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Country Today

Location

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1987

Page

21

Kinder Klompers Learn From Dawn Fern

Baldwin group Kinder Klompers trains under Dawn Fern focusing on stomp and shoe-clicking routines. The young dancers embrace rhythmic movement and disciplined practice centered on clacking steps and in-sync footwork.

Baldwin Klompers Dance Troupe Keeps Dutch Tradition Alive

Dawn Fern teaches Cedar Grove and Baldwin groups in wooden shoe clomping to emulate American Dutch dance. The two ensembles include 32 adults and 32 children aged 3 to fifth grade. Groups learn basics from Cedar Grove after 20 plus years together. kids wear donated Kinder Klompers shoes and perform at local festivals while adults appear at venues like the Radisson Hotel in St Paul.

Dawn Fern Fern Cedar Grove Baldwin Klompen Radisson Kinder Klompers Hillary Wolski Baldwin's

Klompen n klappen Lets Go Dutch Days dances in Baldwin

Beginning mid June, kindergarteners learn Dutch routines and a song in twelve lessons. They perform during Let's Go Dutch Days in Baldwin on July 30 and 31 plus August 1. Adults dance Thursday at 8 p.m. and Saturday 1 p.m. Children dance Friday 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Kiddie parade 6 p.m. Friday and 12 45 p.m. Saturday. Chamber of Commerce at 715 684 2221 for more events.

Baldwin Baldwin Area

Missing rural schools puzzle baffles St. Croix historians

Evie Sarinske and Lola Fouks, members of St. Croix County Extension Homemakers, seek to recover records and photos of local rural schools. Their yearlong effort, sparked by Professor Jerry Apps, aims to preserve county history before it’s lost to time, with students already recalling Green Creek school near Forest Township.

St. Croix County Evie Sarinske Lola Fouks

Rural schools of St Croix County come to light

A six woman team from the Hudson Area Historical Society is tracing 19th and early 20th century rural schools in St Croix County. They map locations from 1897 platt books then seek names of pupils and teachers via school records, attics, and archives. The project aims to preserve vanished schools like Dry Run Hopyard Cloverleaf and more.

Barb Zimmerman Dry Run Hopyard la Crosse Historical Society Hudson UW River Falls

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