Skyline Country Cloggers
Beginner Class Videos
Week 1: Find the Beat
1/2 beats (counting &1)
Up/Down
Clogger Stance
Kick Step
Kick-Step, Rock-Step (soon to be a Basic)
Practice
Listen to a variety of music and find the beat.
Practice with clogger stance, bounce, kick step & rock step.
Week 2: Double Step (push-pull-step)
Single/Double Step/Double Toe Step/Run (DS)
Basic (DS RS)
Double Basic (DS DS RS)
Triple (DS DS DS RS)
Three Basic Steps – Single, Basic & Double Basic
Fancy Double (DS DS RS RS) or Fancy Double
Chain Rock/Chicken/Triple Rock/Push Off (DS RS RS RS)
Extra Practice Videos:
Andy Howard: Clogging from scratch 1 – Foot Sounds, Triple Basic, Double Basic, Fancy Double, Stomp Double, Counting
Andy Howard Lesson1 Follow up – Practice Speed
Practice: My Virginia Mama
Week 3: Stomp & Stamp, Moving & Crossing Step
Alamo/Triple Stomp DS DS DS Stomp-Stomp
Stomp Double Stomp DS DS RS
Clogover Vine DS DS(xif) DS(ux) DS(xib) DS(ux) DS(xif) DS RS
Clogover 4 DS DS(xif) DS(ots) DS(xib)
Triple Stamp (DS StampClk StampClk StampClk)
Andy Howard Lesson 4 – Slur, crossing and moving steps
Practice: Respect
Week 4: Touch, Brush, Click
Practice Song: Arkansas Traveler
Rock Double (RS DS DS RS)
Outhouse (DS Tch(ots) Tch(xif) Tch(ots)
Brushes (DS BrushClick)
Triple Brush (DS DS DS BrushClick)
Rocking Chair (Brush & a Basic)
Cowboy (Triple Brush + Chain Rock)
Extra Practice Song: Don't Worry Be Happy
Triple TchUp/Hillbilly (DS TchClk TchClk TchClk)
Donkey/Pump Touch (DS Tch(xif) Tch(ots) Tch(xif)
Extra Practice Videos
Andy Howard Lesson 2 – Chain, rocking chair, triple brush, cowboy, heel clicks
Andy Howard Lesson 3 – adding touches with heel clicks
Andy Howard Lesson 3 Follow up – steps with heel clicks and Double Up
Practice: Arkansas Traveler
Practice: Don't Worry Be Happy
Week 5: Pull & Slur
Pull Basic: R-Pull Step DS RS
Triple Slur
Triple Loop with a Rock Double
Twist & Shout: Click here to review the steps from scratch
Andy Howard Lesson 4 – Slur, crossing and moving steps
Practice: Twist & Shout
Week 6: Drag & Slide
Kentucky Drag & Basic (DS Drag-Step DS RS)
Charleston DS Tch(if) Toe-Heel(ib) RS
Knee Deep: Click here to review the steps from scratch
Extra Practice Videos:
Andy Howard Lesson 5 – Samantha (extra credit if you learn this step)
Practice: Knee Deep
Week 7 & 8: Rocky Top
Practice: Rocky Top
Join Us
Sign up for the Class!
Beginning Clogging classes are offered in the spring of each year.
Watch for signups through Albemarle County Parks and Recreation.
