Miss E.P.I.C.pageant

Merm (Mary-Kathleen) has been clogging since the age of five. She has been with Scotty since she was seven. She started clogging for the exercise and began competing in solo competitions at age six. She has won her age division many times in freestyle, traditional and acappella solos. She won overall grand champion in acappella solos for CA in Lincolnton in 2007. She has participated in the Jr. Olympics for three years, each year winning gold in solo competition.

She won her age division in the CCA sponsored "Miss American Clogger" pageant in 2006, and was first runner-up in 2007. She won her age division in the "Miss E.P.I.C." (Equipping People in Clogging) pageant for 2007-2008 and serves as one of the official ambassadors for the E.P.I.C. Conference for 2008.

She teaches clogging at her church on Monday's as a Ministry Outreach. She plans to one day open her own clogging studio and have her own competition team.