Dudley and Toni Jordan Williams started the Green Grass Cloggers in 1971.Dudley wrote the Indian, Tea Cup Chain, and the Pivot.He used to sit on the floor with 8 pieces of paper and move them around to see what would work in the routine!
Dudley is a jeweler and calls dances on occasion.

Doug Baker joined the GGC’s in 1972 shortly after the Group won their first competition at Fiddler’s Grove.He was an original member of the Road Team and toured from 1978-81.During the summer of 1981 he choreographed and performed original clogging routines at the Chateau Vallon Dance Festival in Toulon, France.In the Fall of 1981 Doug resumed his career as a Counselor and danced with the Home Team until 1990.After 17 years as an administrator in the Division of Mental Health in Raleigh, he was appointed Director of the State Substance Abuse Hospital in Black Mt. in 2005.Doug reconnected with the GGC’s in Asheville upon his return to the area and is excited to once again be wearing denim and calico. Doug lives with his wife, Becky and son, Luke, in Arden, NC.

Pete began dancing with the Green Grass Cloggers in 1988. With the team, he performed on Good Morning America, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and on the Fiddler's Grove documentary. Pete owns B&K Tools and Supply in Asheville (828-254-5763). In his spare time, he plays with pictures for fun (hawcreekstudios.com), sings in a barbershop quartet, and enjoys wild caving.

Holly was born and raised in the flat farmlands of Indiana and moved to the mountains in 1998. She learned to clog from veteran Green Grass Clogger Rodney Sutton shortly after her move to NC…some nights with her infant son in a baby sling. She spent ten years as a homesteading mama at Earthaven Ecovillage, but now makes her living as the Administrative Director at The Learning Community School (thelearningcommunity.org). Holly joined the Green Grass Cloggers in January of 2009 and is absolutely loving it. She lives in Swannanoa with her husband, Shawn, and two kids, Rose (16) and Eli (11).

Rodney Sutton is a nationally known traditional dancer, caller, musician, storyteller, dance teacher and festival producer. He was both a member and director of the Green Grass Cloggers in their early years and still dances with the current team. Rodney was a co-founder of and principle dancer with the Fiddle Puppets (now known as Footworks). He serves on the Boards of the Madison County Arts Council, JAM (Junior Appalachian Musicians) Regional Board and Asheville’s Folk Heritage Committee, which produces both Shindig on the Green and the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival. Rodney lives with his wife, Jennie and his kids, Clay and Kelsey, in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Carol Rifkin joined the road team in the late 70’s and relocated with the road team from Greenville, NC to Asheville, NC, performing with the GGC at festivals and events and appearing in two Emmy Award winning TV shows. A nationally known, award- winning vocalist, musician and dancer, she’s appeared on TV, radio, recordings, at festivals, in the BBC documentary “Down Home, Appalachia to Nashville” (with fiddler Tommy Jarrell), the movie “Songcatcher”, many U.S. Documentaries including “Rank Strangers”, “Why Old Time” and more. Former co- founder and assistant director of the Lake Eden Arts Festival, she is a journalist who writes about music for the Asheville Citizen Times, co-host’s WNCW’s (88.7 FM) “This Old Porch” and plays, sings and dances with the Paul’s Creek Band. www.carolrifkin.com

Annie Fain Liden is a native of the craft, music and dance community of Brasstown, NC, home of the John C. Campbell Folk School. She's been dancing her entire life and grew up hearing about the infamous Green Grass Cloggers; she's tickled pink to be dancing with the group. Annie Fain teaches book arts regionally and runs her own business hand-crafting specialty journals, sketchbooks and photo-albums. She also plays banjo and banjo uke for the all-woman string band, Blue-Eyed Girl. www.afainbooks.com.

Linda Block, a professional environmental educator, is the Coordinator of the Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, a Lead Risk Assessor, and Healthy Homes Specialist.
Before joining the Green Grass Cloggers in February 2009, Linda performed with the Cub Hill Cloggers (10 yrs), the Crabtown Cloggers (2 yrs), and Stump Jumpers (1 yr) in the Baltimore/DC area. Linda teaches all levels of clogging in the Asheville area and has instructed and performed at dance camps. She has square/contra danced since 1983 and enjoys swing/lindy hop, zydeco, and salsa dancing.