DOUBLETOE DOUBLETOE.COM April / May 2010 Tappy Campers Cloggers at the annual Cougar Clogging Classic held on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah April/May 2010 Clogging Group Trips In This Issue Lee Froehle has been coordinating clogging trips and Index .........................................................................................2 tours for more than a decade and has taken her own Editorial “At the Crossroads” ............................................4 groups to Europe, Disney and around the U.S. She Calendar of Events ...................................................................6 has also organized Clogging Expos for over 1,000 “Sprung” Dance Floors - Dancing on Air ....................8 people in Washington, DC, plus Hawaii. Ireland, Clogging With a Princess - Jackie Toaduff ............12 Scotland and more. Whether you are a small group Calling/Running a Dance ..............................................14 wanting a fun trip, a cruise for a few families or a Memphis Class - Fun and Fitness ..............................16 large studio wanting a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, Driven to Advertise .........................................................18 Lee can arrange performances and tours just for you! Cloggers in the Spotlight: Lee Froehle 614-580-1950 Oregon Dance Showcase ..........................................19 Students are the Sould of a Clogging Program ...20 [email protected] Choreography “Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing’ by Edith Hund, AZ ................................24 Choreography “Cajun Persuasion” by Kay Velmire, WA .....................................................26 Dancers in Action Photo Contest ..............................27 Choreography “Backwoods Barbie” by Mary Snyder, NJ .....................................................28 Choreography “My Mountains, My Home” by Leslee Moultrie. OR ...............................................30 Choreography “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” by Donna Neer, OH ......................................................32 Choreography “Sleepy Eyed John” by Kay Velmire, WA .....................................................35 Choreography “Southern Streamline” by Edith Hund, AZ .........................................................24 CLOGGING CRUISES, Instructors and Dancers Directory ..........................26 FESTIVALS, TOURS, Advertising Index Lee’s Clogging Events ........................................................2 PARADES & MORE! Midsouth Footwear ............................................................3 America’s Clogging Hall of Fame Competition Calendar .......................................................4 Fontana Clogging Jamboree ...........................................5 Stevens Clogging Supplies ..............................................9 Indiana Fall Classic Clogging Championships .......11 Oktober(CLOG)fest ..........................................................15 www.howtoclog.com / Carolina Opry .................17 2011 Hawaii Clogging Expo..................................22-23 Practice Music for Clogging ........................................25 Clogging /Square Dance Book ...................................25 Doubletoe Times Photo Contest ................................27 Carl’s Clogging Supplies ................................................44 “The Double Toe Times” (ISSN 10449213) is published monthly by Jeff Box 1352, St. Albans, WV 25177-1352. 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O. responsibility for non-delivery by the Post Office. 2 www.doubletoe.com The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging The Doubletoe Times Magazine of Clogging www.doubletoe.com 3 To the Readers At the Crossroads I recently got a message from a team director who had reached a crossroads with her competition group. Faced with dancing against teams who have been competing for many, many years and some teams who have auditioned and harvested the top dancers from multiple teams across several states to make for “super-teams, the director was LIB MILLS, President ALL AMERICAN frustrated that they could not seem to break through. 112 Clydesdale Court, Liberty, SC 29657 TEAM COMMITTEE Frustrated parents who spend lots of money to put their (864) 843-3825 (828) 891-3435 [email protected] DIANE LOFTIN, Chair kids through classes, buy costumes, book hotels and travel, LOU MAIURI, Vice President (864) 962-9835 Box 4944 Armstrong Rd. Summersville, WV 26651 and pay entry fees sooner or later begin to grumble when VICKI BARNES (304) 872-5803 [email protected] they see the same teams win over and over at events and DIANNE LOFTIN, Secretary (843) 761-5290 418 Woodford Way, Simpsonville, SC 29680 SONJA come home again with nothing to pose with in the local (864) 962-9835 [email protected] SHEPERD-WISEMAN paper. The funny thing is that most of the teams that are JIMMY LOVELESS, Treasurer (423) 581-4074 Box 37034 West Spicer Dr., Mechanicsville, MD 20659 winning at a given point are the same ones who three or (301) 579-6461 [email protected] so years before were questioning themselves in the same EARL POWELL, Ex-Officio Chairman manner. 2010 A.C.H.F. Sanctioned Events It is truly frustrating for directors who run programs, for more ACHF info visit www.achf.net especially in smaller towns or rural areas, who teach all Jan. 23 May 15 Aug. 21 NC State Clogging Challenge Southern Virginia Clogging Classic Foothills Clogging Challenge of their dancers from beginners, only to see those dancers Raleigh, NC Chesapeake, VA Lenoir, NC Info: Derek Starns (828) 310-7466 Info: Amanda Drewry Info: Jill Kirby reach a certain level and plateau or move on to a team [email protected] 757-647-9002 828-396-2052 [email protected] [email protected] that challenges them in different ways. It is especially Feb. 6 Capital City Clogging Classic Jun. 5 Sep. 3–5 frustrating when you feel like you are doing all of the Columbia, SC Appalachian Pride Clogging Traditional Workshop &Competition Info: Clay & Heather Barnhart Challenge Fontana Village groundwork for others to profit from the talent pool in the 803-730-2535 [email protected] Lexington, NC Info: Bill Nichols Info: Brandi Moon 864-855-9653 end. You can’t blame the dancers who want to rise to their Feb. 27 [email protected] [email protected] SW Florida Lee County Fair Clogging own perceived highest level. Everyone wants to be a part Competition Jun. 12 Sep. 10-11 Fort Myers, FL Grand Lake National Clogging NC Mountain State Fair Clogging of a successful team. The problem is that too often we Info: Adm Office 239-543-8368 Contest Competition [email protected] Grove, OK Fletcher, NC make competition the ultimate means by which we judge a or Lib Mills 864-843-3825 Info: Kathleen Pixley Info: Dianne Loftin or 864-885-2707 [email protected] 1-800-526-2523 864-962-9835 great team. Lou Maiuri Earl Powell Mar. 5 7 304-872-5803 828-891-3435 There are amazing groups all over the world who don’t E.P.I.C. Workshop & Competition Pigeon Forge, TN Jun. 19 Sep. 18 compete and do fairs and festivals, some traveling around Info: Simone Pace Bailey Mountain Summer Showdown Magic Feet Ultimate Challenge 864-599-5678 [email protected] Mars Hill, NC Thomasville, NC the world to represent the United States in international Info: Danielle Buice Plimpton Info: Kody Farrington Mar. 20-21 828-915-4486 336-883-6076 festivals. There are groups who plan their own cruises and SCCC Stampede [email protected] Aiken, SC Oct. 16 perform on the ship, or join others from parades or expos Info: Dianne Loftin Jun. 26–27 GA Carolina Clogging Classic 864-962-9835 [email protected] ACHF Judges Training Augusta, GA and there are groups who both compete and perform. or Terry Anderson 803-642-5145 Fletcher, NC Info: Elizabeth Norris Info: Lib Mills 803-278-4849 Competition is a great way to motivate your dancers, Mar 27 864-843-3825 ACHF Officers, Advisory Board, and [email protected] Oct. 22-24 to get them to see what is cutting edge and see other’s Board of Directors Meeting Jimmie