Fines Creek Flatfooters

May 2012

Thank You
We are a New youth Clogging Team that was started with alot of love and community support, and would like to Thank everyone of our supporters for everything they have done from donating money, time and skills to just showing up and clapping. Thank You!!!

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Board Members

Director:
Tiffany Parkins
Assistant Director:
Keisha Ball
Secretary:
Kelly Hall
Advisory:
Keith Silvers
Brenda Silvers
Uniforms:
Shelby Mason

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Fines Creek Flatfooters

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What is Clogging.... Clogging is a type of folk dance with roots in traditional European dancing from the British Isles, early African-American dance, and traditional Cherokee dance in which the dancer's footwear is used musically by striking the heel, the toe, or both in unison against a floor or each other to create audible percussive rhythms.Clog is from a Gaelic word meaning "time." Clogging was social dance in the Appalachian Mountains as early as the 1700s. As the clogging style has migrated over the years, many localities have made contributions by adding local steps and rhythms to the style. Welsh seamen appear to have adopted a dance very early on and may have been those who introduced it to the British Isles. As the dance migrated to England in the 1400s, the all wooden clog was replaced by a leather topped shoe with a one piece wooden bottom. By the 1500s a more convention leather shoe with separate wooden pieces on the heel and toe called "flats" became popular, from where the terms "heel and toe" and "flat footing" derive. In later periods it was not always called "clogging", being known variously as flat-footing, foot-stomping, buck dancing, clog dancing, jigging, or other local terms. What all these had in common was emphasizing the downbeat of the music by enthusiastic footwork.As for the shoes many old clogging shoes had no taps.Some were made of leather and velvet. The soles of the shoes were either wooden or hard leather.

About The Flatfooters....
Our team was started in November, 2008, by the parents of the team members who saw the love for clog dancing that these children share. The children enjoy performing at Fines Creek Dances, Wild Wings, Pickin' in the Park, local Festivals and family and community events. They Also enjoy performing at local charity events for those in need.

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Want to book Us?
Contact Tiffany Parkins @ 828-399-9218 or Keisha Ball @ 828-734-4728. You can also e-mail us at finescreekflatfooters@yahoo.com!

FINES CREEK FLATFOOTERS
Waynesville, NC
phone: 828-399-9218

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