The Magazine of Clogging Since 1983 TIMES DOUBLETOEwww.doubletoe.com August/September 2015 Issue Clogging in China Cloggers Adam King and Janet Schroeder of Ohio participate in a unique showcase of roots music and dance in China DOUBLETOE footprint August/September 2015 I Can’t StressJuly/August Enough... 2010 Clogging Group Trips In This Issue Lee Froehle has been coordinatingIn This clogging Issue trips and IndexEvery .........................................................................................2 birthday that goes by, I think about how nice it will be to get older and life get easier. 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 CalendarWho was ofI kidding? Events ................................................................... 6 Editorialhas also “I Can’torganized Stress Clogging Enough” Expos ......................... for over 1,000 2 VirginiaFamily, jobClogger responsibilities, Dorothy Stephensoncommitments ........................8 and obligations Calendarpeople of in EventsWashington, .............................................. DC, plus Hawaii. Ireland, 4 Cherryholmesseem like they areInterview taking more................................................14 time than before, and all CloggingScotland inand China more. ................................................ 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