Residents of Lincoln County and surrounding areas will soon have the opportunity to experience one of Appalachia’s most ...

With folk dancers from Taiwan, Trinidad, Romania, Russia and other far-flung places performing at Folkmoot, it might be easy to overlook the fact that southern Appalachia has its own dance custom to ...

GRANITE FALLS — The Appalachian Rhythm Clogging and Dance Studio opened its second location on South Main Street, downtown Granite Falls, on Saturday, Aug. 17. The grand opening event ran from 11 a.m.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The lineup for the annual Dogwood Arts Festival has been released. Artists from across the region are set to perform, including everything from K-pop and steel bands to ...

Clickety-clack . . . heel and toe . . . stomp, stamp . . . The back area of Brevard’s Jim Bob Tinsley Museum rings with sounds from eight dancing shoes. A teacher faces three students wreathed in ...

AMORY – Even during conversation, they couldn’t stand still. The sound of metal clanking against the wooden stage was even louder than the speakers blasting a wide range of genres. Though it seemed as ...

Forget high-end studios and top dollar instructions. Carla Gover honed her dancing skills at square dances in the mountains. As a young girl, she’d "shuffle, step, toe, step" to the fast-paced rhythm ...

In typical melting-pot fashion, the stomps, steps, clanks and taps of the American folk dance called clogging are not really American at all. The jigs are from Ireland and Scotland, and the high kicks ...

The Big Saturday Night Square Dance draws a crowd. Courtesy of the Oly Old-Time Festival The Oly Old Time Festival, happening this weekend, is all about the joys of music — listening to it, playing it ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gympie. Followed categories will be added to My News. It's a true American folk dance with roots buried deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. In the mid ...