{"id":98651,"date":"2025-12-29T12:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/98651\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:03:11","slug":"davie-dance-group-to-tap-across-the-pond-performing-in-london-new-years-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/98651\/","title":{"rendered":"Davie dance group to tap across the pond, performing in London New Year\u2019s Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">DAVIE, Fla. \u2014 At a dance studio in Davie, the sound is unmistakable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019ll hear us before they see us,\u201d said Lora Cochran of the <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridacloggers.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/southfloridacloggers.com\">South Florida Cloggers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It\u2019s called clogging: part dance, part music and all heart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cClogging is a true American dance. It\u2019s actually born and raised here in America, which is really cool,\u201d Rebecca Vetter, owner of the South Florida Cloggers, said. \u201cNow we\u2019re part of the American clogging all-stars. It\u2019s very similar to tap or Irish step dance. The shoes are slightly different. We have jangles on our taps, if you can hear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The South Florida Cloggers have revived the old-world dance and have been tapping their way through hundreds of events together for years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Now, they\u2019re stepping onto a much bigger stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The group was selected to perform in <a href=\"https:\/\/londonparade.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/londonparade.com\/\">London\u2019s New Year\u2019s Day Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a big deal in London,\u201d Vetter said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very televised event. Thousands \u2014 millions \u2014 come out on the streets, and we\u2019ve been hearing that the royal family will be in attendance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Only 14 clogging groups from across the country received the prestigious invitation. One hundred cloggers will dance in sync, with military-like precision \u2014 and this South Florida crew will be right in the middle of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For some, it\u2019s a dream years in the making.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI am really excited to perform for the royal family and the crowd, just seeing everyone,\u201d said dancer Reese Matus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For others, it\u2019s something even more meaningful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI dance with the South Florida Cloggers with my daughters, and my oldest daughter, Erica, is actually going to be dancing in London as well,\u201d said dancer Robin MacDonald. \u201cSo I\u2019m excited as a family that we get to represent the United States in such a prestigious event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It\u2019s not just about learning the dances. The performers are also practicing how to walk and dance at the same time, all while preparing for the freezing temperatures they\u2019ll face across the pond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">So when the clock strikes midnight, they\u2019ll be thousands of miles from home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">But the steps they\u2019ll perform started right here in South Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DAVIE, Fla. \u2014 At a dance studio in Davie, the sound is unmistakable. \u201cThey\u2019ll hear us before they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-98651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}