Smyrna, TN - Improve your health, try clogging! The Cripple Creek Cloggers, a Rutherford County-based traditional folk dance troupe, begins a new season of teaching and practicing on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. They will be in the Smyrna Senior Activity Center at 4:00PM, concluding by 5:30PM.
Sessions are also set for Feb.16 and Feb. 23, same time and location. Other dates will be announced later. More information is on their website, www.cripplecreekcloggers.org, and on their facebook page, cripple creek cloggers/mboro. There is no charge for participation and no previous dance experience is necessary.
Cripple Creek Cloggers originated with the Kittrell School 4-H Square Dancers in 1967. They perform traditional square dancing with a clogging step, originating in the Appalachian Mountain area.
Cripple Creek Cloggers are hosts of the International Folkfest, to be held this year during June 8-15. They helped to organize this event in 1982. Information about the schedule and visiting troupes is at www.mboro-international-
The local dance troupe will represent the U.S. in the Festival "Celestino Graca" in Santarem, Portugal, near Lisbon, during August 29 through Sept. 8. This is a return visit; they first participated there in 1981. Five international troupes have been invited, along with eight Portuguese troupes.
For more information, contact Director Steve Cates at appdancer@aol.com or 615 896 3559. You can also contact Matt Davis, mattdavis1980@gmail.com.
