About Us, Who is Pat's Clogging Studios?

Pat's Clogging Studios is owned by Kevin and Pat Dennis of Springfield, Missouri.

Pat began teaching in 1986, becoming a fulltime instructor by 1987. Her original group was known as the "Lockwood Cloggers," located in Lockwood, MO. The club began with only a few and met in the community room at the Boatman's Bank. (1st class met Friday, February 28, 1986----with Pat's instructor, Pat Skinner, giving an introductory lesson)

Lessons were then given on Pat's porch, a rented building next to city hall, then on to an old renovated Opry House where classes and performances were done "on stage". The Lockwood Cloggers occupied "The Theatre of Performing Arts" as it was called from Nov. 1987 to Jan. 1990.

In Jan. 1990 they moved to a new studio built north of Lockwood. It was added onto in 1991. At the Lockwood Studio over 20 different communities were represented.

In Nov. 1992 a studio was constructed north of Springfield - both Lockwood and Springfield studios continued to operate until mid 1993.

Pat sold the Lockwood studio, and continued operating the Springfield studio weekly. She teaches spring and fall semester classes for Ozarks Technical Community College.

Kevin and Pat opened a new studio location on January 3rd, 2001 in the Glen Ridge Center in Springfield.

We closed the the Glen Ridge Center studio in October of 2006, and have moved into the new renovated studio located near our home. This location has more room, computer controlled sound, & multimedia center, with a 96" X 69" screen to view support material for teaching.

Pat also has had the privilege of teaching at the Folk Center in Mt. View, Arkansas during the Dance Weekend held in September annually. She has taught there since 1995.

Besides teaching Pat writes choreography and is also a competition judge.

Pat enjoys teaching large groups or private lessons to young and young at heart.

Pat and Kevin will teach or perform at special events such as parties, family get togethers, company picnics and other community events.

All performances and instruction by Pat's Clogging Studios are paid events, with a limited number of benefits & exhibitions donated per year. (The event must meet certain criteria to qualify)

All performances & instruction must be agreed upon with a signed contract furnished by PCS. Conditions, such as space, dance surface, set up/breakdown time, safety of the performers, as well as many other aspects must be reviewed.

To provide our best performance possible for you, we strongly suggest using our sound system, even if the event has one available. We furnish set up, and operate our own sound system. Depending on the conditions, we have the following capabilities:

For small groups of people, in small indoor rooms, we have a small portable sound system capable of one microphone, and one music input. 12 watts mono. Power for single & two speakers.
For medium to large indoor rooms we have nine channels for inputs. 420 watts stereo or mono. Power for two & four speaker combinations.
For large indoor or outdoor performances, we have nine inputs for mics, and music input. 1620 watts stereo or mono. Power for two, four, six, or eight speaker combinations.
We have cassette tape/variable speed, and CD/variable speed with remote capability.
Pat's Clogging Studios can re-master/mix and edit music with special effects. (for performances & instruction only) - (not for re-sale)
Wireless and hard wired mics.
We burn & label our own CD media.

Pat's Clogging Studios is licensed by ASCAP/BMI & SESAC for music usage during public performances, instruction, and other dance events.