The 57th Annual Square, Round Dance and Clogging Convention will be April 24-25 at the AMVETS. The event is free and open to the public. Convention times are: n 7:30-10 p.m. April 24 with square and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microphone in hand, square dance caller Mike Hogan cues up a song as groups of couples take their places on the floor. As the men and women grasp hands, the energetic Omaha man with an easy smile ...

It was a shared passion for dancing that brought Gregg Nevitt and his wife, Cami together. “We met square dancing,” Nevitt said. “At that point, I’d also been clogging for eight years. And so while we ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Dust off those dancing shoes. It’s time to clog. Clog dancing dates back centuries, originating from different forms of Irish, English, Scottish, German, Cherokee and ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - It’s being billed as a “Party Gras” in downtown Mobile this weekend. The 72nd Annual National Square Dance Convention is taking over the Mobile Convention Center. More than 2,000 ...

The Country Cloggers perform on the Education Stage of the Pavilion during the Washington State Fair on Saturday. Joshua Bessex [email protected] For Anne Mills, founder and main instructor of ...

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 ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Shreveport is stepping into the spotlight this week as an anticipated 2,000 dancers descend on the city for the 74th Annual National Square Dance Convention. Attendees are arriving ...

The traditional couples dance is making a post-COVID comeback, just in time for winter barn dances and community socials. Cowboy boots not required. Though COVID took a toll on square dancing, it’s ...

Every November, members of the Clickity Cloggers dance club don their LED-light-lined black pants and festive red vests and hit the street in Johnson City, where they shine as part of the town’s ...