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Buck Dance Judges 2022
Becky Hill - Washington, DC
Kory Posey - Knoxville, Tennessee
Courtney Derryberry - Unionville, Tennessee
Buck Dance Contest Saturday Afternoon
Junior Buck Dance - 25 & Under @ 3:00 p.m.
1st Place $75, 2nd Place $50, 3rd Place $25
Adult Buck Dance - 26 to 50 @ 3:30 p.m.
1st Place $100, 2nd Place $75, 3rd Place $50
Senior Buck Dance - 51 & Older @ 4:00 p.m.
1st Place $100, 2nd Place $75, 3rd Place $50
National Championship* - All Ages @ 4:30 p.m.
$250 Grand Prize & Plaque
2022 Buck Dancing Contests
Maupinfest is excited to host the Old-Time Buck Dancing National Championship contest in the home state of Thomas Maupin and Robert Spicer, whose preservation of buck dancing earned them each National Heritage Fellowship awards from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Eligible contestants for the National Championship Contest must have previously placed in a buck or flatfoot dance contest in the U.S in any year. We are looking for the best of the best from every county and region!
The 1st place winner will be awarded $250 along with the National Championship plaque.
A description of buck dancing is given below:
Buck dancing, also called flatfooting, is an ancestor of clogging but is a distinct dance. Ira Bernstein states in his book, Appalachian Clogging and Flatfooting Steps, “Clogging is more visual. It includes large, visually flashy movements such as high kicks. Cloggers lift their feet high off the ground. Flatfooting, on the other hand, emphasizes the rhythms of the steps. Flat footers usually keep their feet close to the ground and are mostly concerned with making clean sounds that fit the music to which they are dancing.
Recommended resources:
Ira Bernstein’s book mentioned above
The documentary Talking Feet
Flatfooting Workshop by Ira Berstein
Flatfooting with Charlie Burton.
Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics: Roots and Branches of Southern Appalachian Dance by Phil Jamison.
*MaupinFest bestows the National Old Time Buck Dancing Champion on behalf of Uncle Dave Macon Days, as originally assigned by the 1986 U.S. Congress. MaupinFest divisional winners and champions of other recognized buck dance/flat foot contests throughout the United States are eligible to dance for the National Championship.
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