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EDINBURGH'S APPALACHIAN CLOGGING GROUP

‘Kick the Cat' is based in Edinburgh (Scotland) and was started in 1996. The group meets regularly to learn and perform Appalachian Clog dancing, a style of American step dancing which is a fusion and development of the Scottish and Irish step dances of the emigrants with Native American and African-American dance traditions.

‘Kick the Cat’ is the name of a step and we thought it made a good name for the group.

NEWS

Advance warning that we won't be holding a class on Tuesday, 27th May 2008 due to circumstances beyond our control.

We've just signed up to do some demonstrations and a workshop over the summer - more information to follow in due course:

16th August - workshop at Innerleithen Festival

13th September - demonstration during Peebles Arts Festival

All of our dances are now available to download from our wiki as PDF files.

 

Dance for 4




Kick the Cat in action - March 2008

Video © Trina McKendrick

 

We perform regularly and some of our recent highlights have been:

2007
  • Scott's Selkirk - demo in Selkirk on 1st December. Videos and photos can be seen in the Gallery.
  • 70th birthday party in September - demo.
2006
  • Rudolf Steiner School - 'An Evening of American Dance' - demo.
  • Dvorana Country Dance Festival in Prague, Czech Republic. Videos and photos can be seen in the Gallery.
  • Linlithgow Folk Festival - demo. Videos and photos can be seen in the Gallery.
  • Orkney Folk Festival - demo.
2005
  • Dvorana Country Dance Festival in Prague, Czech Republic - demo.
  • The STDT's Freestyle Team Choreography competition.
2004
  • Adult Learning Project/Scots Music Group ceilidh, Edinburgh - demo.
2003
  • Reforesting Scotland Ceilidh, Edinburgh - demo.
  • Game Conservancy Fair, Scone Palace, Perth - demo.
2002
  • Game Conservancy Fair, Scone Palace, Perth - demo.
2001
  • Traquair Fair, East Lothian - demo.
  • Peebles Arts Festival, Peebles - demo.

E-mail app-cloggingwaitrose.com for more information. Please put the word 'clogging' in the subject line otherwise your message will be deleted by anti-spam software.

We hope to see you soon.

© Kick the Cat 2004-2008
Site updated 7th May 2008