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High hoofin' and high energy--that's what characterizes a performance by the Hoofin' High Country Cloggers from Denver, Colorado. Founded in February 1979, this fantastic group performs all across the country at festivals and private events, including conventions, weddings, and other gatherings.
Native to the Appalachian region, this traditional American folk dance form is also known as buckdancing, flatfooting, or hoedown dancing. Combining influences from Scottish flings, Irish jigs, German polkas, and dances of the African and Native Americans, the basic shuffle-step, shuffle-step rhythms of the dance are accompanied by live and lively rolling old-time string band or bluegrass music with its fiddles, banjos, dulcimers, mandolins, guitars, and bull fiddles.
The Hoofin' High Country Cloggers are enthusiastically devoted to the development of new steps, rhythms, and patterns. Routines vary from intricate four-person dances to spectacular six- and eight-person dances. All members contribute to choreography and the result is an exciting mixture of movements and steps displaying the great talent and variety of styles within the group.
A basic love for dancing and an intense desire to share and preserve our cultural heritage, combined with incredible energy and physical dexterity, is the keystone of this well knit group of dedicated performers. The Hoofin' High Country Cloggers provide truly delightful entertainment wherever they perform. It is, indeed, a foot-stompin', hand-clappin', loud-shoutin', fast-dancin' fun time!
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