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American Racket Cloggers - Trailer Trash BBQ Party floridajah 194 views Trailer Park BBQ Party at University Club 2010, Gainesvillle, FL American Racket Cloggers; Director, Andy Howard www.facebook.com/americanracket
Intruder Remix Autotune Remix vs. White Trash Wedding - American Racket Cloggers floridajah 57 views American Racket Cloggers (FL) at Trailer Trash Party - White Trash Wedding vs. Intruder Autotune Remix facebook.com/americanracket
Andy and Dalita - American Racket Cloggers (Duet) floridajah 252 views Andy Howard and Dalita Diaz de Arce American Racket Cloggers (Florida) Duet 2010 - D.A.N.C.E. www.facebook.com/americanracket www.americanracket.com
American Racket Cloggers at LaBelle's Swamp Cabbage Festival 2010 floridajah 208 views "Opening Number" of American Racket Cloggers show at the 2010 Swamp Cabbage Festival in LaBelle, Florida. www.americanracket.com
Andy and Dalita: Dueling Banjos, American Racket Cloggers at LaBelle's Swamp Cabbage Festival floridajah 227 views Andy Howard and Dalita Diaz de Arce perform "Dueling Banjos" at the 2010 Swamp Cabbage Festival in LaBelle, FL. www.americanracket.com American Racket Cloggers
American Clogging - WMFE-TV feature on Andy Howard and the American Racket Cloggers floridajah 2,763 views Aired November 20, 2008. WMFE-TV (Orlando) "The Arts Connection" Features clogger Andy Howard, some history of clogging and tap, and even a 1960s clip of Andy's great g...
Orlando vs. Yogurt: Orlando Wins For More Active Culture floridajah 651 views Orlando (Florida) Arts and Culture. Produced by Andy Howard and Debra Lindgren with the Support of WMFE-TV Check Out: www.redchairproject.com Orlando Has Culture.
American Racket Cloggers - Festival Gigue En Fete 2008 floridajah 2,267 views Finale American Racket Cloggers at Festival Gigue en Fete (2008) Sainte-Marie, Quebec (Canada)
American Racket Cloggers - Festival Gigue En Fete 2008 floridajah 2,441 views American Racket Cloggers in Sainte Marie, Quebec (Canada), June 2008 Festival Gigue En Fete
Cloggers - American Racket (2) at Orlando Weekly "Best Of" floridajah 641 views American Racket Cloggers Traditional Number Orlando Weekly's "Best Of" Party Firestone Night Club Orlando, FL July 17, 2008

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Andy started dancing at 8, enrolled in a clogging class as an afterschool program with his sister and cousin in LaBelle, Florida. As a youth, he learned to enjoy clogging and performing as a member of the troupe, "Sidekick" which performed each summer as park entertainment for Dollywood in Tennessee and Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. Andy later expanded his interests into other forms of percussive dance—including tap (in its various forms), Irish, buckdance, and flatfoot. Upon graduating from high school, Andy moved to Gainesville to attend the University of Florida and founded "SoundStage" which later become known as "American Racket", recognized for high energy presentations of what Andy calls "America's noisiest traditions". Under Andy's leadership, artistic direction, and with his ability to choreograph fascinating stage presentations of both contemporary and representations of older, "traditional" forms of percussive dance, the troupe has performed for audiences in Brazil, Costa Rica, Wales, and Canada, American Clogging Hall of Fame, Gator Growl, Florida Folk Festival, Orlando International Fringe Festival, and as professional entertainment for corporations such as Hardrive Productions, Walt Disney World Resort, SeaWorld Orlando, HardRock Casino, Goodyear Tires, Home Builders Association and others. They have performed with and/or opened for artists such as Bill Cosby, Sugar Ray, Dane Cook, Ted Koppel, Kenny Lovelace, and Wayne Brady. Andy has been on faculty for the prestigious Florida Dance Festival in Miami, the National Clogging Conference, and taught courses in tap and clogging at Florida State University, while earning his Master's degree in American Dance Studies. He is a member of the Florida Dance Association and an inducted member of the All American Clogging Team by the American Clogging Hall of Fame. Andy is thrilled to share his talents with the Central Florida community.

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Dance, Arts Administration

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American Racket (Dance Company), Orlando Opera Company

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University of Florida, Florida State University

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Clogging, Travel, Dance, Dance-offs with strangers, Jet-setting

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