http://clogpalace.com/clogblog For the Clog Palace Memories Project Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:19:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How sleazy was Captain White's? I remember being mooned by the bartender once. Actually, the intended target was across the room; I just got caught in the crossfire. You'd think the bartender would have been fired, but no...her father owned the joint. Sometimes, you couldn't use ... http://clogpalace.com/clogblog/sleazy-side-of-captain-whites/ I wish we had a word for those people who observed us from the fringes of our Thursday night activities.  Some of them liked us, some of them hated us, others were just indifferent. It was always a delicate judgment call whether to approach such people.  On the one hand, I ... http://clogpalace.com/clogblog/not-ready-for-prime-time/ It was another smoky night of clogging at the World Famous Captain White’s Oyster Bar and Clog Palace. Someone was playing live old-time music for free-style clogging; I can’t remember who it was that night. I sat at a table near the dance floor in case I felt ... http://clogpalace.com/clogblog/this-is-culture/ About a year after I started clogging, the Tap Room closed down, and I felt like an addict cut off from her connection. I was going to the square contra dances at Glen Echo as well, but that kind of dancing didn’t lift my mood up the way clogging ... http://clogpalace.com/clogblog/the-clog-palace-is-born/ Who knew that a dance class would change my life? Although I no longer have the adult education flyer, I am pretty sure it didn’t read like this: Appalachian Clogging 101 Learn to clog to old-time music, make friends, hang out in ... http://clogpalace.com/clogblog/how-i-got-started-clogging/ To explain what the Clog Palace was, I am going to ask that you form two separate pictures in your mind. First, imagine a rural mountain community, where local musicians picked up fiddle, ... http://clogpalace.com/clogblog/the-clog-palace/