Clog - How to do the Shave and a Haircut and the Hippity Hop

Hello! My name is Martha Hemmingway and I am teaching you some clogging steps. This time we are going to learn two of my favorites; one is called the hippity hop and one is called shave and a haircut.

Lets see what the hippity hop looks like is. This one is little bit more challenging. It does involve some hopping in it. You are going to double step on your left foot, bring your right knee up as you hop, rock step, and hop again. Lets try that again, double step, hop, rock step, and hop. Now, that was not the right rhythm, but it was the right step, so lets works on the rhythm of the hippity hop. The counts are and a one, two and three, four and at this point lets just add a triple, coming down on our right foot to do a triple and as you remember from an earlier segment a triple is a double step, double step, double step, rock step. So, lets add that. Starting with the hippity hop, double step, hop, rock step, hop, now, do a triple on the right, double step, double step, double step, and rock step. Five, six, hippity hop, triple double step, hop, rock step, hop, double step, double step, double step, rock step. Again, one more time and one, two, and three, four, five, and, a six, and a seven, and eight and a lot of times when I choreograph a hippity hop in a routine sometimes Ill have them clap here on the hop or sometimes Ill have them clap over their heads. So, you can just jazz it up a little bit.

Next is probably my all time favorite of anything, its called shave and a haircut and I am sure you have heard the old saying, shave and a haircut, two bits. Well, luckily I am not a singer I am dancer, but I thought you might get the idea of what I am about. There is an actual clogging combination that mimics that sound, that rhythm of shave and a haircut. So, lets learn shave and a haircut. You are going to start with a stomp on the left, hit that forcefully, double step crossing in front, step back. Now, lets just talk about that for a second. That is youre shave and a haircut, so thats half way there, you are gong to pause for just a split second and then you are going go jump, jump and thats your two bits. So, lets put that all together, we have stomp, double cross step, and step back, pause, jump, and jump, five, six, seven, eight, and shave and a haircut, two bits. Five, six, seven, go. One more time five, six, seven, and eight.

So, those are my two favorite steps, the hippity hop and the shave and haircut. In our segment, which is our last segment I am going to put together many of the combinations that you have learned and put it in little mini routine. So, hopefully you will join me for the little mini routine. Happy clogging!