| July/August Feature Team: Sundance Express |
Sundance Express formed in an old barn located in Hightown,
Virginia in October of 2006. Four dancers from Highland and Bath
Counties pulled together to form a team with the goal of competing
and having fun. Ashley Waggoner, Graham Kershner, Gussie Young and
Dorothy Stephenson made up the original Sundance Express team with
Dorothy leading as instructor and choreographer. Parke Kershner,
Graham's brother, also joined the team a short time later.
Two months after the team came together they performed their
debut song "Magic Carpet Ride" at the 2006 Radford University Clogging
Showcase on December 9.
Sundance Express began competing in February 2007 at the
Southern Virginia Clogging Classic in Chesapeake, Virginia. That year
they also completed at the Orange Clogging Competition, Dieter's
Beach Jam in Myrtle Beach and the ACHF World Championships in
Maggie Valley.
Sundance members enjoy entertaining just as much as competing.
In between competitions, the team would wow crowds at local
prestigious resorts such as The Homestead and The Greenbrier as well
as local festivals and events.
May of 2007 brought a relocation for Sundance Express and The
Sundance Studio. We left our humble home on Meadowdale Road in
Hightown, Virginia and moved five miles north to the quiet town of
Monterey. The Sundance Studio had it's grand opening at it's new home
on May 12, 2007.
In October of 2007, the Sundance Express lost veteran member
Gussie Young and her sister Jessie as Jessie went back to school and
back to her Bailey Mountain team. Gussie left us for photography
school in Denver, Colorado but not before she helped us place at the
2007 ACHF World Championships.
In January 2008, Sundance Express accepted new members Rebecca
Landrum, Emily Kimble, Ahna Colaw and Meyer Rexrode. The new team
made their debut at the 1st Annual Appalachian Pride Clogging
Challenge on May 31 in Greensboro, N.C.
Sundance Express does not have much of a past but we are
confident that we will have a long and happy future. Our members ages
range from eight to 23. We mostly compete under the American
Clogging Hall of Fame but enjoy catching other competitions too. We
will be hosting our own competition on September 27, 2008 in our
hometown of Monterey, Virginia. It is an ACHF sanctioned event and it
promises to be a day of fun filled clogging and good times. We hope you
can plan to attend.
If you ever see the Sundance Express at competition, please
introduce yourself. We love meeting other cloggers!
Virginia in October of 2006. Four dancers from Highland and Bath
Counties pulled together to form a team with the goal of competing
and having fun. Ashley Waggoner, Graham Kershner, Gussie Young and
Dorothy Stephenson made up the original Sundance Express team with
Dorothy leading as instructor and choreographer. Parke Kershner,
Graham's brother, also joined the team a short time later.
Two months after the team came together they performed their
debut song "Magic Carpet Ride" at the 2006 Radford University Clogging
Showcase on December 9.
Sundance Express began competing in February 2007 at the
Southern Virginia Clogging Classic in Chesapeake, Virginia. That year
they also completed at the Orange Clogging Competition, Dieter's
Beach Jam in Myrtle Beach and the ACHF World Championships in
Maggie Valley.
Sundance members enjoy entertaining just as much as competing.
In between competitions, the team would wow crowds at local
prestigious resorts such as The Homestead and The Greenbrier as well
as local festivals and events.
May of 2007 brought a relocation for Sundance Express and The
Sundance Studio. We left our humble home on Meadowdale Road in
Hightown, Virginia and moved five miles north to the quiet town of
Monterey. The Sundance Studio had it's grand opening at it's new home
on May 12, 2007.
In October of 2007, the Sundance Express lost veteran member
Gussie Young and her sister Jessie as Jessie went back to school and
back to her Bailey Mountain team. Gussie left us for photography
school in Denver, Colorado but not before she helped us place at the
2007 ACHF World Championships.
In January 2008, Sundance Express accepted new members Rebecca
Landrum, Emily Kimble, Ahna Colaw and Meyer Rexrode. The new team
made their debut at the 1st Annual Appalachian Pride Clogging
Challenge on May 31 in Greensboro, N.C.
Sundance Express does not have much of a past but we are
confident that we will have a long and happy future. Our members ages
range from eight to 23. We mostly compete under the American
Clogging Hall of Fame but enjoy catching other competitions too. We
will be hosting our own competition on September 27, 2008 in our
hometown of Monterey, Virginia. It is an ACHF sanctioned event and it
promises to be a day of fun filled clogging and good times. We hope you
can plan to attend.
If you ever see the Sundance Express at competition, please
introduce yourself. We love meeting other cloggers!
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| Left: Sundance Express poses at Myrtle Beach after competing at Dieter's Beach Jam in 2007. Right: Posing with our trophies at the 1st Annual 2008 Appalachian Pride Clogging Challenge |
| Check out the newest Virginia clogging competition! The Sundance Showdown September 27, 2008 ~ Monterey, Virginia ACHF Sanctioned ~ www.sundancestudio.org |