Meet Pam Smiley
Editor, CLOG Today
Owings Mills, Maryland
Pam has been involved in every aspect of clogging since she began in 1980. Her love of percussive dance led her to clogging and the tradition of the dance grabbed her heart. Living in California where clogging was in it’s infancy at the time, she traveled to get more exposure to every aspect of the culture of clogging meeting many people along the way. Pam has clogged in 18 states and on a cruise ship in the Caribbean and has a goal to clog in every state.
Pam began with a performance team 4 months after starting her journey and has danced with several different groups though the years. Clogging has given Pam the opportunity to do so many things that without clogging would probably not have been afforded to her including dancing in many types of shows from County Fairs to an International Dance Festival with Sammy Davis Jr. and more. Pam has been a competitive clogger (singles, duos and team) and chaired 3 clogging workshops for a total of 22 years, one of them she also taught at for 12 years. Pam is also a certified NCHC judge and has judged competitions all over the country. Pam is currently the editor of the CLOG Today magazine published by C.L.O.G.
With all of the things clogging has given to her, the biggest is the relationships. Pam can say that clogging as given her the opportunity to meet so many people around the country and the world and counts them all as family.