Welcome

Wow, this year is really flying by! I hope you have made arrangements to come to Gatlinburg March 4th-6th, 2010 for an awesome time at Smoky Mountain Encore. The Staff and I have really been working hard to make sure this will be a better and more enjoyable year than we have ever had.

Smoky Mountain Encore is held at the beautiful Gatlinburg Convention Center. The facility has 67,000 square feet of floor space, which provides multiples halls for workshops and seminars, and plenty of room for merchandise vendors. On Saturday night, 1600 seats fill that space for an incredible show.

Gatlinburg is a great place to visit whether you come in the spring or winter. With all the shopping outlets, shows, and unique restaurants, you may want to take a mini-vacation. Visit the Accommodations page to book a great hotel in the Smoky Mountains.

We will be offering a wide range of classes in beginner, intermediate and advanced levels… seminars and more, which are all taught by our stellar and most professional staff of instructors! As always, we will have excellent entertainment for you with our exhibitions and Saturday night show.

Encore also features:

CCI Training – CLOG will be offering CCI training and graduation at the event this year. For any of you who would like to participate in this, click here to find out more. (You must be an Encore participant)

Beginners from Scratch Program – Designed to take the clogger with no or very few classes behind them. We will have classes for you throughout the weekend which has been newly designed to make the transition into beginner plus easy and fun.

CCA Judges Training – Designed for people who want to become judges; Parents who want to understand the rules and team directors to know what the judges are looking for.
You will actually get a chance to judge and your scores will be gone over the next day with you.

Introductory Instructors – We are so excited to have a really great group of introductory instructors this year. Please watch the News page as we add these throughout the year.

“Express Yourself Team Competition” – A competition after the exhibitions on Friday night. Any type of routine is allowed. The top five scoring teams in Amateur and Challenge will then compete before the show on Saturday night.

As always, we strive to make sure you have the best weekend possible. We have taken your comments and built on them. Again, I hope you make plans to come. If you should have any questions please contact me at the e-mail address or phone number below.

Thanks again and see you in Gatlinburg!