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TIMES DOUBLETOEwww.doubletoe.com Big Special Holiday Issue 2013 The Passing of a Legend: Charlie Burns DOUBLETOE July/Augustfoot 2010print CloggingNovember/December Group Trips 2013 In This Issue Lee Froehle has been coordinating clogging trips and OnIndex Dancer...... 2 tours for more than a decade and has taken her own Editorial “Changing Channels” ...... 4 groups to Europe, DisneyIn and This around the IssueU.S. She Calendar Even Santa of Events has a ...... reindeer that pays homage 6 has also organized Clogging Expos for over 1,000 toVirginia the hobby Clogger we Dorothylove. Thanks Stephenson to the ...... vast 8 Index...... people in Washington, DC, plus Hawaii. Ireland, 2 resourcesCherryholmes of the Interview internet, ...... I found this story about14 EditorialScotland “On and Dancer” more...... 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22 www.doubletoe.com www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine ofThe Clogging Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging WORLD OF CLOGGING Clogging & Dance Workshops & C.C.A. Qualifying Competitions Memorial Day Weekend May 23-26, 2014 TWO GREAT EVENTS! ONE AWESOME WEEKEND Workshops, Seminars, Evening Fun Dances Friday and Saturday featuring a great staff of national instructors Jeff Driggs, WV • Scotty Bilz, GA Joel Harrison, NE • Naomi Pyle, IN Judy Waymouth, Canada Plus all of your favorite local and regional dance instructors - ALL DANCE LEVELS! Clogging & Dance Competitions Saturday and Sunday
all events at Cincinnati North Ohio (formerly the Crowne Plaza) Great hotel accommodations, All levels of clogging, Indoor water park inside hotel! Only minutes from Kings Island Theme Park! Discounted Theme Park Tickets Available! For info, email [email protected] call Hanna at (716) 725-8415 or visit www.worldofclogging.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 3 A Clogger’s Night before Christmas By Jeff Driggs As part of the CLOG, Inc. National Clogging So up to the house-top the cloggers they pranced, Convention, held each year over Thanksgiving Santa unloaded the toys, while Stan and Blake danced.
weekend, the instructors join in the show that is And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof presented on Saturday evening. Show coordinator The dancing and pawing of Nick and Koziuk. Dustin Stephan asked me and Naomi Pyle if we would sing a Christmas song, but instead we asked As I drew in my head, and looking for Dustin, if we could work up a skit. We re-wrote the classic Down the chimney ole St. Nicholas came a bustin. poem “T’was the Night Before Christmas” and added references to many of the instructors on staff that He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his joggers, weekend. Many asked for a transcript, so please And he kick up his heels like the Bailey Mountain Cloggers; enjoy this light-hearted retelling. Jeff Driggs said the lines in red (odd numbered sets), and Naomi Pyle A bundle of syllabus he had flung on his back, said the lines in green (even sets), and together they And he handed them out helped by Rob and Melissa Pack.
recited the lines in blue. His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, he was as cute as Miss Sherry! ‘Twas the night before Christmas, in the valleys and hills Not a creature was clogging, not even Scotty Bilz; His droll little mouth drawn up – yeah like UBER, And the beard of his chin was as white as Shane Gruber; The clog shoes were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that Carl’s Clogging could re-sole and re-pair; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his lips, He really thought he was ALL THAT and some chips; The cloggers were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of Missy’s class danced in their heads; He had a broad face and a little round tummy, That shook, when he laughed like a frightened Chip And me in my nightie, (which means only a smile), Summey. Had just written a new dance by “Miss Naomi Pyle”, He was chubby and plump, and his belt was quite big, When out on the lawn there arose such a ruckus, And I laughed when I saw him, and thought of Jeff Driggs; I thought Morgan Hudson was teaching a buck class. A wink of his eye, like he was happy to meet ya, Away to the window I flew in a rush, Soon gave me to know he had danced with Dalita; But stopped for a second to Double-Toe Brush. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow And filled all the stockings; then bent over and TWERKED, (I just said “moon” and “breast” haha) Okay, Okay… on with the show, And laying his finger aside of his smeller, he got dragged up the chimney, by Ann Marie and her When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, fellers; But Stan Webb with Santa, and eight tiny reindeer, He sprang to his sleigh, and his team headed South, With a little old driver, so lively and fun, cause they’d spent too much time, eh, with Judy Waymouth. I knew in a moment it must be Blake Dunn. But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, More rapid than double-double’s they came, “A Clogging Christmas to all, and to all a good-night.” And they whistled, and shouted, and cued them by name;
“Now, Andy! now, Jamie! now, Janice and Shane! On, David and Susan, who are holding the reigns!
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Instructors: Russ & Lelia Info: Florida Clogging Council Hunsaker Ft. Myers, Florida dancecamps/clogging.cfm National Clogging www.ncca-inc.com State Convention (W) Info: Janice Jestin Riverside Community Convention (W) Melbourne, FL [email protected] Center - Hardwood Floor! 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Council Mini Workshop (W) Info: Hartman Conference Lauderdale Cloggers Info: Amory, MS www.quicksteppers.de Center Studio www.texas-clogging.com hosted by Country Info: Missy Shinoski Info: Angie Miller Cloggers 816-443-3030 president@ Info: Angie Miller [email protected] msclogextravaganza.com president@ cityslickerstomp.info msclogextravaganza.com 6 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging Sep 19-20, 2014 Nov 9, 2013 March 2014 May 2014 Jun 28, 2014 Aug 23, 2014 Fontana Clogging CCA Mountain Classic (C) Mar 7, 2014 May 17, 2014 Judge’s Training and Sound FX Clogging Jamboree (WP) (CCA) Smoky Mountain Encore Beach Blast (C) Director’s Workshop (T) Championships (C) Fontana Village, NC Columbus, NC Gatlinburg, TN (ACHF) (ACHF) (ACHF) Inst: Jeff Driggs, Naomi Pyle, Polk County High School Gatlinburg Convention Rocky Point, NC Lexington, NC Lincolnton, NC Scotty Bilz, Chip Summey, Barry Info: Kevin Parries Edward C. Smith Civic James W. 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April 2014 Brady (865) 675-1185 Info: Shanell Hatch [email protected] National Clogging Apr 5, 2014 (706) 892-6142 [email protected] (307) 620-0282 cloggingcontest.com Convention (W) Southern Junction [email protected] ccaclog.com [email protected] Thanksgiving Weekend Clogging Championships or Keith Brady Location TBA (C) (706) 892-6116 Plan now for January 2014 [email protected] info: David & Susan (ACHF) June 2014 September Phillips Jan 18, 2014 Williamston, SC Jun 7, 2014 (678) 889-4355 Oak City Winter Williamston Municipal Ctr The Power All Star Jul 26 & 27, 2014 2014 [email protected] Invitational (C) Info: Gwen Davis Challenge (C) Southwest U.S. Clogging Sep 5-14, 2014 clog.org (ACHF) (864) 299-8601 (NCHC) Championships (C) European Clogging Louisburg, NC gwen@ Woodstock, GA (NCHC) Performances, Workshops Seby B. Jones Performing southernjunctioncloggers. 