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One source states that buck dancing was the earliest combination of the basic shuffle and tap steps performed to syncopated rhythms in which accents are placed not on the straight beat, as with the jigs, clogs, and other dances of
European origin, but on the downbeat or offbeat, a style derived
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Yet another etymology of the word argues that it derives from the word "buck", used as a pejorative term for
African American men in the 19th century. Buck dancing was popularized in the United States by
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practiced in the United States, in which the dancer's footwear is used percussively by striking the heel, the toe, or both against a floor or each other to create audible rhythms, usually to the
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can be traced to the "Angolan" word "buckra', and was used to refer to white people, which is disputed. Eventually the term came to describe Irish immigrant sailors whose
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in the late 19th century. Many folk festivals and fairs utilize dancing clubs or teams to perform both Buck and regular clogging for entertainment.
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with the heel keeping the rhythm. Clogging can be found at various Old-Time and
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American Clogging is associated with the predecessor to
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Clogging and the Southern Appalachian Square Dance,
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449:, David McKay Company,
133:The term "buck", as in
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849:Chestnut Ridge people
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97:Bascom Lamar Lunsford
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1043:Appalachian folk art
908:French–Eversole feud
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1249:Appalachian studies
1218:Devil Anse Hatfield
1071:chicken fried steak
1038:Appalachian English
961:Southwest Territory
923:Lincoln County feud
913:Hatfield–McCoy feud
903:Coal strike of 1902
465:History of clogging
282:Appalachian History
183:Buckdancer's Choice
171:minstrel performers
1237:In popular culture
1177:Shady Grove (song)
1022:Urban Appalachians
532:, Nathaniel Turner
472:on 15 October 2009
421:socalfolkdance.org
327:Kirkpatrick, Ian.
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1228:Belle Starr
1081:country ham
1048:Affrilachia
834:Black-Dutch
743:Stick dance
728:Set de flo'
561:20 February
536:20 February
498:20 February
365:Hashaw 2007
147:po bockarau
139:Tupi Indian
129:Terminology
83:Antecedents
69:state dance
18:Flatfooting
1319:Categories
1276:Poor White
1162:Hootenanny
1101:soup beans
997:Appalachia
809:Appalachia
718:Juba dance
661:Buck dance
377:Chuku 2012
261:29 January
218:References
212:Step dance
198:Limberjack
151:buccaneers
58:folk dance
1325:Tap dance
1261:Hillbilly
1076:chow-chow
932:Baltimore
863:formerly
854:Melungeon
753:Tap dance
733:Slow drag
723:Lindy Hop
706:Strutting
123:tap dance
111:bluegrass
89:Asheville
1142:Clogging
839:Cherokee
738:Stepping
701:Boogaloo
681:Get down
666:Cakewalk
476:24 April
426:29 March
338:29 March
287:26 March
177:See also
155:bockorau
73:Kentucky
62:downbeat
46:Clogging
1281:Redneck
1058:Cuisine
1031:Culture
990:Society
940:Detroit
936:Chicago
886:History
873:Shawnee
869:Koasati
711:Popping
696:Locking
579:Press,
207:America
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877:Yuchi
758:Vogue
748:Swing
487:Clogs
312:7 May
223:Notes
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538:2016
512:ISBN
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478:2010
451:ISBN
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