A champion dancer demonstrates a clog folk dance assoicated with Northumberland and Durham in England.
Clog dancing originated among the mine workers of England. It then began to appear in vaudeville and variety theatre acts and eventually evolved into tap dancing.
Did you know that Fred Astaire was taught tap dancing by a clog dancer?
The Northern Counties Champion Clog Dancer performs a Northumberland and Durham clog dance. Jane Metcalfe is currently on a tour of Ireland as part of a group called Folk Reunion. Dancer Jane Metcalfe is accompanied by Martin Bull on the melodeon.
This episode of The Late Late Show was broadcast on 3 November 1984. The presenter is Gay Byrne.
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