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By Jeff Driggs with his hands up in the air at shoulder height and Including Interview with Shirley Burns waving joyously, he was the picture of clogging at Eulogy by Dr. Steve Smith that time before double-doubles and toe-stands. The clogging world lost a legend this year in the With his friend and workshop partner Steve passing of Charlie Burns on Friday, September Smith, Charlie coordinated on the most successful 27, 2013 at his home at the age of 79. He was clogging workshops in the country. They also one of the most beloved instructors in the dance could run a fun dance like few others. world, both at his home in Kentucky and around Charlie, Steve, Tandy Barrett and I sat down the world. With a clogging career that spanned at a convention once sharing stories about the more than 30 years, he taught at every national workshops we had done clogging convention (until for others and some of the his retirement in 2003) and funny (and not so funny) in such places as Canada, experiences we had along Australia, New Zealand, the way. We devised a plan and the Czech Republic. to put on our own events Born on May 30, 1934 in around the country, and Madison County, Kentucky, – with the addition of our Charlie was the son of friend Sallie James – started Gentry and Maggie Rose the Memorial Day Clogging Burns. He served in the Spectacular in Ohio. The United States Army and later event, now called the retired from IBM. Charlie “World of Clogging,” is is survived by the love of one of the longest-running his life, Shirley, and two competition/workshops in children, Kimberly Caudill, of the clogging world. Richmond, and Kevin Burns, I have so many fond of London, KY and four memories of times spent grandchildren. and lessons learned from Funeral services for Charlie the many years I was were held on Tuesday, honored to know Charlie October 1, 2013 in Richmond, Burns. The one thing Kentucky and I was honored that stands out to me to be able to attend and pay is a conversation I had my respects to this man who with him over dinner had been a friend and peer to once when he was being me for more than 30 years. reflective and said that I remember meeting Charlie he wished he had found clogging at the very first national clogging convention held earlier in his life, and that I should be thankful in Mobile, Alabama in 1984. I was just starting to that I was young and able to enjoy it throughout teach workshops myself and looked up to Charlie life. I guess I had just always thought of Charlie and other instructors who were quick to encourage clogging, so to hear this and to see how much joy new instructors like myself and to share ideas it brought him is something that I think of often. and advice. I was immediately impressed with Seeing Alzheimer’s affect Charlie and his family Charlie’s energy and the obvious love he had for was difficult for all who knew him. My grandmother clogging and teaching. Up on the balls of his feet, (continued on page 10) 8 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging Teaching Helpers To the Readers Teaching Music on CD $10 Changing Channels Includes eight music tracks It’s a guy thing. I can’t leave a television remote alone. Every time a commercial comes on I feverishly grab the remote and scan the band as if I were alergic to any type of commerce. 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(Continued from page 8) After graduation, Charlie joined the US Army in the fall of 1955, during which time was afflicted with this disease that pours out the he became a heavy equipment operator essence of a person so cruelly, and it is especially while serving in Germany and helped rebuild difficult to see the toll it takes on the caregivers. roads. He really enjoyed his work there. After This past Spring, following the Lake Cumberland being discharged from the Army on October 11, workshop that Charlie and Steve had started, 1958, he was hired by IBM current coordinator Trevor DeWitt made plans on in Lexington, Kentucky the way home from the event to pay a visit to Charlie and worked there for and Shirley at their home in Richmond, Kentucky. the next thirty years. CLOG, Inc. Chairman of the Board Conrad Cooper He began on the assembly and his wife Janet were in attendance and they line on December 29, asked if I wanted to join them. I was thrilled. 1959 and being the We showed up at Charlie and Shirley’s in the ambitious person that afternoon and had planned to spend a little time he was, he worked very before heading back to Indiana, Ohio and West hard and would get his Virginia. At the workshop, Trevor had put out a quota for the day in poster that folks could sign with wishes for Charlie. about 6 hours. In the We took the poster in and gathered around last 2 hours he would Charlie’s bedside to say hello. When Charlie continue learning other heard Conrad’s deep voice his eyes twinkled and operations on the assembly we had a very special time of fellowship together. line until he knew them A quick visit turned into most of the afternoon, all. About 9-10 years later, and I will always cherish that time with Shirley to he had worked his way up share stories of our times together, and to pay my to a management position. respects to Charlie, my friend. He was among the first Photo (above): Charlie Burns (left) performs with Steve employees to work Smith and Jeff Driggs on the Nashville Network during the on the Selectric Sands International Dance Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. (continued on page 12) 10 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging March 6 - 8, 2014 Gatlinburg Convention Center Gatlinburg, Tennessee (at red light #8)
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www.cloggingexpo.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 13 Charlie Burns (Continued from page 12) They both joined the same clogging team, the Kentucky Heritage Dancers, directed by Dr. Carl Clark of Lexington. They eventually broke off from this group and asked Dr. Clark if they could take the children’s team with them since they were the ones who had worked with them and Dr. Clark consented. In the meantime, Steve began giving lessons in Lexington and I took my beginners class through him. These two teams became the “Bluegrass Country Cloggers” (adults) and the “Orange Blossom Specials” (children). Both teams entered lots of competitions and were very successful. Steve Smith met Charlie Burns at the beginning Charlie began giving clogging lessons of the clogging journey for each, and together they in Richmond probably in 1980 or 1981 forged a friendship and partnership that continued after attending a clogging workshop in Fontana throughout the years. How fitting that Steve would Village, North Carolina. A short time after speak for all of us with his heartfelt and eloquent that, he, along with Steve, began offering eulogy. workshops locally and before long were getting offers to teach in other states. Without missing EULOGY FOR CHARLES GENTRY BURNS a year, Charlie taught at the first National Clog Convention held in Mobile, Alabama in 1983 Thank you Shirley for this opportunity to pay until his retirement at the twentieth convention tribute to my dear, dear friend: Charlie Burns. held in Las Vegas in 2003. He never missed In Jim Stafford’s rendition of Mr. Bojangles, a year. Other staff members had attended there’s a line that says, “Say, you ever meet all the conventions but I believe he was the somebody and soon as you see ‘em you know only “instructor” to achieve this. He taught they’re gonna touch your life? I met an old as many as thirteen classes per week at one man like that once, and I’ll never forget him.” time in several surrounding towns as well as Strike the word “old” from that and Charlie Burns in Richmond. He also stayed very busy calling was that man, for me and for many others. Now dances on the weekends. He was inducted onto truth be told, Charlie wasn’t old when I first met the All-America team by the “America’s Clogging him, but I never could find out his true age. When Hall of Fame” I would ask him, he’d just laugh—that rascal in 2002. wouldn’t tell me—and I’m glad. I’m glad because it took age out of the equation for Charlie was It would ageless. A magical quality about Charlie is that mean so he never seemed his age or acted it; not when I much to first met him and not 25 years later—and that was me and our priceless. Most of us lose our child-like joy when we children if grow older. It’s what makes us appear old. Charlie his memory was never old. Oh sure, his body got older as all could be bodies do, but not the essence that was Charlie. kept alive for That’s what made him a one-of-a-kind treasure. many years Charlie fell in love in mid-life and ”Clogging” was to come. her name. He and I took beginner classes together and we were both ridiculous fanatics. Photo: Charlie and Shirley Burns (continued on page 16) 14 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging September 19 & 20, 2014 at Fontana Village Resort, North Carolina Smoky Mountains make plans to join us for our 12th big year!
