Cougar Clogging Classic Camp

2012 packet to be posted 6–8 weeks before Camp begins.

June 14–16, 2012
Boys and Girls, Ages 9–18
Instructors, Ages 16 and Older
Intermediate and Advanced

Please Note: Due to a large program opening registration February 1, 2012, with approximately 20,000 in–coming calls, we have had to move registration for all dance camps to Monday, February 6, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. MT. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Whether you’re a director, instructor, or student, you have some great clogging action in store! You’ll experience the newest dances and the most dynamic clogging instruction in the West from special guest instructors!

Student Programs

Intermediate and Advanced Students: Gear up for three days of exciting instruction and foot-stomping music! You’ll learn the newest dances and receive detailed instruction every step of the way. Dance in some of the finest facilities in the country. See the action magnified from floor-to-ceiling mirrors, hear the enthusiasm of fired-up hands and feet, and feel the excitement and rhythm from suspended hardwood floors. Enroll in the Cougar Clogging Classic for some of the best dancing days of the summer!

Student Benefits

Receive instruction and feedback from the nation’s finest clogging instructors.
Learn the newest routines and clogging steps.
Enjoy BYU’s finest dance and housing facilities.
Improve your clogging techniques.
Splash with friends at Seven Peaks Water park.

Instructors

Experience the in-depth Classic instruction you’ve come to expect at BYU. Learn the latest dances, the most advanced clogging techniques, and up-to-the-minute clogging details to make your dancers the hottest ever! Add to your instructor expertise with the bonus of detailed workshops in specialized areas of clogging—areas essential to your success as a clogging instructor.

Instructor Benefits

Access to all workshops and special instructional activities.
Receive a written instructor syllabus.
Special recording session where you can record all your workshop dances.
Increase your clogging network of friends and colleagues.

Directors

Ed Austin: Artistic Director of the BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble (1985–present)

Vickie Austin: Coordinator of the BYU Clogging Programs (1986–2007)

2011 Guest Instructors (2012 Instructors TBA):

Scotty Bilz: Scotty has been clogging for most of his life. He first gained attention in the Eastern U.S. theater dancing and directing the “Buckin’ Mules” in Florida. His teaching career began as a teenager as he began working on and teaching routines with the Possum Trot Clogging workshop team and especially with Tandy Barrett. We missed having Scotty our first year at BYU Cougar Clogging Classic but have had him every year since (but one-broken ankle). He is one of the featured National Instructors at most every workshop, National Convention and Camp. He is an accomplished National Champion many times over. Scotty is one of the most creative thinkers in clogging which has been a leading factor in his longevity in a world of “come and gone.”

Jeff Driggs: Jeff began calling square dances in his native West Virginia as a teenager and began clogging in 1982. He has taught workshops in all fifty U.S. states and across Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. He coordinates major performance events for cloggers around the globe and has written a stage show that is in development. Jeff has served as an officer in many national clogging organizations, and is the owner and editor of the Double Toe Times clogging magazine. He has been teaching at the BYU Cougar Clogging Classic for more than 25 years!

Veva Ahlstrom: Growing up with four sisters, Veva learned to dance quickly and competed in her first dance competition at the age of 2. Since then, she’s followed in their dancing footsteps. In 1998 and 2004, she won the Most Valuable Performer Award in Freestyle at Western Nationals. In 1999, 2003, 2005, 2008, and 2010 she won the Most Valuable Performer Award in duet at Western Nationals. In 2003 and 2005, she won the Overall Jr. Olympic Female Freestyle Gold Medal, as well as the 2005 Overall Jr. Olympic Duet Gold Medal. Along with her dancing, she played collegiate basketball at CEU and UVU with a full ride scholarship, taking home CEU’s Women’s Athlete of the Year in 2005. In 2006, she married Craig Ahlstrom and has a sweet baby girl named Millie. She currently enjoys running her own dance studio, Veva’s Fab 5 Studio in Mesa, AZ and dancing with her sisters, better known as the Fab 5.

LaChere Vawdrey: LaChere Vawdrey loves performing, teaching and competing. She performed on the syndicated Hee-Haw Television Show with the Steele Family Cloggers in the late 80’s. She toured with the BYU Folk Dancers in 1996, and served as a choreographer for the 2002 Winter Olympics working with High School Musical’s Kenny Ortega. In 2009 she received the Most Valuable Performer Award in both freestyle and short duet categories at the Western National Championships. In May of 2010 she received Director of the Year for her hard work with LaChere’s Fab Five Studio. Her most prized accomplishment is her rockin’ marriage to Randy, her best duet partner yet! Together, they have 4 beautiful children, Preston, Mallori, Wade and Alexis.

Veva, LaChere and their sisters were finalists with NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Known as the Fab 5, they were the only dance act in 2009 to advance to the show’s finale performance. They enjoyed every minute of the very intense competition and have enjoyed traveling and performing together since the show.

Greg and Maria Tucker: Greg and Maria Tucker are multi-year National Clogging Champions in individuals, duets, and team. They have been Directors of the Year the past 5 years and are members of the Clogging Hall of Fame. They teach at one of the largest clogging studios in the nation — Rocky Mountain Express — and are annual performers at Disneyland and Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. They compete nationally, having won 15 team national championships in the past 6 years and were choreographers and dancers for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies with Kenny Ortega, Doug Jack and JC Cloward. They helped produce the clogging competition in the AAU Junior Olympics for several years, and are the owners and directors of competitions with America On Stage — a national competition circuit that is home to the World’s Largest clogging and dance competition — Nationals at Lagoon. They are the coordinators for the clogging program at BYU and were members of BYU’s International Folk Dance Ensemble from 1994–2000. They have been married 12 years and have 4 children.

2012 Tuition

Note: Due to actual food & housing costs not being covered in the past, tuition fees have been raised to meet the actual costs of food & housing for 2012.

Early Bird Registration Deadline is Friday, May 11, 2012

BEFORE May 12, 2012:
Early Bird Student Package (lunch included): $229 ($25 nonrefundable)
Early Bird Student Package with Campus Housing & Meals: $316 ($25 nonrefundable)
Early Bird Instructor Classic Package (lunch included): $269 ($25 nonrefundable)
Early Bird Instructor Classic Package with Campus Housing & Meals: $356 ($25 nonrefundable)

AFTER MAY 11, 2012:
Student Package (lunch included): $244 ($25 nonrefundable)
Student Package with Campus Housing & Meals: $331 ($25 nonrefundable)
Instructor Classic Package (lunch included): $284 ($25 nonrefundable)
Instructor Classic Package with Campus Housing & Meals: $371 ($25 nonrefundable)

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Three convenient ways to register:

Online: This is definitely the quickest method!

Cougar Clogging Classic

Event Dates: 14 June – 16 June 2012
Online Registration Closes: 11 June 2012

Manage My Continuing Education Account
By phone: Call (801) 422-4851. Phone registration will be open between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.
In person: Harman Continuing Education Building lobby at BYU between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.

Registration Notes

A full refund (minus $25 nonrefundable) will be granted to all cancellations requested by 5:00 p.m. Thursday, May 31, 2012 (two weeks before the workshop begins). No refunds will be given after this deadline.
Full tuition is due at the time of registration. No deposits will be accepted.
Information packets with updated check-in times will be available on our Web site six to eight weeks before the workshop begins.