GRANITE FALLS — The Appalachian Rhythm Clogging and Dance Studio opened its second location on South Main Street, downtown Granite Falls, on Saturday, Aug. 17. The grand opening event ran from 11 a.m.

Aug. 23—For most, getting more than 20 billion social media views would be a life-changing event. Not so for the J Creek Cloggers, a home-grown Haywood County clogging group that has ascended to ...

Clickety-clack . . . heel and toe . . . stomp, stamp . . . The back area of Brevard’s Jim Bob Tinsley Museum rings with sounds from eight dancing shoes. A teacher faces three students wreathed in ...

AMORY – Even during conversation, they couldn’t stand still. The sound of metal clanking against the wooden stage was even louder than the speakers blasting a wide range of genres. Though it seemed as ...

With folk dancers from Taiwan, Trinidad, Romania, Russia and other far-flung places performing at Folkmoot, it might be easy to overlook the fact that southern Appalachia has its own dance custom to ...

When members of the Diamond Dixie Cloggers gather each Tuesday morning for practice, they delve into our nation's heritage and contribute to the continuity of a tradition that goes back more than 300 ...

Forget high-end studios and top dollar instructions. Carla Gover honed her dancing skills at square dances in the mountains. As a young girl, she’d "shuffle, step, toe, step" to the fast-paced rhythm ...

In typical melting-pot fashion, the stomps, steps, clanks and taps of the American folk dance called clogging are not really American at all. The jigs are from Ireland and Scotland, and the high kicks ...

If Abraham Lincoln could talk from his seat at the Lincoln Memorial, he might express puzzlement at a group of Carson City clog dancers tapping their heels to bluegrass music at his feet. The ...