OTS) DS R(XIF) S R(XIB) S R(XIF) S/TCHH(OTS) DS DT(UP) DS RS L R R L L R L R L R L R L R L R R LR &1 &2 & 3 & 4 &1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &1 &2 &3 &4
MAGGIE:(4)[In this dance 3 done with a Bounce] DS DT H (P) BA/TT(BK) HD(F)/BA SL L R L L/R L/R R DIRTY TOES UP:(4) &1 & 2 & 3 & 4 DS(XIF) SLR-S RS(XIF) SLR SL/LIFT - (REVERSE SLUR - BK TO F) L R R LR L L/R &1 & 2 &3 & 4 TRIPLE TURKEY:(16) DS DS DS R H-FL S(BK) DS DS R H-FL S(BK) DS DS R H-FL S DS DS RS L R L R L-L R L R L R-R L R L R L-L R L R LR &1 &2 &3 & 4 & 5 &6 &7 & 8 & 9 &10&11& 12& 13 &14&15&16
GROOVE WALK :(8) (P)S (P) S(BK) (P)S (P)S(BK) (P)S (P)S(BK) (P)S (P)S(BK) L R L R L R L R & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8
WATCH IT BURN :(8) (P)S DT(XIB)-RS SK-HOP S(F) (P) S DT HOP TT(BK) TT(BK) S RS L R RL R L R L R L R R R LR & 1 &a 2& 3 & 4 & 5 e& a 6 & 7 &8
CROSS WALK FOUR:(12) [&5&6&7 IS DONE LIKE A ‘SKATING’ MOVEMENT] (P)S(OTS) (P)S(XIF) (P)S(XIB) (P) S(OTS)(MOVE F BS)SL(OTS)-TW(MOVE F BS)SL(OTS)-TW L R L R L L R R & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 (MOVE F BS)SL(OTS)-TW DS RS (P)(P)(P)(P)(P)(P) L L R LR & 7 &8 &9 & 10 & 11 & 12
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