Clog and Step Dancing is our only unbroken tradition, in which we have living exponents. Caradoc Pugh of Llanuwchllyn and Hywel Wood of Parc, near Bala, and others were still dancing in the early days of our present revival. Len Roberts was the first to avail himself of their example; and with Mrs. Parker and her Portmadoc children, did much to spread the interest in this kind of dance. Since then Owen Huw Roberts has been most successful, not only in his own dancing, but in teaching the technique to his Colwyn Bay schoolboys, as well as to our more mature members, both male and female.

The Clog dancer would use such steps as the Toby, known in England as the Kibby step. In France this is called 'La danse de Chats' and it is often referred to as the Cossack dance. Present day dancers tend to put everything they know into the dance, especially on the Eisteddfod stage.

The performance usually begins with a simple lead up, followed by some of the easier steps, in a short pattern of three or seven bars, using the fourth or eighth bar to punctuate the phrase with a concluding patter. A travelling step is used to vary the position. A good performer will aim at a variety of sound by such devices as stressing the off beat, syncopation, or the introduction of triplets against the melody in common time. Gradually the dance works up to a climax, with the dancer's best steps or newest tricks.

There are apparently two different styles of Clog dancing; toe clogging, usually found in the Bangor area and heal and toe clogging found in the Berwyns. The exponents of one style are usually critical, and even derisive of the other. The geographical distribution of these traditions is a matter for further research. We should like to know what is usual in South Wales. In 1932, W.S.Gwynn Williams wrote: "It seems to me that up to now, the few interested have been on the wrong track, in attempting to find some elaborate figure dances, while apparently ignoring the old national step dances". How true this was. But we have now become aware of the importance of stepping. Many of our social dances need an infusion of traditional steps. This has proved a success in Powell's Fancy, and the Gower reel, Gwyl Ifan. Y Ddafad Gorniog, and even the Llanofer reel could do with some attention in this respect.