Flatfoot buck dancing is a traditional folk dance form, but it's waning. Now, one Tennessee program is trying to pass it on. Learning The Subtle Art Of Buck Dancing Have you heard about buck dancing?
According to the National Endowment for the Arts, flatfoot dancing and buck dancing are personal responses to, and interpretations of, music. Flatfooting in the U.S., the NEA explained, came from a ...
Just over a year ago, the annual competition honoring Dickson County and the nation’s master flat foot buck dancers, the late Robert Spicer, was planned to continue as it had for years. Organizer and ...
The late Robert Spicer played a key role in preserving an American art form. Stories of Spicer’s kindness and love for buck-dancing are retold throughout Dickson County, especially when the annual Old ...
“When I’m a-dancing, I’m not just going through a bunch of steps making a bunch of noise,” Thomas Maupin said, describing the folk tradition known as buck dancing. “I’m trying to play the tune they’re ...
Just over a year ago, the annual competition honoring Dickson County and the nation’s master flat foot buck dancers, the late Robert Spicer, was planned to continue as it had for years. Organizer and ...
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PHOTOS: Who was Robert Spicer?
DICKSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — You really can’t talk about the legacy of buck dancing in Tennessee without mentioning Dickson County legend Robert Spicer — but what is buck dancing, and who exactly ...
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