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Celebrating twelve years of clogging fun! Charlie Burns extended family for me, Charlie, Shirley, and Janet. It many ways, it was the best of times. (Continued from page 14) One day Charlie came to me with a hair-brained I put off working on my dissertation for three years idea: he proposed that he and I teach a workshop and Charlie put off working period, getting a lot together. Now keep in mind that we had both been of practice time in behind clogging less than three years closed doors at IBM. at this time and didn’t know a With clogging on both of our lot more than our students. I collective brains, morning, thought to myself, “Who does noon, and night, I suppose this guy think he is?” But it was inevitable that we Charlie knew who he was would eventually teach what and he had a vision. He was we so dearly loved. Charlie absolutely fearless. After Burns loved clogging and gulping several times, I signed his passion was felt by all on to this new adventure. who attended his classes It was a great partnership. and workshops. Put a five I was the more organized year-old kid in an adult body and technical of the and you had Charlie. It was two; Charlie was the this childlike joy that made consummate clogging him so likable and loveable. ambassador, welcoming Charlie was a people person everyone and creating and the energy that would the social connections. ooze from him was infectious. The partnership worked I was always greeted because we genuinely by, “Heyyyyyy liked and admired Chico!” along with a each other. Shirley rambunctious high and Janet were also five and a hug. His great partners and contagious energy used their skills to left people laughing, cover up the messes smiling, and feeling that Charlie and I better than they did made. Working in before conversing the background, they with him. He was a did the hard work of virtual “love virus.” keeping us on track Excited to and doing damage spread the good control. We kept news of clogging, them pretty busy! Charlie began On the way to many teaching classes of those workshops, in Richmond, West my sons would be Liberty, and Irvine. He seemed thinking ahead of their to be everywhere. He was like the Pied Piper of “dumb things I’ve done” stories that they knew clogging. Wherever he went, students followed. Charlie’d be asking them about. It was a ritual. Together we started two clogging teams, the He would come up to them and say, “What’ve you Orange Blossom Specials and the Bluegrass done that was dumb since I last saw you?” They’d Country Cloggers, both of whom would tell him and he would say, “Yeah, that was dumb go on to win championship clogging titles. alright,” and they would all burst out in laughter. Those teams were very special and became He was a character and he knew how to make 16 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging from the table, stuffed, knowing that he would be dancing hard in 30 minutes and for the next three hours and say, “I hate food. I hate food. I don’t ever want to eat again!” I mentioned earlier that Charlie would never tell me his age, but thankfully the Herald-Leader printed it the other day! I now know that Charlie was 45 when he started clogging. 45! That’s amazing! Who do you know in your life that begins a life change of that magnitude at midlife, gets really good at it, and then touches so very many lives with it—and he touched thousands. One of the gifts that Charlie gave to each of us is the shining example that we’re never too old to find our passion, never people laugh which was such a gift. too old to share it, and never too old to live it. Charlie gave The workshops we conducted at Lake me hope then and he gives me hope now, that one life can Cumberland State Park and Cumberland make a profound difference; that one rock thrown into the Falls were immensely successful and lake can touch the shoreline in a thousand different places; word of Charlie Burns spread beyond the that fearlessly following our dreams can add lasting positivity Kentucky borders. Success, opportunity to this world, leaving it a better place than when we arrived. and great timing combined to open the We each have that opportunity to leave behind door to a national stage for Charlie. In that a legacy where we have enriched the lives of larger arena, his reputation as a clogging others, where the fruits of our efforts live on, even instructor grew and in a very short time, when our bodies have taken their last breath. his popularity earned him invites to teach We are each magnificent—so much more than our all across America, Canada, Australia, physical bodies. I want to read you a short poem that so New Zealand, and the Czech Republic. beautifully speaks of this: Charlie relished the limelight and loved bringing joy to his students. He would Do not stand at my grave and weep often say to the crowds, “man, this I am not there. I do not sleep. sure beats workin’.” And he meant it. I am a thousand winds that blow. But you must know that behind this I am the diamond glints on snow. man was a very, very good woman. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. Shirley was Charlie’s support beam and I am the gentle autumn rain. he knew it. He would often tell me that When you awaken in the morning›s hush he could never do any of what he did I am the swift uplifting rush without Shirley. Although she was content Of quiet birds in circled flight. to stay out of the spotlight, Charlie truly I am the soft stars that shine at night. shined brighter because of her. She Do not stand at my grave and cry; was always there for him—always— I am not there. I did not die. even until his body took its last breath. Now Charlie, I know you’re listening Even though Charlie no longer listens through his human and laughing as I tell a story about you. ears, I know that he can hear and so I want to say from all of us: At the workshops, there were often We thank you Charles Burns. We thank you for being born long lines in the State Park restaurants. and thank you for sharing the joy that you were, and are, Charlie was a little antsy when waiting in for you live in our hearts forever. Even though your body those lines. He would be very eager to eat is no longer, you have changed the lives, in some way, of and would often say, “There’s not enough everyone here today. You made a powerful difference and food in this place to fill me up.” When we we can give back by passing the love on to others, that finally made our way to the table and after you so generously gave to us. Yes, we can pay it forward. thoroughly cleaning his plate, at least a We are better people for having known you, Charlie, and couple of times, he would push back we will—forever—be grateful. Steve Smith
