these clogs were meant for dancing.....

Andre Rieu, if you didn't already know, is a famous Dutch violinist and producer of spectacular musical events all over the world.

The name Rieu is of French Huguenot origin. He began studying violin at the age of five.

 





HERE is a video of a Clog Dance he orchestrated.

Clogs are of course one of Hollands famous symbols,
along with tulips and windmills <<Here's a pair of the modern variation

and a more traditional model>>>

There are a lot of Dutch emigrant's in the USA. If they get homesick they can join the National Clogging Leaders Organisation !

The instructions on choreography are mind-boggling :

2 Turning Cowboys DS-DS-DS-BR-SL (Fwd Turn ½ L) -DS(xif)-RS-RS-RS
Backing up L R L R L R LR LR LR &1 &2 &3 & 4 &5 &6 &7 &8

******* Repeat Cowboy to front ******

Clogs feature a lot in Dutch sayings and nursery rhymes, but luckily they have a sense of humour :