We’ve all been there: Practice is not even close to over. There are still 5 more songs to go in the show. Sweat drips down your forehead into your eyeballs. You are drained.
How does a clogger keep up the energy and get it done?
The ABCs of clogging!
Clogger's Dictionary: Crinoline (noun)
Those old cloggin' songs are everywhere!
When clogging shoes fly...
Have you complimented a clogger today?
Favorite clogging steps! Yippee!
Clogger's Dictionary: Cue sheet (noun)
And the clogging tee shirt collection grows larger...
Clogging Book Review: Alfred the Possum On the Road with the Green Grass Cloggers
Twist and shout! Microphone cords are NOT my friends...
Some instructors make it look SO easy: they break down complicated clogging steps without having to stop and do the step in its entirety over and over to figure out the next instruction to give, they transition seamlessly between calling out counts/step names/portions of steps as needed, and they effortlessly run the music and microphone with no glitches whatsoever. Their hair still looks good after teaching all day, and I suspect their forehead sweat doesn't run down into their eyeballs.
Make the most of your clogging workshop experience!
Clogger's Dictionary: Duct tape (noun)
Clogging Poetic: Closing The Studio On A Snowy Evening
Hurry up! Marty Stuart is waiting for you to get out of the bathroom!
From the mouths of babes: 2016 clogging goals
I showed up to our first clogging class of 2016 with notebook in hand and invited my teammates to answer the following questions:
1. What are your clogging goals for 2016?
2. What is your plan to achieve each goal?
It was no surprise to see the kids flock to the table to share their goals. The surprise came the next morning when I read their responses and found plenty of advice to apply to my own life!
Get back into the swing of things!
Christmas/New Year's break is almost over! It will soon be time to return to dance class!
Don't know about you, but I'm expecting to feel a little rusty.
While my studio took only two weeks off (I guess it's technically three, since the last class before Christmas was our awards banquet), we were focused on routines for Christmas shows leading up to the break.
Clogger's Dictionary: One more time (command)
Ida Red, the little black dress of clogging.
The Clog Wild Cloggers of Alabama have a fun video making the rounds on the internet. Two of their dancers were kicking up their heels at a concert and the singer, Jeff Bates, brought them onstage to perform for the crowd!
The dancers, Kay Trimm and Jan Lankford, reacted as so many of us would in their situation: break into a round of Ida Red, then freestyle until the music ends!