The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 17 Cloggers from around the world took to social Charlie Burns gave us proof that clogging isn’t media to share their favorite memories of this a just a kiddie dance class. It becomes a lifetime legendary clogging instructor and friend to all. passion. Kate Eldridge It is with great sorrow to hear of I remember being at a clogging Charlie Burn’s passing. Not only workshop hosted by Steve Smith was he a great choreographer and where Steve and Charlie did instructor, he was a caring funny “competition” where they literally man. My heart goes out to Shirley interpreted clogging steps as they as they were always together and were told to do them, especially having fun in our clogging world. Flea Flickers, Slap backs, etc. I would like to pay tribute to him Ken Seng for getting me interested in this form of dance and giving me the I still remember taking my first opportunity to host and also teach buck class with him my first workshop. We will all be Tracy DiBiasio Rozewicz together one day and just think what a fun dance I remember Charlie teaching “Hey baby let’s go we can have. to Vegas” and the way he taught the rocking chair Lynne Ogle and pulling down the slot machine arm! He was a Charlie floored me at a workshop when he great man. asked to be my mentor (back in the mid 90’s Angela Cossey McCurry when national instructors were mentoring I met Charlie at one of the workshops at Lake instructors to help them get recognition) and let Cumberland, me teach at the National Clogging Kentucky several Convention. Always smiling, teasing years, ago. He and such a character! asked me where Christmas Christy Dilley Pickerel I was from. I said I will always remember Charlie’s Bardstown, and ‘cloth’ shoes talk, and his choosing that I danced with Sawyer Brown songs for his the Kentucky Home choreography (one of my favorite Cloggers and that groups). To me, he’s one of the my instructor’s Fathers of Clogging! name was Ben. Charlie replied Elaine Griebelbauer Paugh «Ben. You mean We went to Possum Trot in little Ben Graham?» Victorville, California and he danced I said “Yes. He’s beside me and cued the dances for me, as the the best.” Charlie agreed and said that we will terminology there was different than ours in the never forget little Ben. Charlie said that Ben East. Dancing with him next to me was an honor! remembers the routines so fast, that it reminds Dianne Frazier him of him when he was little and that I should be proud to be taught by a wonderful instructor.» I›ll One of my favorite routines of Charlie’s was never forget that day, when I met Charlie Burns. Bagpipes, which I learned at the Possum Trot workshop in Victorville, California. I am still Rosemary Taylor using a modified version in presentations here in I can still hear Charlie’s voice and picture him Arizona. teaching «If the Devil Danced.» Step step step a Sharon Lopeman hop a step a hop a step a step! Tammy Cohen 18 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging DOUBLETOETIMES Subscribe to Clogging’s Biggest and Longest Running Magazine
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Box 1352 St. Albans, WV 25177-1352 The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 19 America’s Clogging Hall of Fame Inductions Each October, at the world famous Stompin’ is a family-oriented organization that promotes Ground in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, the family-friendly events that are designed to America’s Clogging Hall of Fame organization preserve our traditional artform while welcoming honors at least two individuals with induction in the growth of the modern form of the dance. the America’s Clogging Hall of Fame. Nominees ACHF sanctions many competitions throughout are accepted throughout the year, and a panel the year where teams and dancers can qualify from the organization reviews the prospects to compete in the ACHF World Championships and choses those to be honored each year. dance-off the last full weekend in October at the These inductees have been clogging for at least Stompin’ Grounds. Any team finishing 1st or 25 years and have been a positive influence 2nd in TWO sanctioned competitions qualifies in the preservation of the dance. This year, to compete at the dance-off. Also, all grand three individuals were honored with induction champion solo winners at each sanctioned event into the Hall of Fame. Each was presented a earns the opportunity to compete in October for plaque during the ceremony and a plaque will a chance to dance on the Grand Ole Opry in be permanently hung at the Stompin ‘ Ground, Nashville, Tennessee. where it will join the others who have been America’s Clogging Hall of Fame honors many honored since the group first began recognizing of its dancers at the October Championships. An inductees in 1984. All-American Clogging Team is selected each America’s Clogging Hall of Fame (ACHF) year through a nominating and selection process is a non-profit organization dedicated to the in which 24 of our best dancers are chosen. preservation of the old time square dance and ACHF also selects 16 dancers to the Junior All- clogging. ACHF calls the Stompin’ Grounds American Team and 4 dancers to the Senior All- in Maggie Valley, North Carolina its home. American Team each year. These dancers are Founded in 1981 by Dan and Sandy Angel, the showcased at the World Championships. organization’s purpose was to honoring our past College scholarships are also awarded in leaders and provide a place for dancers from all October for up to three deserving students. walks of life to come together and dance. ACHF America’s Clogging Hall of Fame Inductees Through the Years 1984 1989 1995 2000 2006 2011 Hubert Hayes Mountain Dance Folk Sandy Angel Audrey & Ellis Perry Merritt Fouts Terry Anderson Bascom Lamar Festival Ralph Pierce Evelyn Smith Becky Edwards Elliott Skeen Lunsford Garland Steele Revis Lonnie Rush Sam Queen 1990 2001 Sonja Wiseman Ed Smith 1996 Jimmy Loveless 2012 1985 Myrtle Johnson Faye Warren 2007 Paul Cagle Bannerman Family 1991 Peg & Bill McLerran Bob Crawley Terri Johnson Cecil Masters Lewis “Buck” Aycock Paul Vaught,Jr. 2002 Pam Collins Watkins David & Susan Bill Nichols Ralph Case Mr. Cleo McCall Dianne & Lenn Loftin Phillips Richard Jett 1997 Ellen Ratcliffe 1986 Shirley Finger Eugene Ratcliffe 2008 2013 George Arthur 1992 Jack Knighten Eddie Carruthers Anna Wells Earl Powell Lois & Alton Hall Ralph & Melvin 2003 Mercy Martinez Hope Outlaw Ben Smathers Pearlie Reynolds Sloan Burton Edwards Donna Riley Thomas Maupin Soco Dance Team Olivia Smathers Barbara Kohler 1998 Lib Mills 2009 1987 1993 Samye Arthur William Derry Dan Angel J. C. Smith Richard Dillingham 2004 Eddie Oliver Red Ivester Kay Wilkins Lou Maiuri Nancy Aycock Carol Wiggins Bob Phillips 1994 1999 2005 2010 1988 Earline Byers Betsy Farlow Annette Pulley Debbie Conn Kyle Edwards Lois Robinson Edwin Woodrow Joyce Ledford Jay Ledford Bob Johnson Duncan Shope Steve Talent Lillian Smith Barbara Stalcup 20 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging Our first inductee has spent 36 years devoted was also when she and her dancers became to the clogging world. She has left her mark known as the Sugarcane Cloggers. And in on the young and the young at heart through 1980, they made their clogging debut at the her passion towards preserving traditional College for the International Arts Festival. In clogging. Having grown up in a musical 1985, this inductee received the Governor’s home, this natural flat foot dancer learned Award from the Governor of Virginia for clogging from her sisters and quickstepped outstanding contribution to the Arts in into the traditional dance world Southwest Virginia. Our inductee forever. Because of her music states clearly that besides and dance abilities, she has professing her Christian Faith, become a local legend in her music and dance heritage Norton Virginia and well known has been the most credible, throughout the mountains of stable, and consistent thing Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina. in her life. She has taught Her legacy dates back to 1977 when she thousands of people to clog and has and her musical family began meeting and given workshops in several states and in sharing weekly with area artists at a local log other countries. Her motto is, “Music creates cabin. This project would eventually become spirit and the spirit makes the feet move.” the beginning of a celebration of the culture Ladies and Gentlemen, our first inductee into and heritage of the Appalachian Mountains America’s Clogging Hall of Fame, Anna Wells. through food, crafts, music, and dance. It
