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Instead of plodding around
campus caught up in an old, bor
ing routine, why not take a tip
from Alan Logan and Sandi Pariott
and try clogging?
The American folk dance re
quires no partner and no music,
and, its fans say, can improve the
sense of rhythm, concentration
and body condition.
Logan and Pariott, pre-med
majors from San Antonio, teach
clogging for MSC Free Univer
sity.
Early Americans living without
the pleasure of musical instru
ments in the Appalachian moun
tains began stomping their feet on
the ground to beat out a dance
rhythm.
“It’s a combination of a lot of
different cultures and dance steps
like the Irish jig, and has Scottish
and black influences,” Logan said.
A class of 19 students has met
one night a week throughout the
semester in G. Rollie White Col
iseum to learn the American folk
dance, which originated in North
and South Carolina, Tennessee
and Kentucky.
Traditional doggers don’t wear
taps on their shoes, Parriott said.
However, exhibition clogging
groups wear taps to make a louder,
clearer sound.
The sight and sound of clogging
are equally important, Logan said.
“What you see and hear are im
portant, he said. “The music is
what first gets people’s attention.
Then they hear the sound of the
taps and gather around to watch.
“The music is mostly country
and western, fiddle or banjo, but
clogging can be done to other
types of music. All of the music is
fast with a definite bass beat.”
Although some doggers use
square dance movements, Par
riott said, doggers don’t use a cal
ler, and the dancers can either in
vent their own steps or learn steps
to match the music.
Logan and Parriott are mem
bers of the Cadence Cloggers, a
San Antonio precision exhibition
group, which performs at festivals
and conventions. Parriott said the
Cadence Cloggers performed in
the soon-to-be-released movie
“The Best Little Whorehouse in
Texas” starring Burt Reynolds.
Logan said his group performs
differently from some groups in
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North Carolina because the mem
bers prefer to raise their knees
high instead of keeping their feet
flat to the floor.
“A lot of them like to do the
dogging step very fast — faster
than we do it, he said. “They
keep their feet very flat to the
floor. You never see their taps be
cause they keep their feet so low. ”
Pariott said the basic clogging
step has three parts: A double toe,
which is two toe brushes on the
floor in one beat; a step on the
heel; and a toe stomp. There are
many specialty steps and varia
tions on the basic step, she said.
Aside from a sense of rhythm
and an agile foot, Parriott said,
doggers need to have endurance.
“After you do it (dogging) for a
certain period of time, von get
conditioned,” she said, “It’ssnl
like jogging because you lose?
breath at first. It’s like any t)]i
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