Christmastime clogging... Part 2 (Las Olas)

Today, our clogging team performed at the Winterfest Family Fun day right smack on Las Olas, in Fort Lauderdale.

 

It is a really cute, booth-filled event... Couple of DJ's, a make-shift ice skating rink, alligator wrestling, Santa.... And us.

April and Emilia.... Two Junior cloggers that have their eyes on the ice rink.

Bri's mom, Carmen.... 'No, no, girls, THIS is how you put on the shoes"

The most-awesomest founding father... John.

 

 I love me some camera-wars... Mike!!!!

(the guy in the Hawaiian shirt is Dean (Sammy's dad) who takes lots of candid shots that I totally steal from his FB page. Thanks, Dean!)

Becky, giving us a run-down. Our first dance was supposed to be a 'newer' number... Practiced a handful of times. She was like... 'do me proud'

 

 But then.... These guys showed up (channel 7 news). So we panicked changed our song to an old stand-by. 

Thanks, Becky!

Not sure this smile would've been AS big if we were all going in different directions behind her, I think.

(although, I've seen her smile through MUCH worse... Becky is a trooper)

more camera wars.... Memaw! Love it!

posing for someone else's camera, but just as pretty. (Holly, Bri, and Olivia1)

A tired kid-sized clogger.

Action shot... That's Meredith in the back attempting to get off the ground

(for the record, MY feet will never fly like Becky.... Just saying)

Lora... Finally an alone shot.

For all of my family.... One of Meredith alone. (I get requests, people, LOL)

Our cheesy-picture-taking-selves had to get a shot with Gator-boy.

They were good sports.

Hubba Hubba! Lucky Santa!

Well, there are a hundred shots of us on FB... My guess is more are coming.

Wanted to give a peek into our day....

ALL of our dances are posted on you-tube.... Just search South Florida Cloggers and a whole lot pop up.

Thanks for looking.... Until next time.

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Christmastime clogging

Yesterday was the Forest Ridge Holly parade.... In Davie.

Forest Ridge is a housing development that hosts a holiday parade, each year, through the winding street that is common to each section of homes.

It's part of the reason Davie is such a special place to live....Small town feel.

Building the float.... Group project.

Looking too cute on the float.... Group project.

Posing on the float..... Bigger group project.

Getting Christmas-y looking antlers and hats.... Group project.

Getting the WHOLE team together for a photo.... Becky & Lora project.

Getting us ALL to do a 'ta-da' picture..... Parent project?

(I don't know why we do these wherever we go... But we do them & I love them)

Somewhere, along the way, everybody hopped out to perform for the judges.

Everyone's favorite Memaw.... And everyone's favorite photographer (look at the reflection), Liana.

Brianna and Erica... Getting ready.

Erica and (reindeer) Emilia... Their clogging mom, Robin, and Seth.

MY Elvis-girl, Jessica.... And her family.

Taliah... And her ever-styling-always-matching-us family.

Gracelyn.... And her mom, fellow clogger, Channon.

Alyssa and Brianna.... Getting ready

Love these three.... Stephanie, Bri and Olivia3... she probably doesn't even know who Sally Jessie Raphael is... ;)

Becky.... Always ready with the newest group of cloggers and with her daughter. (the apple doesn't fall far)

There was a stage set up.... Naturally. (I think Meredith was keeping an eye on Becky's enthusiasm)

Kid-sized cloggers.... Doing their thang.

Becky's reaction to hearing our float won! (what were those ladies in pink doing? A close second place, for sure. They look SO adorable)

Hard work paid off.... Congrats to those that helped out.

Ah... Becky knew who really gets the prize. Her husband, and our founding father, John.

Lora, Bri and Becky celebrate with John, his Royal Awesome-ness.

Strong work, everyone.

Today, our group performed at the Winterfest family fun day in Fort Lauderdale. (those photos coming soon)

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Clogging in the Keys... 11/30/12

There are times when our dance team is asked to drive great distances to perform; yesterday our advanced team took a road trip south to the Keys.




(below) Our most elite.... Bri, Skylar, Becky, Holly, and Lora (in the Upper Keys)

Totally, calling out Bri and Skylar on the shoes thing.... Must've not gotten the memo about black flip-flops yet. ;)

The sign speaks for itself, right?

Quite positive the girls sent Memaw into the wrong bathroom on purpose

Super-excited to be at Alabama Jack's.

Wasn't all fun and games.... They actually performed (a lot)

Holly.... Yo yo.. What's up?

Not-so-wildlife in the keys... Winning over Becky. (Ewwww)

I think some people are in t-r-o-u-b-l-e for impersonating the military.

Second show area.... Not too shabby.

Lunchtime refuel of energy.

The girls getting their groove on....

Yes... That is Bri-'Gatorbait' at the mouth. I mean, really... You have to imagine the work that went into posing for this one and how they decided on Bri's butt being at the helm. Lol

Bottom.... Bri, Becky, and Holly. Top.... Skylar and Lora. (great shot, girls)

Personally, I think this is the best shot... Skyla's lean and Bri's photobomb just add to the cuteness.

Singing.... Here we come, walking down the street, we get the funniest faces, from everyone we meet.... Hey,hey we're the cloggers. Lol

Our team's new warm-up jackets.

A road trip is nothing if you pass the nearest Cracker Barrel

Or... A stop inside for some craziness.

Looks like the advanced team had a great day on Friday.

Today... We participated in the Forest Ridge Parade in Davie.

Photos of that will be up soon.

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Busy holiday season.... Starts this weekend.

Our dance team will be kicking off the Christmas season this weekend -- lots of shows scheduled over the few weeks.

Today.... The 4 members of our advanced team are heading south to Key Largo for a whole day of clogging. I'm hearing that they have 16 numbers lined up... Wow!

(apparently they were asked to arrive wearing camouflage, so I'm excited to see those photos when they pop up later today) Of course, I'll try to post them ASAP.

On Tuesday, Becky was on hand to help get things going at the Winterfest Festival down on Las Olas...

Look who she ran into....

On Saturday, December 1st, the South Florida Cloggers will be participating in the Holiday parade at Forest Ridge in Davie. The parade starts at 1p but the community shuts down the road at 1230pm, if you plan on attending, get there early. There will be a stage set up for performances after the parade so stick around to see us.

On Sunday, December 2nd, we will be back at the Fort Lauderdale Winterfest Family Fun on Las Olas. We are scheduled to go on at 130pm.

If you are in the area for either performance, stop by for a great time.

By the way.... I have mentioned that we are performing in Disney on December 15? Pretty sure I have.... We continue to practice 2-3 days a week ( in addition to performing) to get ourselves ready for that.

As pictures of this weekend come available, I'll post them.

Have a great Friday, everyone.

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