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Dances Taught in San Francisco

Title	Artist	Choreographer	Level	Notes
Best I Ever Had	Gavin DeGraw	Michele Millier Hill	Easy Intermediate
Dance Tonight	Paul McCartney	Sarah Dwight-Gilroy	Easy Intermediate
Drive By	Train	Richard WIllyard	Easy Intermediate	Includes Kitchen Slip and Travel Clog
The Farthest Horizon	Sleepy Man Banjo Boys	Janice Hanzel	Easy Intermediate
Hard Way Home	Brandi Carlile	Sarah Dwight-Gilroy	Easy Intermediate	video- The Lonely Juanas
Hernando's Hideaway	Ella Fitzgerald	Ian Enriquez	Easy Intermediate
Hip to My Heart	The Band Perry	Ian Enriquez	Easy Intermediate
I'm Ready to Go	Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder	Scotty Bilz	Easy Intermediate
Istanbul	They Might Be Giants	Josh King	Easy Intermediate	Minor revisions from original
Mr. Mom	Lonestar	Carol Smith	Easy Intermediate	Includes Kentucky Thunder and Popcorn
Next Move	B.Reith	Ian Enriquez	Easy Intermediate	Includes High Horse and Bonanza
Old Man Mose	Manhattan Transfer	Andrew Perry	Easy Intermediate	Includes Samantha and Spin Gypsy
Shut Up and Dance	Walk the Moon	Sarah Dwight-Gilroy	Easy Intermediate
Sideways	Dierks Bentley	Michelle John-Smith	Easy Intermediate	Includes Kentucky Loop Vine
Sold!	John Michael Montgomery	Janice Hanzel	Easy Intermediate
Suddenly I See	KT Tunstall	Eric Bice	Easy Intermediate
50 Ways to Say Goodbye	Train	Michele Millier Hill	Low Intermediate
A Soldier's Joy	Randy Scruggs	Lelia & Russ Hunsaker	Low Intermediate	Includes Birmingham and Me & You
Am I Wrong	Nico & Vinz	Michele Millier Hill	Low Intermediate
Birthday	Katy Perry	Sarah Dwight-Gilroy	Low Intermediate
California Country	Moonshine Bandits	Richard Willyard	Low Intermediate
Clumsy	Fergie	Ian Enriquez	Low Intermediate
Counting Stars	One Republic	Darolyn Pchajek	Low Intermediate
Days of Gold	Jake Owen	Michelle John-Smith	Low Intermediate
Don't Know Nothing	Maroon 5	Susi Thomas	Low Intermediate
Down at the Twist & Shout	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Denny Lantz	Low Intermediate
High Horse	Nitty Gritty Band	Steve Smith	Low Intermediate	National dance! Revised by Scotty Bilz
Home	Phillip Phillips	Darolyn Pchajek	Low Intermediate
Home on the Range	Suzy Boguss	Matt Ellinger	Low Intermediate
I Need to Know	Marc Anthony	David Nimmo	Low Intermediate	Revised by Ian Enriquez
Jamba Jump	Anjulie	Darolyn Pchajek	Low Intermediate	video- Mussel Rock
Just Dance	Lady GaGa & Colby O'Donis	Loni O'Donley	Low Intermediate
Mmm Yeah	Austin Mahone ft. Pitbull	Kellee Ramirez	Low Intermediate
Rave On	Bayou Boys	Pauline Savoie	Low Intermediate	Excellent intro to Fireball below
Rolling in the Deep	Adele	Richard Willyard	Low Intermediate	Includes Layover (revised with original on sheet 2)
Say Na Say Na	Arash	Ian Enriquez	Low Intermediate	Easy + version also available.
Troublemaker	Olly Murs (ft. Flo Rida)	Tina Curtis	Low Intermediate
Witch Doctor	Alvin & the Chipmunks	Michelle John-Smith	Low Intermediate
The Animal Song	Savage Garden	Sarah Dwight-Gilroy	Intermediate
Appalachian Joy	Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate	Introduces Kerrigan
Best Day of My Life	American Authors	Sarah Dwight-Gilroy	Intermediate
Black Horse & the Cherry Tree	KT Tunstall	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate	Introduces Old Iguana and Broken Axle
Blurred Lines	Robin Thicke ft. T.I. + Pharrell	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate	video- Ian Enriquez
Blurred Lines	Postmodern Jukebox	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate
Boots On	Randy Houser	Stan Webb	Intermediate	Revised by Ian Enriquez
Born This Way	Lady Gaga	Jeff Driggs	Intermediate	Includes hand movements
Boys 'Round Here	Blake Shelton	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate
Bucket to the South	Gail Davies	Matt Ellinger	Intermediate	Performed with formation for BCC
Buttons	Pussycat Dolls	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate	Introduces Swells, Pussycat Stroll, Button Slur
Call Me Maybe*	Carly Rae Jepsen	Michelle John-Smith & Kaylee Smith	Intermediate	*NCCA Remix with steps from Michele Hill & Ian Enriquez
Can't Hug Every Cat	The Gregory Brothers (ft. Cara Hartmann)	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate	Introduces Cupid's Cramp
Country Song	Seether	Richard Willyard	Intermediate
Cups	Anna Kendrick	Sarah Dwight-Gilroy	Intermediate
Doin' Dirt	Maroon 5	Michele Millier Hill	Intermediate
The Dublin Reel	The Irish Descendants	Sarah Dwight-Gilroy	Intermediate
Evacuate the Dancefloor	Cascada	Stan Webb	Intermediate	Revised by Ian Enriquez
Folsom Prison Blues	Midas Whale	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate	video- Ian Enriquez
Freight Train	Alan Jackson	Lois Elling	Intermediate
Gangnam Style	PSY	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate	video- Barbary Coast (before High Horse was substituted for Golden Gate)
Geronimo	Sheppard	Kiernan Donleavy	Intermediate
Get Along Stray Dog	Steve Martin & Edie Brickell	Sarah Dwight-Gilroy	Intermediate	video- The Lonely Juanas (line version) Circle Dance
Get Rhythm	Martin Delray	Fred Weisshaar	Intermediate
Glad You Came	The Wanted	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate	video- Mussel Rock
Holding Out for a Hero	Frou Frou	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate
How Mountain Girls Can Love	Ricky Skaggs	Sarah Dwight-Gilroy	Intermediate
Loser Like Me	Glee	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate	video
Love Runs Out	One Republic	Carol Smith	Intermediate
Mama's Broken Heart	Miranda Lambert	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate
Remember When	Chris Wallace	Morgan & S'Lena Hudson	Intermediate
Sexy & I Know It	Christian Porter	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate
Shout & Feel It	Count Basie	Lois & Jennifer Elling	Intermediate
Show Me How You Burlesque	Christina Aguilera	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate	video- Mussel Rock
Stay (radio edit)	Steve Grand	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate
Teenage Dream	Katy Perry	Kellee Ramirez	Intermediate
Temperature	Sean Paul	Sarah Dwight-Gilroy	Intermediate
Walk This Way	Pickin' On Series	Kellee Ramirez	Intermediate
Walkin' In the Country	Keith Urban	Kevin Smiley	Intermediate	Minimal amount of steps, but includes Bird Walk (video- Mussel Rock )
What Makes You Beautiful	One Direction	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate
You Took All the Ramblin' Out of Me	The Boxcars	Ian Enriquez	Intermediate
Applause	Lady Gaga	Ian Enriquez	High Intermediate
Bananza	Akon	Ian Enriquez	High Intermediate
Circus	Britney Spears	Ian Enriquez	High Intermediate	video- Mussel Rock
Curtsey for Me	Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer	Ian Enriquez	High Intermediate
Fireball	Pitbull (ft. John Ryan)	Ian Enriquez	High Intermediate	video- Ian Enriquez
Grenade	Bruno Mars	Ian Enriquez	High Intermediate
Haven't Had Enough	Marianas Trench	Kiernan Donleavy	High Intermediate
TiK ToK	Ke$ha	Ian Enriquez	High Intermediate

