Lancashire Wallopers

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The Lancashire Wallopers were originally formed in 1981 by students of the legendary clog dancer and music hall entertainer Sam Sherry. They were formed to give a one-off performance at the National Gathering at Cecil Sharp House of the bargees social dance taught to them by retired Bargee Bill Gibbons. Their outfits are inspired by the clothing traditionally worn by canal bargees and the group in

cludes Wallop, the dancing boat horse (who is rather a show-off). All four dancers have won the prestigious Lancashire & Cheshire Clog Dancing Championship and the present line-up includes the current Lancashire & Cheshire Champion and the winner of the Pat Tracey Old Lancs competition. The Wallopers perform a range of imaginative routines encompassing steps learned from all the known traditional dancers who were dancing in the 1970s & 80s as part of the clog dancing ‘revival’ and, following in the footsteps of Sam Sherry, they have a strong repertoire of music hall inspired routines. The skilled dancing and unique music hall routines are taken to another level through the creative skills of the team’s two accomplished musicians.

We've had this lovely photo sent to us by Michael Jackson of us dancing in Sandbach yesterday. We may look cool but we w...
31/05/2026

We've had this lovely photo sent to us by Michael Jackson of us dancing in Sandbach yesterday. We may look cool but we were in fact very hot! 😆

And we are off! You can find in Sandbach today for the Day of Dance hosted by Doomsday Morris 😀
30/05/2026

And we are off! You can find in Sandbach today for the Day of Dance hosted by Doomsday Morris 😀

Just a standard dance out at the steam fair for . We've managed to "catch" ourselves a new team member too...... ...
16/05/2026

Just a standard dance out at the steam fair for . We've managed to "catch" ourselves a new team member too......

What a great shot!
05/05/2026

What a great shot!

Todmorden Folk Festival is a firm favourite dance out for us and often is our first dance out of the season. We had a fa...
02/05/2026

Todmorden Folk Festival is a firm favourite dance out for us and often is our first dance out of the season. We had a fab time today and you may notice that the team has expanded! It was Paul and Nadine's first dance out and what a fantastic day it was 😀

Last practice before Wallopers Weekend and Harry is taking it very seriously by coming in kit! It's not too late to book...
17/02/2026

Last practice before Wallopers Weekend and Harry is taking it very seriously by coming in kit! It's not too late to book a workshop - see our website for the programme.

You can also just join us for the evening ceilidh with Albireo - £10 per ticket :-)

14/02/2026

The final workshop taster is "3/2 Hornpipe" (intermediate+) with Laurel Swift. We are delighted that Laurel (now US based) is including us in her UK tour and sharing this dance she has written 😀

12/02/2026

Seventh snippet is "Introduction to Clog" with Nadine Wilkinson. If you've always fancied learning to Step Clog then here is your chance. We can even provide clogs for you to borrow - so no excuses for not giving it a go 😀

10/02/2026

Next taster is for "Pat Tracey's Mixed Rhythms" (intermediate) with Kathryn Tattersall. This one gives a mix of hornpipe, waltz and Lancashire Irish steps. Almost like a three for the price of one offer 😉

08/02/2026

Wonderful throw back video for the next taster, which is "Mrs Willis' Doubles" with Ian Craigs and Jean Smith. You can watch the full video (and loads of other old footage) on the INSTEP Resarch Team website

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