Jig Dancing at Ozark Folk Center

Keith Symanowitz demonstrates some jigging, flatfooting, and clogging steps alongside fiddler Roger Fountain and the Whoa Mule string band at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas.
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[@sahgentpeppah]

If folks did this old school stuff more, there'd be less mass shootings.

[@lucillekean7035]

Amen to that , wear off that extra energy reply toS. ❤❤😊😊 LK from Canada

[@deborahbarry9421]

I miss my Ozarks and it's people... I'll be home soon!

[@lockingmax]

HEY I enjoyed it very much a kind greeting from Mexico 😃🤚🏻

[@jimbeekman4863]

Very entertaining! Both the music and the dancing! Very entertaining!

[@michaelmcknight8419]

Roots of my raising. Well done gentlemen! Well done

[@myrtellelee2857]

There was a sayings years ago, "Dance a jig" and Dance little jig for me."

[@outdoorztime2923]

I don't remember teaching anyone else that. lol Nice job!

[@sbuxton240]

I sure miss summers in Arkansas going there!

[@jerrybranscum3017]

How do you get your leg to go around in circles behind you? I have tried for years to find out and no one seems to know.

[@jane_7193]

Fantastic!

[@backachershomestead]

Well done men!

[@richardschneider4775]

Ah the power of moonshine

[@rk-ec7kx]

Mountain View Arkansas I used to live there, my sister still does,

[@rosemarykennedy5430]

Really good jigging ❤

[@germanCrowbar]

YEEEEEEEEHAAAW

[@antoniocapone661]

Hot damnnnn

[@elultimobuho]

🙂🇪🇸👏👏👏 👌

[@HISVOICE4LIFE]

This is awesome! Very pure and folkloric

[@michaelmauch7914]

How bout that hang time on those heel clicks??😀

[@user-Nobody0123]

👏👏👏🇩🇪

[@jshishe]

JD clampet

[@mara235]

Looks like Irish sean nós dancing

[@pdxyadayada]

But, it’s not a jig..

[@musicwithroots]

In the Ozarks, jig dancing is a term used for a freestyle dance to old-time mountain music. The term originates with the Scots-Irish but looks nothing like a proper "jig" in the U.K. The timing of the music is also very different.

[@brucecollins641]

@@musicwithroots irish stepdance only started in 1894 most likely from scotland. (aye, scotland has a tradition of stepdance). it,s mostly kept alive in canada alang with scottish fiddle reel music. this tho,will most likely come from welsh or english clogdance.

[@dabanjo]

It's a misnomer. This is actually called flat foot or clogging.

[@musicwithroots]

@@dabanjo The term "jig" for this style of is only used in the Ozarks so far as I'm aware. Everywhere else thoe terms you mentioned apply, as well as "buck" dancing.

[@dave327ful]

Shades of Michael Flatley!

[@Ftybr57]

This guy does not know how to dance he’s not even keeping time

[@tonybaines3332]

he lives in the flat above me, so thats what he,s doing ?

[@wonderwoman8340]

mad gay yo!!