Hallo all,

I've had a look for this subject in the forum, but there doesn't seem to be anything on it. I'm interested in teaching myself English clogging. The only problem is, I'm in North America and the instructional films from EFDSS won't play over here, and getting instruction books through costs a lot of money. Does anyone know of a good reliable website that teaches the basic steps? Also, can I get away with using ordinary tap shoes? (Dancing clogs aren't really big sellers where I am!)

Also, another question for the folk dance boffins --is Appalachian clogging pretty much the same as English clogging, or are there major differences? I DO have some instructional material on the Appalachian style, which is very interesting, but I obviously don't want to start learning the wrong style for English clogging.

About music to clog to --does it have to be clogging music per se, or will any good rhythmic fiddling do? (There's no shortage of the latter here in the form of Sword and Rapper dances on CDs.)

Hope this isn't too obscure a query,

Cheers,

Isabel