There are contemporary and traditional styles of clogging.
Contemporary clogging is often danced to songs you may hear on the radio. Hanson-MmmBop. N'SYNC-Dirty Pop. Nikki Minaj. The list goes on. This style is choreographed to have all the dancers in-sync with one another and includes jazz/hip hop. Check it out!
Traditional clogging is performed to bluegrass music. It is the whole nine years- crinoline wearing, bow bearing, yee-haw-ing cloggin'. "Paddle faster I hear banjos"...and when you get there, there will most likely be a group of cloggers movin' their feet as fast as they can move. Check it out!
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A crinoline-- aka: the white poofy thing under my skirt. |
After months of trying with no success my mom

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Praying before going on stage -- Appalachian Rhythm |
As a got older, I moved up in groups and began taking lessons from Elise Sigmon. Elise is one of the most talented dancer and choreographer I have ever met. She cared for her dancers and you could see her love and passion for clogging through her dancers. I feel blessed to have been taught by a wonderful leader and friend. In high school, Elise and Ashley created the Appalachian Rhythm Clogging & Dance Studio. There I continued to take classes until I graduated high school. Some of my most fond memories were made at that studio and I will never forget the people that were as close to me as family on that team.
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BMC goes British -- England Trip 2013 |
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Bailey Mountain Cloggers 2013 |
My compassion and love for clogging grew as I grew older. When deciding where to go to college, I chose to attend 1 out of 2 colleges in the country that had a clogging team. Mars Hill University. Home of the Bailey Mountain Cloggers. I never could've imagined the impact the team would have on me. Through this team I have been presented with so many opportunities I never would've dreamed happening. International trips (England!-more to come in a later post), dancing on the news, and seeing little kids light up at the sight of clogging--just to name a few. Being a part of this team for the past four years has been a dream. Magical. This team is my home away from home. The family that I could not have picked better myself. And we are just that. A family. We fight, we laugh, we love, and we're there for one another when we need someone to lean on. This team is like none other; truly one-of-a-kind. I could not be more blessed than to spend this extra semester with these wonderful, diverse group of people I call my teammates.
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The Girls of Bailey Moutain |
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Super Seniors |
**I'm the brunette, that's super cheesin'
Hopefully I have changed your outlook on clogging--no longer picture the wooden clogs and only bluegrass music. So what are you passionate about, what drives you? What do you think of clogging? Let me here it peeps!

**Second from the right; I'm rockin' the perm-a-grin but our faces are whited out.
To see the Tweetsie Railroad Cloggers, click here.
That's definitely not what I thought it was - I was picturing wooden clogs and a dirndl ;D Looks like a lot of fun! I'm glad that you were able to do all of that!
ReplyDeleteMy passion was playing the upright bass in my sister's and her husband's bluegrass band, along with a friend. Here in Kansas clogging isn't nearly as common as in your part of, the country. My husband's cousin, Posey E-P from Silver Springs, MD brought a clogging board and her shoes when she visited us and it was so much fun to play while she clogged. If I had been younger I would have learned to clog. Thoroughly enjoyed your video. God Bless
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