good job ladies !! and you do know that we Americans owe our clog dance to the people from across the pond :) orignially Irish I beleive :) good interpretation !!!
So - the dancing originated in the British Isles & Southern Ireland, travelled to America with the emigrants, evolved - and now it seems to have returned home in a small kind of way. Fascinating.
Sinterklaas (Saint Nicolas) brings dutch children presents on dec 5th. He finds his way to the US as Santa Claus and now Santa is known as Kerstman (litteraly: Christmas-man) in the Netherlands and Belgium!
Also check
watch?v=ZCUuEfgqctk
this style of dancing is very popular in 'rural' european 'hick' communities i guess some things never change
I think Jesco White should start touring to these festivals. Old folk dancing to roots music is an art form that should never be allowed to perish, and Jesco is pretty much the last Appalachian tap dancer that dances to bluegrass out there. It's a skill I definitely want to learn.
Its kinda funny how people that aren't from the Appalachians usaually say Appalachians with an A as in ape for the middle A, and people like us that are from here say it Appalatchians
Well some live in Devon, some live in Somerset, and this was 'over the border' in Dorset so I guess, in a sense, they were all 'foreigners' from adjacent counties in the south west UK :)
First day out with a new digital camera that had a video mode, and it was more 'lets see what it does' - sorry for the low quality but I'm glad you enjoyed it otherwise :)
Wonderful posting and great to see young kids keeping this alive - thanks.
KITCHENOFDISTINCTION 3 months ago
love it
ann2shoes 7 months ago
good job ladies !! and you do know that we Americans owe our clog dance to the people from across the pond :) orignially Irish I beleive :) good interpretation !!!
Yizlanu 8 months ago
Interesting. This still looks very irish to me, not much free footing, but I like it.
rbsadler 9 months ago
Hi, how do you know Rough Diamond
andrewbf1 11 months ago
So - the dancing originated in the British Isles & Southern Ireland, travelled to America with the emigrants, evolved - and now it seems to have returned home in a small kind of way. Fascinating.
TheAnn2shoes 1 year ago 4
@TheAnn2shoes
same with Sinterklaas and your Santa Claus:
Sinterklaas (Saint Nicolas) brings dutch children presents on dec 5th. He finds his way to the US as Santa Claus and now Santa is known as Kerstman (litteraly: Christmas-man) in the Netherlands and Belgium!
Also check
watch?v=ZCUuEfgqctk
this style of dancing is very popular in 'rural' european 'hick' communities i guess some things never change
kvoel 7 months ago
I think Jesco White should start touring to these festivals. Old folk dancing to roots music is an art form that should never be allowed to perish, and Jesco is pretty much the last Appalachian tap dancer that dances to bluegrass out there. It's a skill I definitely want to learn.
NickLikesToSweepPick 1 year ago
Omg ! xxx
bealovesjonathon 1 year ago
interesting attempt at Appalachian culture. Cute =)
jls9rf 2 years ago
Good to see how the Brits interpret Appallachian music...not bad. Thanks. An old hillybilly from West (by gad) Virginia.
hinkman 2 years ago 4
Its kinda funny how people that aren't from the Appalachians usaually say Appalachians with an A as in ape for the middle A, and people like us that are from here say it Appalatchians
Tabfort 2 years ago 3
what's the tune at 1:32 ?
can anyone tell me??
NatureLover987 2 years ago
oh noooo! right off the bat! it's appaLATCHian haha. i'm just kidding. looks great.
fiddler317 2 years ago
Not bad, for foreigners ;-)
bryan10011mc 3 years ago
Well some live in Devon, some live in Somerset, and this was 'over the border' in Dorset so I guess, in a sense, they were all 'foreigners' from adjacent counties in the south west UK :)
ajdown 3 years ago
Ha, what I meant was foreigners, as in British, not American!
Nice to see American Appalachian culture in UK. Well done!
bryan10011mc 3 years ago
yes, its huge here!
MRruthlessness 2 years ago
Well it originated here, so I guess you could say it's come full circle!
Lostmychops 2 years ago
@ajdown where step dancing in the States came from... all the British immigrants! :D
crazynance 6 months ago
Well done girls, and I thought I was the only Bluegrasser in Somerset. Great stuff...Educate the masses. Mark Weston-s-Mare
banjodag 3 years ago
Love the music, dancing was nice but video quality was bad otherwise 4 stars.
ChinaAl 3 years ago
First day out with a new digital camera that had a video mode, and it was more 'lets see what it does' - sorry for the low quality but I'm glad you enjoyed it otherwise :)
ajdown 3 years ago