Buck Dancing! Buck dancing is rooted in Scottish and English clog dancing which was brought to the Appalachian mountains in the 18th century. Traditional clogging is a step dance that involves wearing shoes with taps, or complete wooden soles, that make a loud percussive sound. The basic step is a double toe shuffle, where the dancer brushes their toe and then heel forward, shifts their weight, rocks onto the other foot, and then steps back. Buck dancing blossomed in Appalachia when settlers ble

Buck dancing in clogging shoes! This is the National Buck Dancing Championship that I got to judge last year at MaupinFest - A Celebration of Old-Time Dance and Music ! #buckdance #flatfoot #clogging #stepdance #tapdance #oldtime #maupinfest | Hillary Klug

This is Buckdancing. According to tradition, a buck dancer is a musician. My feet are my instrument. I’m not dancing TO the music. I’m part of the band creating the music. #buckdance #flatfoot #oldtime #appalachian #tradition #folkdance | Hillary Klug

#buckdance #flatfoot #cloggingdance #appalachiandancing #peaceloveandcornbread | Kyle Reed

Buck Dancing in Crocs 🐊 Brenna Frances MacMillan 🪕 #footwearfriday #buckdance #clogging #flatfoot #oldtime #traditional #appalachian #folkdance | Hillary Klug

Mountain dancing—buck dancing, flatfooting, and clogging—was raw, rhythmic, and born on Appalachian porches. Improvised and driven by fiddle and banjo, it was all about feel, not form. Bascom Lamar Lunsford helped turn it from a backwoods tradition into a celebrated art, launching the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in 1928 and giving those stomping, sliding steps a lasting stage. #appalachia #country | Truck Stop Chic

Buck Dancing Contest -Junior Division at MaupinFest ‘23 #buckdance #flatfoot #clogging #oldtime Thomas Maupin | Hillary Klug

🦋 Throwback Thursday 🦋 Buck dancing in a brewery January 2018 #fiddle #buckdance #nashville #tennessee #Appalachian #traditional | Hillary Klug

Student and Mentor 👣 This is buck dancing legend, Thomas Maupin 👣 #oldtime #buckdance #flatfoot #appalachian #traditional | Hillary Klug