American Racket

It's hopping onto the Internet this week--a documentary film about steps created or captured, and carried on, by the Green Grass Cloggers!

Premiere: Thursday 7.11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hP5aotkEX8

Happy World Folklore Day! Can we celebrate with cake and ice cream?!

Felice Giornata mondiale del folklore! ❤️

Wrapping up our tour in Sorgono. Our shows are often after midnight yet hundreds of townsfolks of all ages emerge from quiet buildings ready to celebrate. Here are some sights.

Parading through Villanova Monteleone! 🇮🇹

Official kickoff ceremony, gift exchange and press conference for Florinas festival.

American Racket tour stops in Italy and Sardinia for those following along with our adventures.

American Racket in Italy 2023, by Andy Howard 17 places · Oh the places you’ll go. Here are the spots where we have visited or performed on this tour of Italy and Sardinia.

Happy International Day of Clogging from our crew here in Italy! We are honored to be able to share our passion of clogging all over the world!

Did you know we became a 501c3 charity? We’ve had some donors supporting our trip and we wanted to say thank you! Support helps cover things like making and shipping costumes, official items we present to community officials, incidentals like hangers and small mirrors. If you are interested in supporting us, here is a link. The funds are permanently dedicated to our mission and public purpose. You can also support us by attending Sautee Stomp clogging workshop. Hope you are enjoying our posts from Italy!!

Add a Donation (Support American Racket Goals - 501c3) | Clogging Weekend in Helen, Georgia New! American Racket Inc. is now a non-profit corporation in the State of Georgia, and we received our letter from the Federal IRS recognizing us as a 501c3 charitable organization. Consider adding a tax-exempt donation (eligible for tax deduction) to American Racket. This will support our goals, in...

Thank you to the Matelica community for making everything possible — the audience, organizers, sponsors, transportation, catering, volunteers and collaborators. It takes an entire community to host a festival and we appreciate you! Festival Internazionale del Folklore di Matelica

Happy birthday Esther!! The Appalachian unicorn.

Having a blast in Matelica. We leave for our next festival tomorrow. But first… a finale this evening! Festival Internazionale del Folklore di Matelica

🇺🇸 in 🇮🇹 Festival Internazionale del Folklore di Matelica

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The band has groupies

La dolce vita in Matelica and Cupramontana. Festival Internazionale del Folklore di Matelica

Keeping busy making a racket! Festival Internazionale del Folklore di Matelica

A little video from a show tonight.

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Having a great time in Matelica at Festival Internazionale del Folklore di Matelica.

First night — parade and city center performance with Chile, Columbia, Italy, Guadalupe, and New Zealand. Festival Internazionale del Folklore di Matelica

Checking in from the sky. On our way to Rome!

Sautee Stomp registration is open for Sept 29-30 near Heken, GA.
https://sauteestomp.square.site/

And, American Racket is excited to announce we are officially recognized as a 501c3 charitable corporation by the IRS and a registered nonprofit corporation in the State of Georgia.

And, we embark on July 28 for three international festivals in Italy (finally! This was planned for 2020!) 29 dancers and musicians from Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Maryland, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Ontario, Canada!

Things have been really busy but the fruits of the efforts are springing up all around!

Getting closer! 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇨🇦

In nearly a month, a few of our dancers will be heading to Italy to represent the United States and Canada in an international folk festival with American Racket! This team will be performing alongside several groups from different countries including Madagascar, Colombia, South Africa, Italy, and more. We are excited for these dancers to share our culture and represent our beautiful country❤️