It’s about having fun while you dance. That’s what young cloggers say about dancing on a traditional clogging team. This year’s crop of dancers is the strongest in many years, keeping mountain ...

In the Bay Area, our nearest mountain range is the Sierra Nevada, not the Appalachian Mountains. But a traditional form of dance rooted in the Appalachians found its way west, probably with the Gold ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clogging itself is a bit of a “melting pot” dance, borrowing movements and styles from traditional English, Scottish, Irish, ...

NEW BERLIN -- It's a form of dance that originated from Scots-Irish and European descent, known for its foot-stomping, clicking, tapping and shuffling to music. The Cloverleaf Cloggers have been ...

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Patty Morrissey isn't alone when she says performing at the Minnesota State Fair is an experience like no other. "We consider this like our Christmas," said Morrissey. "We get ...

It was the mid 1700s and the settling of the Appalachians by immigrants from Ireland, Scotland, England and Germany had begun. Among the many parts of their cultures they brought with them was a ...

Gena Jepsen likes to clog. Not sinks or freeways, but dance floors with her students at Step 2 This Dance and Performing Arts in Oakley. With taps on shoes (toes and heels) and an upbeat tune in the ...

The weekend of October 26-27, America’s Clogging Hall of Fame held their National Championships in Gatlinburg. Each year the ACHF inducts up to three individuals into the Hall of Fame. One of 2018’s ...

With folk dancers from Taiwan, Trinidad, Romania, Russia and other far-flung places performing at Folkmoot, it might be easy to overlook the fact that southern Appalachia has its own dance custom to ...