2013 America’s Clogging Hall of Fame Inductee Anna Breeding Wells have been inducted.” The venue’s lobby contains By: Katie Dunn, Coalfield Progress a glass case with trophies,
plaques and photos of “so When Anna Breeding many people who have kept Wells took her first steps this traditional mountain dance as a clogger, she never going,” including clogging, envisioned how far they’d flatfoot and square dancing, carry her. she said. Wells’ love for traditional Wells and two others Appalachian dance recently were inducted at the earned her a spot in ceremony, including a man America’s Clogging Hall of she competed against and Fame. She and husband Ray eventually bested to win the Wells attended an induction 2001 flatfoot championship ceremony Oct. 26 at the at the Stompin’ Grounds. Stompin’ Grounds in Maggie Being names to the hall of Valley, N.C., known as the fame was a feat Wells never clogging capital of the world. thought would happen. “It was a very emotional thing.” Her husband previously said Wells, 67. “I cried. I had to nominated her for the cry. It’s indelible. You’ll be there honor in 1995, and Wells forever. You’ll go down in history thought too much time with all those other people that (continued on page 22) The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 21 Anna Breeding Wells Sisters Jenny Greear Hill and Sandra Greear Hensley agreed to teach Wells, Kirk and others (continued from page 21) square dancing and clogging. The sisters had trained in clog and folk dance at the Berea had passed for it to ever become a reality. Christmas School of Dance in Berea, Ky., and The story behind her 36-year career teaching Clinch Valley College. and performing Appalachian traditional dance Wells knew how to flatfoot, so clogging wasn‘t began in 1977 inside a log cabin at the foot too difficult to pick up, and she and Kirk were of Stone Mountain in soon hooked. The duo Josephine. eventually launched a Wells was born in the clogging dance troupe Dorchester coal camp, that stayed together for but grew up at the mouth more than 30 years. of Thacker’s Branch in A neighbor christened West Norton. Her parents, the group the Virginia Ella Carico Williams and Sugarcane Cloggers after Vilas Williams, were she witnessed Wells and musicians and dancers, Kirk “shuffle and dance“ and Wells remembers around equipment used watching her mother dance to make molasses at the Charleston and her the cabin. Wells said the father flatfoot. “They could name “stuck.” That was in kick up their heels pretty 1977. good,” she recalled from her Josephine home last There wasn‘t much Friday. discussion about starting the Sugarcane Cloggers, Wells also loved to dance and Wells said it was a ---she and her two elder “spontaneous“ decision. sisters often grooved at Kirk eventually left, but home to popular 1950s Wells stuck with it, adding styles like the jitterbug and more members primarily shag, although they never from dance classes she performed in public. taught. That changed when She estimates as many Wells, her first husband, as 110 people performed James Spencer Breeding, with eh Sugarcane parents and neighbors Cloggers during its attended a birthday party tenure. When the troupe for Fred Peters, the son of retired in 2009, Wells and local singer/songwriter Kate another woman were the Peters Sturgill, in 1977. only two performers left. That party spawned Since the, Wells has been weekly jam sessions at on a hiatus from teaching the Peters’ log cabin in and performing.. She’s Josephine. The event‘s popularity grew, and a 30-year-old Wells and Photos: Anna Breeding & Nancy Kirk perform at the Dock friend Nancy Kirk found themselves wanting to Boggs Festival, 1980 learn traditional dances to accompany the music Virginia Sugarcane Cloggers’ founders Nancy Kirk & Anna played each Saturday night. Breeding, 1977 22 www.doubletoe.com enjoyed the break, but that doesn’t mean she won’t ever teach or perform again. She said she first must concentrate on recovering from the open heart surgery she had in early September. Wells estimates she’s taught at least 1,000 people during her tenure as a dance instructor, but that number could be as high as 1,500 to 2,000. She’s taught multiple generations, too, including parents, children and grandchildren.. “This was rewarding because it made me feel that I had reached my goal of passing Appalachian dance and the tradition to each Sugarcane Cloggers performing at Clinch Valley College generation.” She also taught ballroom country as part of the International Arts Festival, 1982. L-R: Lori Sturgill, Katrina Keith, Anna Breeding, Billy Ray Mullins, line, international folk and flatfoot dancing. She Pam Parsons, Carrie Brock. formed and directed a country line dance group, Raisin’ Cane Country Dancers, which was together from 1992-94, and the Clog Campus dance workshop, which began at Clinch Valley College in 1981. Along with husband Ray Wells still offers a Mountain Music and Dance program, which demonstrates and teaches students in local schools about the region’s native music and dance heritage. Still, she admits she never thought her hobby would turn into a decades- long career. Wells began dancing because she enjoyed it and because she felt like she was preserving a part of her heritage - the dance and culture of where she was born and raised. When asked to share some of the more memorable events of her career, Wells said there have been many, including the people, venues, trips and dance routines. Perhaps most memorable, though,is the dance that helped make all these memories possible. “It’s (clogging) a dance of joy. It’s a dance of happiness. It’s a dance of sound, “ said Wells. Wells’ career is now immortalized on a plaque displayed at the Stompin’ Grounds, but the memories, talent and love she has for the traditional art form will live on through the individuals who have learned and performed beside her these past three decades. This is likely reward enough for a woman whose career began simply from a desire to learn and celebrate her Appalachian roots.
The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 23 It must have been fate, or Providence, if and won honors at the State Fair and in other you will, that brought together, back in the competitions. Her legacy, however, doesn’t mid 1960’s; a young girl who already loved to seem to be about keeping up with changing dance, her father who was a fiddle and banjo styles or winning trophies, but as her daughter player, and a mountain man who happened to states, “It has been, and forever will be, about be studying at the college in her home town keeping the old mountain dance alive and well. of Laurinburg and who became friends with The style of clogging that my mother excels in her father. That dancing mountain most is a social dance, a country man, Doyle Calloway, taught dance that involves generations this young girl the art of old time together enjoying a dance that isn’t clog- dancing. Over the next written on paper, but has been 50 years, she would teach many passed down by showing and others all kinds of dance but most just trying it out!” This inductee of all she shared her clogging. From has watched her dancers North Carolina to Florida, she formed teams learn, move on to professional careers like the Shoeheel Creek Cloggers, Triple Toe or develop their own teams, and then bring Cloggers, and the Salty Dog Cloggers. In her their babies back for her to teach. It is true teaching, she made sure her students knew that generations of people love and appreciate the history of Southern Appalachian clogging our art of clog-dancing because of this special while changing with the times even sometimes lady. teaching contemporary style clogging. Her That is why she is our second inductee teams performed in many exciting places into America’s Clogging Hall of Fame, Hope Outlaw.
