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The Magazine of Clogging Since 1983 TIMES DOUBLETOEwww.doubletoe.com January 2014 THE METRONOMES A Quartet of Clogging’s Top Dancers Take to Social Media with a Series of Killer Steps DOUBLETOE July/Augustfoot 2010print Clogging GroupJanuary Trips 2014 In This Issue Lee Froehle has been coordinating clogging trips and Ain’tIndex ......................................................................................... That a Trip? 2 tours for more than a decade and has taken her own Editorial “Changing Channels” ...........................................4 This September, I will have the honor of teaching groups to Europe, DisneyIn and This around the IssueU.S. She Calendar of Events ...................................................................6 has also organized Clogging Expos for over 1,000 withVirginia my friend Clogger Shane Dorothy Gruber Stephenson at the 25th ........................ anniversary 8 Index .........................................................................................people in Washington, DC, plus Hawaii. Ireland, 2 onCherryholmes the Renegade Interview Quicksteppers ................................................ of Stuttgart, 14 EditorialScotland “Ain’t and Thatmore. a Trip?”Whether ........................................... you are a small group 2 Germany.Dancers in In Action the days Photo prior Contest to the workshop, .............................. we will23 The Metronomeswanting a fun trip, ................................................................. a cruise for a few families or a 4 beChoreography hosting a week “Get of Back”tours around Germany and into Calendarlarge studioof Events wanting ............................................................. a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, 6 Austria by Susie to tour Blankenship, the area where TX ........................................... the “Sound of Music”24 Lee can arrange performances and tours just for you! was filmed and to give dancers the chance to perform “Stepping” Out With Clogging........................................ 8 Choreography “Love Potion # 9” with our friends in Europe. Footnotes:Lee FroehlePassing of “Uncle 614-580-1950 Lester” ...................... 18 by Barry Welch, CA......................................................26 Choreography I spent a great “All deal Night of time Long” preparing for my first trip Spotlight: ALL THAT Challenge ................................... 20 [email protected] to byGermany. John Pryor, On the TX bus,......................................................... while dozens of cloggers 28 Choreo “Hoedown at Alice’s” andChoreography their families “High discussed Hopes” what they would do first by Janice Hanzel, CA ....................................................... 21 and by poured Mary Smith, through VA their ....................................................... Frommers Guide and tour30 Choreo “Die Young” by James Naylor, Canada ......... 22 details,Choreography I studied “If my Heaven German Ain’t phrases Alot Likebook Dixie” to learn Choreo “Catch My Breath” how by toJean communicate Moeller, TX with ..................................................... the locals. Our first stop 32 was at a local McDonalds (because we had a bus by Delta Diaz de Arce, FL ................................................ 24 Choreography “Can’t Back Down” load of American teens) and it gave me my chance Choreo “Barnyard Hoedown” by Matt Koziuk, FL ... 25 by Maria Tucker, UT ....................................................34 toChoreography put all of that “Littlepreparation Bit of to Life” the test. I stepped Choreo “What Does the Fox Say?” up by to Maxinethe counter Wallis, at the KS McDonalds ................................................... and -- in my 36 by Sherry Cox and Davi Owens, TN .............................. 26 bestInstructors rehearsed and German Dancers accent Directory -- proudly .......................... ordered 26 Choreo “Radio” by Ann-Marie Sterling, TN ................. 28 “Zwei cheeseburgers mit Pommes-Frites und a cola Instructors and Dancer Directory ............................ 29 lite,Advertising bitte.” (or in English Index -- a number two ... Two cheeseburgersLee’s Clogging withEvents french ........................................................ fries and a diet coke, 2 Advertising Index please).Midsouth The Footwear clerk, in ............................................................near perfect English, answered,3 “WouldAmerica’s you Clogginglike to upsize Hall that?”of Fame World of Clogging WorkshopCLOGGING ......................................... CRUISES, 3 Competition How often in Calendar your clogging ....................................................... have you invested 4 Stevens Clogging Supplies .............................................. 5 aSTOMP, great deal the of Musical time and .......................................................... energy to a project, 5 America’s Clogging HallFESTIVALS, of Fame TOURS, choreographyThe Carolina Opryor training, ............................................................... to find that your dancers 5 Calendar of Events .......................................................... 9 glossStevens over Clogging it or just Suppliesrespond with.............................................. “great, now what?” 9 Smoky Mountain EncorePARADES ............................................... & MORE! 11 Indiana Timothy Fall Dexter Classic said Clogging the ungrateful Championships are like an ....... 11 Oktober(CLOG)fest ..........................................................13 Europe Clogging Expo ..................................................... 13 animal under a tree eating acorns, but never looking upCCA to Vegassee where Invitational they come Competition from. I think ........................ sometimes 15 Fontana Clogging Jamboree ........................................ 15 weDoubletoe have an Timesexpectation Magazine of people .......................................... to understand and17 World of Clogging Championships ............................ 17 recognize2011 Hawaii the effortClogging we put Expo into.................................. what we present18-19 to Teaching Helpers ............................................................. 31 themClogging and Cruiseedify it toto theWestern level of Caribbean our own satisfaction. ..................21 Carl’s Clogging Supply ................................................... 32 ThatDancers sets inus Action up for failure,Photo Contestbecause ..............................a good teacher 23 makesWorld theof Clogging process lookWorkshop easy. & Competition .......25 The Double Toe Times is now available Smoky Sure, Mountainsometimes Encore we all feel ............................................... let down that our efforts27 in digital format for your IPad, Kindle or E-Reader don’tDoubletoe seem Timesas appreciated Magazine as .......................................... we would like. 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