Record #:

15004

Author(s):

Henion, Leigh Ann

Abstract:

As a boy growing up in Sugar Grove in Watauga County, Robert Dotson learned flatfoot dancing. Now at 88, he is considered one of the North Carolina's finest flatfoot dancers, an art form that is smooth and light requiring the dancer's feet to stay close to the ground.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 79 Issue 4, Sept 2011, p48-50, 52-54, il, por

Subject(s):

Folk dancing--Watauga County; Dancers--Watauga County; Flatfoot dancing--Watauga County; Dotson, Robert, 1923-