Hope Outlaw clogs her way into clogging Hall of Fame
LAURINBURG, NORTH CAROLINA — Hope Outlaw’s backstory is a perfect recipe for a bluegrass tune. Her father was a music man, and she learned how to dance from a clogging man in her mountain town. When those first two lines of her biography were read at the American Clogging Hall of Fame induction this past weekend, Outlaw knew they could be announcing no one else’s name but hers. “When they read that, I just started crying,” she said. “You could have knocked me over with a feather.” For 43 years, the Scotland County native has taught hundreds of children — from the age of 3 all the way through high school — Photo: Ellis Perry, vice president of the American Clogging Hall of Fame, presents longtime clogging instructor Hope Outlaw with a plaque recognizing her contributions to the art of clogging. 24 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging to move their feet to the same rhythms her father used to play on his “doghouse bass.” Those children have in turn brought their kids to Outlaw’s class, fostering a love of traditional clogging among multiple generations. “I’ve said all along that was probably my biggest trophy ever — not something I could hang on the wall, but the experiences we’ve shared in and out of the studio,” she said. Outlaw has been dancing since she was 3 or 4 years old. She began clogging in 1964, when she was in the eighth grade. She graduated from high school, got married, and began teaching the dance in 1970. It all started when her father, Tom Campbell, She worked with Karen Gibson, of the school of a longtime employee of Sears, Roebuck and dance that bears her name, for 30 years. Gibson, Company but a bluegrass man at heart, ran into she said, taught her to be a teacher. Doyle Calloway of Bailey Mountain while at a gig “When I started, there was nothing in with his band the Sandhill Ramblers. Laurinburg (for cloggers),” she said. “There were “Cut a step, Doyle,” her father joked — and he recreation teams who would perform at local did, breaking into a dance the likes of which events, but none that would take students to Campbell had never seen. bigger competitions.” He told Doyle he could make a lot of money Six years later, Outlaw formed the Shoeheel teaching people to dance that way, and Outlaw Creek Cloggers, which would grow into three was one of his first students. Bailey Mountain teams otherwise known as the Triple Toe Cloggers, of Mars Hill College, are now among Cloggers. That team has won numerous awards the top performing groups in the country. at the North Carolina State Fair, including the Calloway, Outlaw said, had never thought to Ruth Jewel Award and the Audrey and Ellis Perry teach a course. Award, named for the two who have watched “Mountain folks didn’t have teachers, they Outlaw’s progression as a teacher through just learned from each other. … He used to say annual fair competitions. The team has also clogging is ‘caught, not taught.’” danced at Disney World and Dollywood. “Clogging is a social dance,” said Outlaw’s In 2001, Outlaw developed the Salty Dawg daughter, Shelby Plante. “You dance in small and Cloggers in Orange City, Fla., and in 2007 started large circles, you face each other and interact the Rhythm Explosion Cloggers in Laurinburg — with the other dancers. I think that’s why it’s so now named Detonation Dance and led by Derek special, not just the high energy and great music, Starnes. but the social aspect of it.” She has had several dancers named to the Outlaw is so in tune to the traditional backbeat state Clogging Council All-Star Team, the All- that if she’s driving in the rain, the thump of the American Team and the Junior All-American windshield wipers will morph into a dance tune. Team. (continued on page 26) The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 25 Hope Outlaw (continued from page 25)
She’s not alone in her enthusiasm. “I’ve had so many parents tell me that their kids can’t stop,” she said. “They’ll be dancing around the house and up and down the aisles of the grocery store.” While dancing may be fun, Outlaw says she thinks of herself less of a dance instructor than as an all-around teacher. What you learn in dance class, she says, can apply to everything — including focus, determination, discipline and perseverance. She said by the time her students graduated from her class, knowing how to be an effective team player was to them “second nature.” Some of her past students were at Saturday’s event, driving to Maggie Valley from as far away as Greenville to see her inducted into the Hall of Fame. Outlaw attends every year, but this year’s special event was kept a secret by her nominator, Shelby, who knew weeks before the ceremony. “I was shocked because honestly, when you look back at the list of people who have been inducted, we think of them as clogging legends,” she said. “To me, clogging is just a way of life, it’s what we do. To realize that she’ll be ranked among the legends in clogging is just unbelievable.” But, Shelby says, her mother is much deserving of the award, considering that anyone who has learned to clog in Scotland County has been coached either directly or indirectly by her. She’s also made dancing a family affair, most recently instructing her granddaughter, Bria, in Photo: Hope (above) realizes that she is the honoree they Shelby’s living room. Her daughter Nikki Outlaw are speaking about during the reading of the introduction. is a dancer with Southern Mountain Fire and is Her family had kept it a surprise for her up until the time of gearing up for the Charlotte Christmas Parade. the ceremony. Hope is joined by 2010 Hall of Fame inductee Jay Ledford. Outlaw retired this year from dance instruction, and now lives on the Florida coast, doing the “Grandma thing” for Shelby, who lives nearby, and working part-time. But her next step is to become a judge. There, she can rest her body, but still stay involved in the sport she loves. “I still want to grow as a dancer,” she said. “I just have to grow in a different direction.” 26 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging Our third inductee is a six time national hoedown or barn dance; and even though Buckdance champion and is considered one his mother didn’t dance, she passed her of the best Flatfoot dancers in the country. family’s gift of rhythm down to him. Today He has won more than 60 first place honors he travels across the country dancing and as well as the Nashville Silver Stars Talent giving workshops. He is always working with Show for artists 60 years and older. This young dancers and encouraging them to “feel year he was a finalist for the the music.” Dancing to old time Tennessee Governor’s Awards tunes played on the banjo by his in the Arts and in 2009, was grandson, anyone can see how the recipient of the Uncle Dave his entire body gracefully flows Macon Trailblazer Award, which with the music. If you ask honors those in the forefront of him he’d tell you, “Play the preserving a traditional art form. All of tune with your feet… When I’m these are quite impressive accomplishments dancing, I become part of that tune- an for a self-taught dancer. This gentleman is a instrument.” native of Eagleville Tennessee and credits his The influence of traditional dance is grandmother and other family members for definitely carried on by tonight’s final inductee his love and talent for dancing. His father’s into America’s Clogging Hall of Fame, Mr. relatives often danced at a Saturday night Thomas Maupin.
