As the Cripple Creek Cloggers prepare for its golden anniversary this coming June, 2017, Founder Steve Cates announced plans for a new season of teaching, practice and performance. He noted The Block Restaurant at 123 Southeast Broad Street graciously welcomed the local worldwide ambassadors starting with practice at 4:00 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, September 11th, Patriot's Day.
Cates stressed that all interested persons are encouraged to attend, no experience is necessary, and there is no charge.
The Cripple Creek Cloggers were founded in 1967 as a 4-H activity at Kittrell School in 1967.
Cates noted, "A delegation from the group just returned after 17 days of representing the U.S. in three folkloric festivals in Normandy and Brittany in France. They have recently received an invitation to be the U.S. representative in the Hilmarfestivalen, in Steinkjer, Norway, in November."
Members of the troupe now come not only from Rutherford County, but also from DeKalb, Cannon, Bedford, Robertson, Wilson and Davidson. Teens and adults are invited.
Cripple Creek Cloggers is also the host troupe for International Folkfest, the international folkloric festival which they helped to found in 1982. Currently the festival planning committee is working to prepare for the June 11-18, 2017 event.
For more information about Cripple Creek Cloggers, see their website, www.cripplecreekcloggers.org. Steve Cates, Director and founder of the group, can be reached at appdancer@aol.com or at 615-896-3559.
