Press release from Mars Hill University: The Bailey Mountain Cloggers, Mars Hill University’s precision dancing team, is a national champion for the 31st time. The team won the title for its 8-Couple ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The traditional music and dance festivals are a breed of their own, showcasing native culture in a joyous and personal way. Waynesville architect, state legislator and dance caller Joe Sam Queen ...

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 ...

No. This is not your father’s clogging experience. Not the Irish step dancers you might have seen at River Dance. Definitely not the Geico commercial’s version of noisy, spaghetti-eating cloggers ...

AUBURNDALE — Since 1979, Joey Foley has been turning floors into platforms of rhythm and dancing for himself and hundreds of other Polk County residents. But his steady, graceful and syncopated steps ...

CRIMORA — Lisa Johnson sits in front of her computer. Tiny boxes with her students appear scattered across the screen. Each box is slightly different. There's shelves in one, another is inside a ...

Jun. 23—Each summer for the last 100 years or more, downtown Waynesville has filled with tourists and locals looking to cut loose and dance together to good mountain music. Keeping with tradition, ...