Andrew Perry: Featured Clogging Instructors
Andrew Perry is a clogging instructor from Dickinson Center, New York, which is at the very top of New York State and only 20 miles from the Canadian border. He has been clogging since 2006 and has been teaching since 2007. Andrew is currently living in Columbus, Ohio with his loving fiancé Jessica, having recently earned his Ph.D in Educational Psychology at The Ohio State University. Being homeschooled, Andrew took his first clogging class as a fun alternative to physical education, but little did he know that he would fall in love with the dance form and pursue a career teaching clogging at workshops and conventions that would span the entire globe. Since that time, Andrew has taught at numerous regional, national, and international workshops and conventions throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. His clogging group, the Drew Crew Cloggers, has been active since 2009 and is composed of roughly 25 people. Andrew is also a proud board member of the Western New York Cloggers Association (WNYCA), which is an organization responsible for putting on multiple annual clogging events including the famous Nickel City Clogging Festival in Buffalo, NY. In April of 2024, Andrew was humbled and honored to receive the WNYCA hall of fame award for his service to the organization over the years. Andrew is also proud to serve on the certified clogging instructor (CCI) steering committee through C.L.O.G., the National Clogging Organization of the United States. The Oregon Mid-Winter Festival will be the first time Andrew has ever taught clogging in the Pacific Northwest, which he is very excited about! He hopes to see you on the dancefloor soon!