Appalachian cloggers

[CuteCatFaith]

I am from Ohio and live in France now. Clog dancing is typical of many Celtic cultures and can still be enjoyed in Brittany, France. I collect and resell wooden shoes -- there are only two makers of them left in France. They do last a lifetime, are easy to maintain, and are darn practical! (I sometimes find old dress pairs I resell!) A lot of square dancing terms, such as do see do, are French in origin. Breton is a separate language, of course -- a Celtic one.

[gotmihandstuck]

How good it is it to see every one getting involved with this sort of thing. I do hope that you have carried on with the 'celebrations'.. ten out of ten!!! to every one!

[paulboon]

love the antics of the kids i m sure there will future dancers among them please forgive me the dancers where fantastic too

[dirtmerchant1980]

sort of a precursor to "the running man"

[enailer1]

If this does not make you proud to be American then it should! look at the kids wanting to dance.I`m a Scotsman who recently saw cloggers for the first time and I am now hooked> thanks

[stevies5]

@enailer1

Yer not wrong there neebur! My eyes were filling up watching the wee yins' feet going.

That's community building stuff.

[peppilapiu]

Why does this seem so much more enjoyable than "Completely Awesome Cloggers"?

[peppilapiu]

Very genuine.....and I think the kids pick up on that.

[Yizlanu]

I've always said -- there's a LOT of Irish in our folks of the mid south --I'm from texas and I am of Ulster- Scot heritage may our heritage live forever !!!

God bless them !!!

[oacmre]

the kids are having a lot of fun

[WingsOfASnowhiteDove]

Little kids in the front were cute as they could be. Very nice,

[niffleheim1998]

Except I see American woman clogging in heels.

[jonesthephones]

Super - especially important in these modern times to keep all music and dance traditions going strong. Thanks from Wales

[ImNotAGod0]

it has something dutch as well.. strange

[maryann60004]

American clogging is associated with bluegrass, which is based on Irish and Scots-Irish fiddle tunes. Clogging developed from aspects of Scotch, Irish, German, and Cherokee step dances. I live in Western North Carolina and you can bet most "Cloggers" will tell you it is Scotch/Irish. It just struck me as odd that there is no mention of this in any of these posts. Thanks.

[euroserf]

I don't know if you've seen Irish Sean Nos Dancing on Utube as opposed to the formal Set or Step-dancing have a look and enjoy, Le dea gui o Eireann !

[Yizlanu]

@maryann60004 absolutley correct !!!!

[iantonowful]

So pretty - the Welsh and English cloggers are so similar - great stuff you guys keep it up

[jls9rf]

That's the slowest version of Ragtime Annie I've ever heard.

[hoffmmld]

Nice! What's the name of the tune?

[teresarader1954]

Ragtime Annie

[jovibird]

Lovely. I am only just learning about clogging, Brit and USA, Canada, Australia, the differences, the evolution.

[HelenKupo]

Nice dancing! The best part of this video is the kids. They are totally into it it's great!

[ChinaAl]

I could watch this all day! Great Dancing, music and video.  Is there any more of this group?

[bryan10011mc]

This looks like the real thing, to me. Very nice.