Mr. Dudley Richard

Oldtime Buckdancing Champion

Buck dancing and flat footing are traditional Appalachian dances. People dance in a small area of their own; no one worries about dancing the same steps as everyone else.

Buck dancing is a general name for any type of fast paced solo dance. Buck dancing is similar to tap and clog dancing, but with steps designed to create more sounds per beat.

Here Mr. Dudley buckdances on his 100th birthday.