Jimmy, Thanks, and that would have been cool to see. I'd like to find any footage that may have been made from the audience of any of our routines. I've got a handful of good students now and want to get them to form a team and me coach it. I'm looking for more good dancers in the Charlotte area. As for me, I want to find people interested in smooth dance and form a group to do that, which I will participate in.
These were great to see, Allen. I like those high, sharp kicks. I told Bryan it's really a shame there isn't video footage of y'all doing the Foggy Mountain duo competition.
@needsomeokra Jimmy, One other thought, Bryan and I did that routine only a few times and let it go. He decided later to keep it alive and made a line dance and duet out of it. I had moved away by then.
Is this Bryan Craddock, of Cary NC fame, of my former & favorite clogging teacher fame? Did/do you teach at the Wade Ave community center? The Bryan Craddock I clogged for for only a few months, but including that NC State Fair for which we purchased the burgundy golf shirts? I can't remember what you called your teams. Anyway, I genuinely believe you are THE best clogger alive and wish you'd post vids of you solo. Hope you're doing well!
@MsJenniferTerry, Jennifer, The same Bryan Craddock was in the album, but his team was and still is called the Hemlock Bluff Cloggers. We adopted him into the Skyline Cloggers of Charlotte, but he only danced a duo routine with me when they had the male duos at Fontana in 1980. We won first place at Knoxville and Ocean City, which was then the "National" championship. Bryan has posted some Hemlock Bluff material, I have also posted several clips of my teams.
@elvis3700, There is a team called Skyline Country Cloggers presently in Virginia, but the Skyline Cloggers of Charlotte dissolved in 1984. We did have a reunion last year though. I wish some of the other clogging teams from the late 1970s would post videos, because there were some really great teams at that time. It was really a golden age for clogging, before the tap dancers took over.
@elvis3700, The team was in Charlotte, NC. These pictures are 30 years old! We wanted to show folks of this generation a glimpse of clogging in the "pre-modern" era. One of the original members does have an active team in Mooresville, NC that she dances with and directs.
Jimmy, Thanks, and that would have been cool to see. I'd like to find any footage that may have been made from the audience of any of our routines. I've got a handful of good students now and want to get them to form a team and me coach it. I'm looking for more good dancers in the Charlotte area. As for me, I want to find people interested in smooth dance and form a group to do that, which I will participate in.
warehambr 3 months ago
These were great to see, Allen. I like those high, sharp kicks. I told Bryan it's really a shame there isn't video footage of y'all doing the Foggy Mountain duo competition.
needsomeokra 3 months ago
@needsomeokra Jimmy, One other thought, Bryan and I did that routine only a few times and let it go. He decided later to keep it alive and made a line dance and duet out of it. I had moved away by then.
warehambr 3 months ago
Is this Bryan Craddock, of Cary NC fame, of my former & favorite clogging teacher fame? Did/do you teach at the Wade Ave community center? The Bryan Craddock I clogged for for only a few months, but including that NC State Fair for which we purchased the burgundy golf shirts? I can't remember what you called your teams. Anyway, I genuinely believe you are THE best clogger alive and wish you'd post vids of you solo. Hope you're doing well!
Kindest Regards,
Jennifer Terry
MsJenniferTerry 1 year ago
@MsJenniferTerry, Jennifer, The same Bryan Craddock was in the album, but his team was and still is called the Hemlock Bluff Cloggers. We adopted him into the Skyline Cloggers of Charlotte, but he only danced a duo routine with me when they had the male duos at Fontana in 1980. We won first place at Knoxville and Ocean City, which was then the "National" championship. Bryan has posted some Hemlock Bluff material, I have also posted several clips of my teams.
warehambr 1 year ago
From what I have seen on one website, the club is still in existance.
elvis3700 1 year ago
@elvis3700, There is a team called Skyline Country Cloggers presently in Virginia, but the Skyline Cloggers of Charlotte dissolved in 1984. We did have a reunion last year though. I wish some of the other clogging teams from the late 1970s would post videos, because there were some really great teams at that time. It was really a golden age for clogging, before the tap dancers took over.
warehambr 1 year ago
WOW!!! Where is your group based out of? I would love to be able to see you perform live.
elvis3700 1 year ago
@elvis3700, The team was in Charlotte, NC. These pictures are 30 years old! We wanted to show folks of this generation a glimpse of clogging in the "pre-modern" era. One of the original members does have an active team in Mooresville, NC that she dances with and directs.
warehambr 1 year ago