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ABOUT RME
 

The Directors:

Greg and Maria Tucker

Greg and Maria Tucker began competing in the clogging world together when they were married in 1998.  They are 7-time National Duet Champions, and hold over
20 Overall Duet Titles!


Greg and Maria are the ONLY duet in history to hold the National Duet Title from all three major clogging organizations in the same year.

Greg and Maria Tucker are the directors of Rocky Mountain Express Cloggers in Orem, Utah, the reigning National Clogging Champions. Their clogging studio consists of ~200 dancers who have performed all around the world, including: the National Theater for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China, the Lincoln Center in New York City, Silver Dollar City in Branson, Disneyland, Disneyworld, Seaworld, and hundreds of other venues around the United States. 

Greg and Maria are 7-time National Duet Champions, and hold over 20 other Overall Duet Titles. Greg and Maria are the ONLY duet in history to hold the National Duet Title from all three major clogging organizations in the same year, (CCA, NCHC, and AOS), and went on to complete a 3-year winning streak, undefeated by any other duet in the country. In addition to winning with their team and duet titles, Greg and Maria are multiple-time Individual National Champions as well.

They both danced on the International Folk Dance Ensemble at BYU from 1997-2000, during which they toured to Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Canada and the Eastern U.S., assisting in and choreographing several dance numbers for the dance company.  Currently, they still choreograph for this renowned dance ensemble.  Greg and Maria currently work at BYU as the clogging program coordinators and teach many of the clogging classes there. 

Greg and Maria have both been teaching clogging for several years, totaling a combined 60+ years of experience. Both were choreographers for the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Utah's Stadium of Fire, as well as half-time shows in the All-American Bowl, Holiday Bowl and Motor City Bowl. They choreograph for numerous university- and studio-level teams across the western US, and enjoy teaching workshops and competitive teams around the country. Their film credits include Disney's "Luck of the Irish", "Damsel", and a GEICO Commercial.

The Tuckers own and produce competitions for all genres of dance and singing around the United States with their company, America On Stage. Running 14 competitions from January through May, they run the one of the world's largest clogging and dance competitions -- Nationals at Lagoon, which features over 7,000 dancers competing over 6 days, on 5 stages at the same time. They both love working within the performing arts, producing various competitions, events and shows.

Greg and Maria have four children. All are cloggers, and the joy of their lives!