Welcome
from the Okanagan Cloggin'
clog dance club!
Okanagan Cloggin'
Clog Dance Fun in the Central Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada
You're Invited!
ADD A LITTLE JOY TO YOUR LIFE!
DISCOVER THE FUN AND HIGHLY SOCIAL
CONTEMPORARY PRECISION CLOG DANCING
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Enjoy 2 FREE introductory sessions in the month of September.
The clog dance is form of step dancing, done to a wide variety of music.
Largely low impact, the steps are continuously cued by an instructor.
Once accomplished, you add double stainless steel taps to the toe & heel of each shoe.
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Your first opportunity to try clog dancing for free is Friday Sept. 15th.
Overall, choose from 3 different days and times in Kelowna or West Kelowna:
11:00 am Fridays (starting Sept. 15) - Village Dance Academy, 1868 Spall Road, Kelowna
6:00 pm Mondays (starting Sept. 18) - Westside Activity Centre, 3661 Old Okanagan Hwy,
West Kelowna
6:30 pm Wednesdays (starting Sept. 20) - Village Dance Academy, 1868 Spall Road, Kelowna
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Men and women of all ages are welcome, including children aged 8 up.
Consider making it a fun & healthy family recreation!
Casual attire, wear smooth soled shoes with a low heel & a firm back. Bring water.
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In this post-pandemic environment you may be seeking social interaction
after a long period of isolation. Clogging guarantees that.
Furthermore, the firestorms and widespread smoke that descended upon
most of the Okanagan Valley created very stressful situations.
You were possibly put on alert to evacuate or ordered to evacuate for safety reasons
and might even have lost your home and possessions.
This recreation can return a little joy to your life.
For lesson fees beyond the two free introductory sessions
and other information, contact the cuer-teacher, Barb Bizovie of West Kelowna
at okanagancloggin@hotmail.com
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The sponsoring group is the non-profit Okanagan Cloggin' dance club.
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Clogover Vine is an annual clog dance workshop presented by the non-profit Okanagan Cloggin' dance club.
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Clog dancers and clog dance cuers & instructors attend from all over British Columbia and beyond.
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The dance club offers weekly lessons and dance fun in both Kelowna and West Kelowna
from September to June.
ABOUT US
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We are a fun-loving non-profit group who enjoy Contemporary Precision Clog Dancing.
We meet weekly to dance, usually from September to June.
We maintain two different dance venues; one in the city of Kelowna and the other in the
city of West Kelowna. Each location dances on a different day and at a different time from the other.
Originating as an American folk dance, clogging is a form of step dancing that’s largely done flat-footed.
The clog dancer has a choice whether to participate at low, medium or high energy levels and,
in the contemporary style, cloggers today appear to glide over the floor.
It’s a dance form for all ages and sexes that’s particularly popular with women
because you don’t need a partner.
Clogging is done in a variety of styles. Most cloggers dance in the Contemporary Precision Style
but have some knowledge of the traditional, freestyle, flatfoot or buck styles.
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The levels of progression and challenge in clog dancing are generally:
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Beginner
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Easy Intermediate
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Intermediate - The level that’s most comfortable for the majority of dancers
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Advanced
Photos of Clog Dance Fun!
Here's a montage of photos from
the 2018 Clogover Vine Workshop in West Kelowna.
See an exhibition-level clog dance on YouTube
by the U.S. group "Rhythm and Motion," pictured here,
at the link below the photo:
Successful CLOGOVER VINE 2023 event
Our club's annual Clogover Vine Workshop Weekend
(named after an actual clog dance step)
took place over June 2, 3 & 4, 2023.
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It was wonderfully successful with a record 76 clog dancers attending
from near and far for dance fun and fellowship.
The guest instructor was Darolyn Pchajek of Winnipeg
(see her website at: https://www.daretoclog.com/).
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The venue was the Westbank Lions Community Centre in West Kelowna
and the event opened on the Friday night with a wine & cheese meet and greet.
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For the first time, we incorporated into the weekend program
a one hour public Introduction to Clog Dancing at 1:00 on the
Saturday afternoon. It was well-attended with 10 newcomers to clogging
coming to explore the dance form.
One of the participants said "I've come to see what clog dancing is all about."
She learned some steps, had fun and left her name with all the others
to be contacted when regular lessons start in September.
The 2024 installment of Clogover Vine will take place in early June.
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As a member club in the
British Columbia Square & Round Dance Federation,
our June 2023 Clogover Vine Workshop Weekend
was announced in advance with a
comprehensive May 26/23 post on their Facebook page.
Below is an excerpt of the top portion. If a Facebook user,
you can read it all at the link below the image.
