CLOG DANCE on MALDON PROM ('Old Film')

Traditional English Clog dance filmed on the 'Prom' at Maldon, using my steam powered Cinematograph, at the DAY OF DANCE event. Maldon is a picturesque and historic town on the river Blackwater in Essex, south east England.

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Entertainment

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• Maldon
• Prom
• Historic
• Morris
• Dancing
• Clog
• North
• West
• Essex
• England
• Traditional

[TheTwollocks]

@greenpilgrim50 the people who were known as hillbillies were scothch irish... i.e ulster scots protestant and they weren't irish.... if you want a history just let me know.... they were known as hillbillies because of the battle of the boyne and prince william of orange = william = billy = hill = billy's

[dinerouk]

Clog dancing was practised in England in the middle ages

[hetrodoxly]

@greenpilgrim50

Why Irish hillbillies? the feuding dancing verity often depicted on film are taken from two families the Sutton's & Taylor's who both originated from the (west midlands of England) Black country.

[greenpilgrim50]

@TheCuilinn no we don't but face it, it was the irish hillbillies & moonshine that made it fun...

[Homespunmusic]

@TheCuilinn No. Although, you may find many ill informed among a populace no matter what shore you beach upon. Many of us "yanks" know we inherited a rich heritage of traditions, customs and all manner of celebrations from our European forbearers whether they be English, Irish, German, Polish, Swedish, Scottish, etc. it was the eventual blend of customs and other societal or geographical influences that gave many of these customs a uniquely American adaptation.

[TheCuilinn]

the yanks think that they invented clog dancing hahahahahhaaa

[TheAnn2shoes]

@Inkipuss Notice the words Old Film are in inverted commas.

[WHandV]

Excellent, We've done some 'old' style vids too.

It's a sort of nod to the original folk dance revivalists

[cloggingbeardie]

i would have liked the video done normally - are they dancing "whalley"? Loved the random hobby horse!

[kenroberts]

Yes, there were a couple of details that gave the date away. However, any critics of this film should give it a try and see if they could create something like this from their home videos. It's not as easy as it looks. Nice special effects! I agree, the hair styles were out of date.