Buck Dance Master Thomas Maupin Inducted into Hall of Fame ‘The music tells me what to do,’ Maupin says of buck dancing From the Richmond, Virginia Times-Dispatch “When I’m a-dancing, I’m not just going through a bunch of steps making a bunch of noise,” Thomas Maupin said, describing the folk tradition known as buck dancing. “I’m trying to play the tune they’re playing. If they’re hitting four notes, I’m hitting four sounds. When I dance without the music, I’ve got a tune in my head.” Maupin, 75, said his style is more like mountain flat-footing than clogging. “You don’t do a lot of kicking. You’re closer to the floor,” he explained. “I’ve never considered myself a clogger, but if you see some of the older people clogging, they don’t kick and jump. ... Anybody can kick their foot up high. Not everybody can hit the beat of the music on every note they play. “It’s a little bit hard for me to tell someone what I do. The music tells me what to do. If you need to hesitate and leave out a sound, you do that. (continued on page 28) The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 27 Thomas Maupin a chair that his great-grandfather used while playing. (continued from page 27) “It gives you an insight into the history of a people,” he said. “If we don’t carry on You don’t just do the same step every time.” our traditions, then a part of ... who we are He comes from a dancing family, Maupin said, as a people will be lost. It also gives future but dance wasn’t the way anybody made a living generations something to enjoy.” in the hills of Murfreesboro, Tenn. Maupin worked at an aircraft factory in Nashville for 41 years and then mowed yards for eight years. He still has a garden with about 300 tomato plants, and his phone conversation was interrupted by someone at the door wanting to buy a few watermelons. Maupin didn’t start competing as a dancer until his daughter, Deana Rothwell, was a teenager. Since then he’s won more than 60 championships, including the National Old-time Buck Dancing Championship six times. He’s also a recipient of a 2011 Tennessee Folklife Heritage Award. Daniel Rothwell, 20, was inspired by his grandfather’s dancing, but he took up a different aspect of the family tradition. He plays banjo like his great-grandfather Cecil Shores. Rothwell’s collection of honors for himself and the Slim Chance Band includes the Tennessee Old Time String Band championship in 2012 and 2013. “Daniel plays the kind of music I like to dance to,” Maupin said. “When Daniel first started -- he used to go with us when he was just a little bitty thing -- he could hardly keep his hands off a banjo. “When he started playing, I would dance, and he would keep time with my dancing. It was a gift for Daniel. He can play the fire out of an old-time banjo.” Rothwell is taking online courses this fall at Motlow State Community College while traveling with his grandfather and recording local old- time musicians for a college honors project. He’s studying English and history and hopes to move on to musicology. Rothwell said it’s important to him to keep the tradition going. At performances, he usually sits in 28 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging New Year’s Resolutions for Dancers Set Goals to Step Up Your Clogging By Treva Bedinghaus My Clogging
Many people set goals to work toward in the New Year’s Resolutions coming year. If you are a clogger, perhaps you can think of a few ways to improve your for 2014 dancing. Here is a list of new year's resolutions for dancers...write down a few and get dancing. Good luck! 1.
Limber Up A dancer can't be too flexible. All styles of 2. dance require excellent flexibility to perform steps and movements correctly. If your flexibility could use some improvement, make it a habit to stretch 3. each night before bed and each morning before breakfast. You'll be amazed at how quickly you become more limber. And you'll love what it does for your dancing, and you won’t feel as tired or 4. sore afterwards either!
Get Stronger 5. Dancers need to be strong. Strength allows a dancer to move quickly and protects against injury. Try adding a few strength-building 6. exercises to your daily routine. Incorporate a variety of exercises to strengthen the entire body, not just your feet and legs. 7. Try a New Style All dancers can benefit from trying out a new dance style. Trying a different type of dance not 8. only challenges the body, but also the mind. Check out a tap or Irish class, or take a swing at hip hop or ballroom dancing. You may just 9. discover a hidden talent, and you will definitely learn techniques and skills that will enhance your clogging! 10. Challenge Yourself Don't be afraid to give yourself a challenge this year. Maybe you've never had the confidence to 11. enter a clogging competition or perform a solo routine. Maybe you'd like to try that step you’ve seen on YouTube. You'll never know what all 12. you can achieve if you don't try. Make a list of 12 challenges and add one to each month of your calendar. Go for it!
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STEPS TO “SUMMER PARADISE”
Dar Sonic DS Sk Snap Flap HClk Sk Snap Flap Step Sk Snap Flap HClk Sk Snap Flap Step Sk Snap Flap HClk Sk Snap Flap L R L R L R L R R L R L R L R L L R L R L R L R &1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 5 e & a 6 e & a Step Sk Snap Flap HClk Sk Snap Flap Step Tap(b) Slide Tap Ball Flap Hop Tap Ball Flap Hop Tap Ball Flap Hop Tap R L R L R L R L L R L R R L R L L R L R R L R L 7 e & a 8 e & a 9 e & a 10 e & a 11 e & a 12 e & a Step DT Hop Tch Step DT Hop Tch Slide L R R L L R R L R 13 e& a 14 & a15 e & 16 36 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging STEPS TO “SUMMER PARADISE” – cont.
Hop Fancy DT Bounce apart Kick(xb)/Hop Bounce apart Kick(xb)/Hop Step Slur(xb) Step DT Ball Toe(xb) Ball Heel Step L BOTH L / R BOTH L / R L R R L L R R L L &a 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &a 5 e & a 6 Sk Hop Flap Step Toe(xb) Ball Heel Step R L R R L L R R e & a 7 e & a 8
2 Big Steps Step Step L R 1 2
Breezin’ Easy DS R(xb)S(os) Hop Toe Ball Hop Toe Ball Hop/Kick Bounce (Rxb) DT DT Bounce(both knees face left) DT Ball Slide L R L R L L R L L L / R BOTH L R BOTH R R R &1 & 2 & a 3 & a 4 & 5 &a 6e &a 7e & 8
