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<\/a><\/p>\nWCU’s Mountain Heritage Awards for an organization presented to the Green Grass Cloggers<\/strong><\/em> The 2008 Mountain Heritage Award for\u00a0 organizations was given to the Green Grass Cloggers during festivities at the university\u2019s 34th annual Mountain Heritage Day.\u00a0 The organization and individual presentations were made by Scott Philyaw, director of the Mountain Heritage Center and chairman of Mountain Heritage Day committee.The Green Grass Cloggers burst onto the national folk festival scene in the early 1970’s, combining the dance traditions of the Appalachian region with their own youthful innovations to create a new and distinctive style of team and performance clogging.<\/p>\n The Green Grass Cloggers with John Hartford, 1987<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Green Grass Cloggers were organized by students of East Carolina University in 1971. Rather than using the \u201cbig-set\u201d square dance figures of traditional freestyle clogging teams, the group used choreography based on four-couple Western square dance figures, performing short energetic routines designed for audience appeal. The cloggers\u2019 footwork was synchronized, as in precision clogging, but its performances included high kicks and other<\/p>\n unconventional steps.<\/p>\n The troupe won the World Clogging Championships in 1971 and 1973. The Philadelphia Folk Festival is<\/p>\n The Green Grass Cloggers during the 1970\u2019s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n noted as being the team\u2019s first \u201cbig break\u201d in the national festival scene, inspiring group members to dance on a more regular touring schedule. Part of the group that was interested in becoming a full-time touring dance company formed the \u201cRoad Team\u201d in 1977, and that group relocated to Asheville in 1980. The Road Team continued touring nationally and internationally until 1988, while the \u201cHome Team\u201d continued to perform in eastern North Carolina.<\/p>\n Both the Road Team and Home Team now perform regularly around the country, often joining forces to create 16-couple sets as in the early years of the organization. At last count, there have been more than 150 members of the Green Grass Cloggers through the years, and more than 100 clogging teams, overseas and in the United States, have been inspired during Green Grass Clogger workshops and performances to create their own groups to dance in the unique Green Grass Clogger style.<\/p>\n (Excerpted from an article by Phil Jamison in the \u201cOld Time Herald,\u201d and information provided by Trina Royer.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Click here to visit The Green Grass Cloggers website.<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WCU’s Mountain Heritage Awards for an organization presented to the Green Grass Cloggers 9\/29\/2008 The 2008 Mountain Heritage Award for\u00a0 organizations was given to the Green Grass Cloggers during festivities at the university\u2019s 34th annual Mountain Heritage Day.\u00a0 The organization and individual presentations were made by Scott Philyaw, director of the Mountain Heritage Center and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" WCU's Mountain Heritage Awards for an organization presented to the Green Grass Cloggers<\/strong><\/em> The 2008 Mountain Heritage Award for\u00a0 organizations was given to the Green Grass Cloggers during festivities at the university\u2019s 34th annual Mountain Heritage Day.\u00a0 The organization and individual presentations were made by Scott Philyaw, director of the Mountain Heritage Center and chairman of Mountain Heritage Day committee.The Green Grass Cloggers burst onto the national folk festival scene in the early 1970's, combining the dance traditions of the Appalachian region with their own youthful innovations to create a new and distinctive style of team and performance clogging.The<\/p>[caption id=\"attachment_4838\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"] The Green Grass Cloggers were organized by students of East Carolina University in 1971. Rather than using the \u201cbig-set\u201d square dance figures of traditional freestyle clogging teams, the group used choreography based on four-couple Western square dance figures, performing short energetic routines designed for audience appeal. The cloggers\u2019 footwork was synchronized, as in precision clogging, but its performances included high kicks and other unconventional steps.<\/p> The troupe won the World Clogging Championships in 1971 and 1973. The Philadelphia Folk Festival is noted as<\/p>[caption id=\"attachment_4817\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"] being the team\u2019s first \u201cbig break\u201d in the national festival scene, inspiring group members to dance on a more regular touring schedule. Part of the group that was interested in becoming a full-time touring dance company formed the \u201cRoad Team\u201d in 1977, and that group relocated to Asheville in 1980. The Road Team continued touring nationally and internationally until 1988, while the \u201cHome Team\u201d continued to perform in eastern North Carolina.<\/p> Both the Road Team and Home Team now perform regularly around the country, often joining forces to create 16-couple sets as in the early years of the organization. At last count, there have been more than 150 members of the Green Grass Cloggers through the years, and more than 100 clogging teams, overseas and in the United States, have been inspired during Green Grass Clogger workshops and performances to create their own groups to dance in the unique Green Grass Clogger style.<\/p> (Excerpted from an article by Phil Jamison in the \u201cOld Time Herald,\u201d and information provided by Trina Royer.)<\/p><\/blockquote> \u00a0<\/p>
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9\/29\/2008<\/em><\/p><\/a> The Green Grass Cloggers with John Hartford, 1987[\/caption]<\/a> The Green Grass Cloggers during the 1970's.[\/caption]