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Down the Road BRMT | Ep. 25: Team Dancing Tradition Thrives in the Mountains

Man and woman dancing
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Haywood County in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains is the heartland of a homegrown dance tradition—team square dancing, and its close relative, team clogging. Sam Love Queen, born in 1889 is often credited with being the founding father of this tradition. His Soco Gap Dancers performed for President Roosevelt and the Queen of England in 1939. You can catch the best of team dancing at the Maggie Valley Stompin' Ground, the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville, Mars Hill University in Madison County, and many other festivals across the region.