Sweet Kick DT Hop/Kick Bounce Hop/Kick Bounce DT Hop Tap(b) Slide L L / R BOTH L / R BOTH R R L R &a 1 & 2 & 3e & a 4
Toe Scrape Run DS Toe Scrape (xf) Hop Toe Scrape (os) Hop Tap(b) Ball Heel Ball Ball Ball Ball (4 ½ beats) L R L R L R R L L R L R &1 e & a 2 e & a 3 & 4 &
Mountain Goat Wiper Step Flap(xif) Ball Tap Ball Heel(os) Ball Heel Ball Tap(xb) Hop Tap(os) Hop Tap(xb) (7 ½ beats) L R R L L R R L L R L R L R 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e Kick/Jump Kick/Jump Hop Toe Ball Hop Toe Ball Heel/Ball Lift/Slide L / R R / L R L L R L L L / R L / R & 5 & a 6 & a 7 & 8
2 Canadians DS DT Hop Touch DS DT Hop Touch L R L R R L R L &1 e& a 2 &3 e& a 4
Finnski DS(xb) R(os) Heel Snap (toe pivots right to left) Tap Toe (xb) Snap (toe pivots from left to right) Step DS L R L L R L R L &1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &5 Heel(twist toe lt)/Toe(twist heel rt) Snap(twist rt)/Heel(twist lt) Heel(twist toe rt)/Toe(twist heel lt) Snap(twist lt)/Heel(twist rt) L / R L / R R / L R / L & 6 & 7 Heel(twist toe lt)/Toe(twist heel rt) Snap(twist rt)/Heel(twist lt) L / R L / R & 8
Pevo DS DT Bounce(Rxb) Hop Heel Step Hop Sk Up Toe Toe Heel Heel Step Flap Hop Tap(b) Step Flap Hop Tap(b) Step Heel Step L R BOTH R L L L R R R L R L R L R L L R L R R L L &1 &a 2 & a 3 & a 4 e & a 5 & a 6 e & a 7 e & a 8
Gallop Kick Hop Toe Ba Hop Toe Ba Hop Toe Ba Ba Sl Hop DT Hop Heel Click Heels Hop DT Step Tch(xf) Up Ball/Kick(xf) Step R L L R L L R L L R R L R L R BOTH L R R L L L / R R & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 & 4 & a 5 e & a 6e & a 7 & 8
Heartbeat DT(xb) Ball Ball(os) Step(fwd) L L R L &a 1 & 2
** I’ve abbreviated a few descriptions in order for the step descriptions to fit not more than 2 pages. Please email me if you have questions regarding any of the steps: [email protected]
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Artist: Caro Emerald (available from Amazon, iTunes, M3Pva) Genre: Pop Album: The Shocking Miss Emerald Tempo: 108 bpm, 3:59 mins Choreographer: Karen Tripp, [email protected] Level: Beginner
Sequence: Wait 8 beats, Intro, A-B-C-Br-A-B-C-Br-Break-B-D-C*
Wait 8 beats
INTRO (32 beats) (4) 1 Rocking Chair ¼ L (4) 2 Touch Ups Repeat 3 more times to make a box
PART A (32 beats) (8) 1 Clogover Slur Vine (4) 1 Flatlander (4) 1 Triple Repeat with opposite footwork
PART B (32 beats) (8) 1 Cowboy ½ Left (8) 2 Brush Donkeys (8) 1 Cowboy ½ Left (4) 2 Basics (4) 1 Over the Log
PART C (32 beats) (4) 1 Rooster Run (4) 1 Pushoff Left (4) 1 Turning Pushoff ½ R (4) 1 Fancy Double Repeat to face front
BRIDGE (8 beats) (8) 1 8-count Roundout
Repeat PART A [Clogover Slur Vine, Flatlander, Triple, Repeat] Repeat PART B [Cowboy ½ L, 2 Brush Donkeys, Cowboy ½ L, 2 Basics, Over the Log] Repeat PART C [Rooster Run, Pushoff Left, Turning Push ½ R, Fancy Double, repeat] Repeat BRIDGE [8-count Roundout]
BREAK (32 beats) (8) 2 Slur Vine Brushes (4) 1 Karate Kick ½ L (4) 1 Fancy Double Repeat to face front
Repeat PART B [Cowboy ½ L, 2 Brush Donkeys, Cowboy ½ L, 2 Basics, Over the Log]
PART D (64 beats) (8) 2 Outhouses (8) 1 Cowboy ¼ L Repeat 3 more times to make a box
PART C* [Rooster Run, Pushoff Left, Turning Push ¾ R, Fancy Double, repeat] Repeat 3 more times to make a box
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(4) 1 Rocking Chair ¼ L DS Br(up) 1/4L/H DS RS L R/L R LR &1 &2 &3 &4
(4) 2 Touch Ups DS Tch (ots) Lift/H DS Tch(ots) Lift/H L R R/L R L L/R &1 & 2 &3 & 4
(8) 1 Clogover Slur Vine DS DS(xif) DS Slur(xib) S DS DS(xif) DS RS L R L R R L R L RL &1 &2 &3 & 4 &5 &6 &7 &8
(4) 1 Flatlander DT(b)/H Br(up)/H DS RS L/R L/R L RL &1 &2 &3 &4
(4) 1 Triple DS DS DS RS R L R LR &1 &2 &3 &4
(8) 1 Cowboy ½ Left ----- moving forward ------moving back ------DS DS DS BrUp(1/4L)/H DS(xif) RS RS RS L R L R/L R LR LR LR &1 &2 &3 &4 &5 &6 &7 &8
(8) 2 Brush Donkeys DS Br(up)/H Tch(xif)/H Tch(ots)/H DS Br(up)/H Tch(xif)/H Tch(ots)/H L R/H R/L R/L R L/R L/R L/R &1 &2 &3 &4 &7 &6 &7 &8
(4) 1 Over the Log S(f) S(f) S(b) S(b) Clap L R L R 1 2 & 3 4
(4) 1 Rooster Run DS DS(xif) R(ots) S(xib) R(ots) S(xif) L R L R L R &1 &2 & 3 & 4
(4) 1 Pushoff Left DS RS RS RS (moving left) L RL RL RL &1 &2 &3 &4
(4) 1 Fancy Double DS DS RS RS L R LR LR &1 &2 &3 &4
(8) 8-count Roundout DS TH(xif) TH(b) TH(s) TH(xif) TH(b) TH(s) TH(s) L RR LL RR LL RR LL RR &1 &2 &3 &4 &5 &6 &7 &8
(8) 2 Slur Vine Brushes DS Slur(xib) S DS RS DS Slur(xib) S DS RS L R R L RL R L L R LR &1 & 2 &3 &4 &5 & 6 &7 &8
(4) 1 Karate Kick ½ L DS Kk Lift (1/2L)/H S Kk Lift/H L R R/L R L L/R &1 & 2 3 & 4
(8) 2 Outhouses DS Tch(ots)/H Tch(xif)/H Tch(ots)/H DS Tch(ots)/H Tch(xif)/H Tch(ots)/H L R/L R/L R/L R L/R L/R L/R &1 &2 &3 &4 &5 &6 &7 &8
LEGEND DS: Double Step (ots): Out to side T: Toe (f): Front Br(up): Brush Up (xif): Cross in front S: Step (b): Back RS: Rock Step (xib): Cross in back Slur: Drag toe behind Kk: Kick leg out in front Tch: Touch H: Heel DT: Double Toe Back Lift: Bend knee and lift leg
The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 39 All I Need is Love Cee Lo Green & the Muppets choreography: Ian Enriquez [email protected] Easy+ wait 32, left foot lead
A: (8) Wicked Witch (Slip) (4) 2 Slip & Slides DSplit(Ba/Hl)-Split(Hl/Ba)Sl (4) Catawba DSpl(Ba/Hl)-Bnc Spl(Hl/Ba)-Bnc Spl(Ba/Hl)-Spl(Hl/Ba)Sl (4) Charleston DS-Tch(f) p-To(b)Hl(snap)-RS (2) Basic DS-RS (4) Joey DS-Ba(xb)Ba-BaBa(xb)-BaSt
B: (8) - Samantha (4) Walkover DS-DS(xf)-DrSt-DrSt 2 (4) Rock Double RS-DS-DS-RS (4) Triple DS-DS-DS-RS (4) - Turning Push-Off (1/2 R) DS-RS-RS-RS
C: (8) Cowboy (4) Triple Brush DS-DS-DS-BrSl (moving forward) (4) Rock Back DS-RS-RS-RS (moving back) (4) Fancy Double DS-DS-RS-RS (4) Joey Unclog DS-Ba(xb)Ba-BaBa(xb)-StaSto
Repeat A, A, B, C, A, A, B, C, A, A, A
End: (4) Joey
Song is slow and can easily be replaced with buck style steps. Here is a buck alternative for Section C.
C: (8) Angel Toes DS-HlwHlSt-SpStHlSt-SkDrSpSt-DS-TpBaTpBa-TpBaTpBa-Spl(Hl/Ba)Sl (4) Burton Tapback Sonic DS-SkDrSpSt(xf)-TpBaDb-StTch(xf) Sl (4) Joey Unclog DS-TpBa(xb)HlSt-HlStTpBa(xb)-StaSto
Sp=Spank (“Brush” Back)
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