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@@ЕленаОльховатова-в6ф Спасибо 😃

@@brettlmay86 Absolutely! 😀 We love it and have so much fun dancing:)

@pennyallen9193 We love your work and appreciate the opportunity to dance it:) Thank you for reaching out -- it's exciting to be able to connect with you directly! I will share your email with our group leader, as she may be able to figure out who you learned clogging from and recognize the group names you mentioned.

@@user-vx9ur4tm2d Thank you 😊

@carriezombie3147 Appalachian clogging is so much fun! We do have a free instructional series on our channel that was created at the start of the pandemic: th-cam.com/play/PL7pr0mp5SEPwnsgpdvoAyg57KGWRKaFtY.html&si=AoRV8O0Ibg8QbD8X

Appalachian clogging!

We are an ensemble based in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area. Our group was founded 20 years ago by Sheila Graziano, who grew up tap dancing and then was first exposed to Appalachian clogging and flatfooting by the Green Grass Cloggers, Ira Bernstein, etc. at Wheatland over 40 years ago.

@@brettlmay86 Thank you 😊

@@robertandstein56 Thank you! 😊

@@danielasarzo9238 Grazie! Salutations from Michigan, USA 😀

@@kevinmurtagh3434 In this piece, the three dancers are wearing wood soled clogs. We try to wear these shoes when performing the historic Marley dances from the Vaudeville era when possible since they are like what the Marleys wore versus tap shoes.

@@kevinmurtagh3434 Thank you! 😊

@@rossanamangolini1878 Grazie 😊

@@BazColne Thank you! 😄

@sctsh1491 We have a lot of fun and genuinely like each other thankfully, so a lot to smile about even for those of us with stage fright 😀

@@Ebostic711 Thank you 😊 We're so happy to hear that!

@@isalove898 Thank you 😊

@@karenk2941 Thank you 😊 Glad you stumbled upon this then, even if unexpectedly:)

@@CynthiaParris-n7j Thank you! 😊

@@Debra-z5l We have so much fun dancing and spending time together! We're so glad you enjoyed it:)

@@colleenkennedy Thank you 😊

@@ЕленаЧухина-й8с Спасибо! 😊

@@Sorchia56 We hope it will be cooler next year!

@@chowlissy Thank you 😊

@francesblabey3055 Quite literally lol -- one of the four steps in this dance is the Basic. We're so glad you enjoyed it:)

@@Doug791 Thank you 😊

@ltaltd That's wonderful that you were able to start so young! Are you still dancing now?

@@CommonWealthDanceCollective well, at 72 I can probably do 30 secs of shuffling! 😅

@@ltaltd Better than 0 😆

@@MegaCharger9 We're glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for letting us know:) We have additional Appalachian clogging dances from this performance on our channel if you'd like to see more.

Go to a Methodist church or one in is you're neighborhood. You're origin is German.

@@kirstencampbell2593 The style of clogging that we do, Appalachian clogging, developed in Appalachia when Euopean immigrants (Irish, German, etc.) shared steps from their dance traditions and those then also combined with steps from African and Indigenous dance. So you will definitely recognize many similarities and influences with other traditional percussive dance styles.

@@yvetteking7749 What's neat about this video is 3 of our dancers in it started learning Appalachian clogging in January of this year! We think they did great 👏 If you're interested in learning some steps, we do have an instructional series that we made at the start of the pandemic that we've added to our channel. While it can be easier to learn in person, this could be a starting point: th-cam.com/play/PL7pr0mp5SEPwnsgpdvoAyg57KGWRKaFtY.html&si=QdgD5Pt_P_xU3cqs

@@marycimbalista4897 😊

@@ALavin-en1kr Thank you 😊

@@Rolf.Junggebauer 😊

@rowancrew2934 Thanks for letting us know -- we love hearing that! 😀

@@CommonWealthDanceCollective I've been a traditional English dancer for over 40 years and I love this style of dance.

@rowancrew2934 Some of the dancers in our group do something called English Country dancing. And I know there's a lot of wooden clog dancing in the UK. There are also a surprising number of Appalachian clogging groups in the UK, such as Raise the Dust and Crooked Moon. If you are interested in learning some steps, we have an instructional series on our channel that was made at the start of the pandemic.

@@CommonWealthDanceCollective That's very kind of you I am in the UK.I teach Morris dancing and formed a side several years ago which became very successful also we became what is known as a singing side , performing traditional songs.

@rowancrew2934 That sounds wonderful:) Sheila, the leader of our group, has been learning Morris dance in recent years. We also have some members who are learning rapper sword.

@@rosamariaherasvega527 Gracias! 😀

@@MCW1955 We're glad you enjoyed the dance:)

@@amyshepherd504 Thanks for letting us know you liked it:) The steps in this particular dance are a combination of flatfooting and Appalachian clogging and were choreographed by Sharon Leahy.

@@Ariel-lol Thanks for taking the time to let us know you liked it:) We're glad to be able to share our passion for traditional percussive dance!

@@pip_pip1951 Thank you! 😊

@cawiltu We're sorry to hear that. We don't have any control over that unfortunately and don't have a monetized channel.