In the Bay Area, our nearest mountain range is the Sierra Nevada, not the Appalachian Mountains. But a traditional form of dance rooted in the Appalachians found its way west, probably with the Gold ...

NEW BERLIN -- It's a form of dance that originated from Scots-Irish and European descent, known for its foot-stomping, clicking, tapping and shuffling to music. The Cloverleaf Cloggers have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clogging itself is a bit of a “melting pot” dance, borrowing movements and styles from traditional English, Scottish, Irish, ...

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Patty Morrissey isn't alone when she says performing at the Minnesota State Fair is an experience like no other. "We consider this like our Christmas," said Morrissey. "We get ...

The weekend of October 26-27, America’s Clogging Hall of Fame held their National Championships in Gatlinburg. Each year the ACHF inducts up to three individuals into the Hall of Fame. One of 2018’s ...

Clogging is an expressive style of American dance with origins in the folk dances from Europe, Africa and pre-Columbian America - the groups that populated the south from the early 1700s. Many of the ...

It was the mid 1700s and the settling of the Appalachians by immigrants from Ireland, Scotland, England and Germany had begun. Among the many parts of their cultures they brought with them was a ...

The Bailey Mountain Cloggers – the 21-time national champion dance team from Mars Hill University — will offer a Clogging & Southern Appalachian Dance Workshop on Saturday, December 5, from 9 am until ...

EVERY AGE ONSTAGE: “The longevity of this festival comes from the wonderful ancestry that has evolved out of the mountains,” says Asheville-based Folk Heritage Committee chair Loretta Freeman. “You’ll ...

SYRACUSE, Utah — Dance can be a form of expression. For one Syracuse teen, Hannah Moore, she wants to take her passion for dance overseas. Many people are familiar with tap, or hip hop, but Moore is a ...