12 Intermediate Steps Everyone Should Know!
(and some variations on them)

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Choreographer's Corner

Matt Ellinger

"I feel that clogging is first and foremost about rhythm and fun. As a very informal dance form, I like to use music that is playful and is engaging to the widest range of people possible. Music with a strong backbeat and with clear phrasing seems to support beginning dancers in developing a strong sense of rhythm. In my choreography for performance groups, I work to have pieces build in momentum and complexity. I also work to choose movements and steps seem like they are natural outgrowths of the music, in sense making our shoes an instrument in the band. Also with performance groups, the staging should still appear informal on the surface, but a very well-rehearsed level of precision is necessary for the audience get the true thrill of the this dynamic dance form."

Richard Willyard

"My philosphy in choosing music, more than anything else, is music I like. I try to find music that is fun and sometimes different. I say different, as I don't always like to pick the most popular music that many other people may already be choreographing to. Like music, the steps I choose are one's that I enjoy. I also try to choreograph steps that flow with the music. The only principles that guide me would be the level that I have been requested to choreograph, type of routine I'm writing, such as a workshop/convention dance or a group/performance routine, or if the event has a theme, I may try to find music and possibly steps that fit."

choreographer photos courtesy of Lois Elling

Special tips on how to read cue sheets from the California Ground Pounders of Fresno.