Reading Clog and Step Dance Festival 1998

The Reading Step and Traditional Dance Group held day of clog and music workshops in 1979.  In 1980 this was renamed as the Clog and Step Dance Festival

The 20th Clog and Step Dance Festival was held on 24th October 1998,  at Altwood School, Maidenhead.

A programme is also available.

Performers Showcase.

Three-dance Routine by Knicker-Bocker Glory
Her y Dafern / Tavern Contest by Osian Evans and Aron Davies
Waltz Medley by City Clickers
Rhythm Tap by Ira Bernstein
Country Dance Medley Maids Morris / Subriny’s Minuet / Northern Nancy by Ladies Maid
Sauerlander 5 and Kruz Konig dances from Germany by Reading Cloggies
Quebecois Waltz Clog by Ira Bernstein
3/2 Hornpipe / modern / ragtime routines by Jane Pollitt
Footnotes and Trocadero by Puffin Billy’s
Blues and Jazz by Dennis Victory
Appalachian Flatfooting by Ira Bernstein

Workshop Showcase

Lakeland Clog Steps and Dances with John Walford
Sammy Bell’s Waltz Steps with Julie Williams
Morris Jigs All the Winds and Shepherd’s Hey with Jack Brown
Scottish Reels c 1800 with Anne Daye
Musicians workshop with Chris Jewell
Carmarthenshire Contemporary Clog with Ossian Evans and Aron Davies
British Jazz Tap with Dennis Victory
Lancashire Irish Party Dance with Pat Tracey
Anna Marley’s Soft Shoe Clog Steps
Lancashire and Cheshire Competition Style Hornpipe with Jane Pollitt
Appalachian Flatfooting with Ira Bernstein