17
Jan
Fashion – If You Have A Vision, Leisha Can Create It -Tailored Affects
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Leisha Rutledge's business card says "Seamstress - Tailor - Dressmaker - Designer." Fashion is her business and the 60% of her...
10
Jan
Chicago Steppers Arrive Stepper Sharp At Every Event
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you recognize the Chicago style steppin’ community as a union of the fashionably elite? I do. After a few weekend...
08
Jan
livingthe8count 2017 Year In Review
by Sonji
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Here is the 2017 Year in Review/Recap. I decided to put together a video this year since it's time for...
21
Dec
Etiquette 9, Ladies Stand Tall and Turn Up!
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Ladies, have you ever been caught bending down, stooping, ducking or bowing in the middle of a turn? I have. This...
15
Dec
Learning Chicago Stepping at Classes, Workshops, or Privates
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Often new steppers ask me “Sonji, when should I start going to workshops?” or “Is it too early for me to...
08
Dec
Understanding Threshold, Patterns, Synchronization in Stepping
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Sometimes the struggle to teach and learn to step Chicago Style rests with the paradigms and cultural differences that shape how...
29
Nov
Yanni’s Perspective on Dating in the Steppin’ Community
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 6 minutes When I first started learning to step Chicago style and going to socials and sets in Virginia, I met many new...
09
Nov
Realize Your Stepper Ego. Dance Uninterrupted
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes I am finding myself in this dance, but are you? How do we as a community help each other show who...
07
Nov
Cynthia Reaches A New Milestone In Her Stepping Journey
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Cynthia Catoe-Warren has been steppin' Chicago style for a year now and is one of the steppers in my local area...
31
Oct
Should A Lady Ask A Man To Dance?
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Should a lady ask a man to dance? I think there is no problem with it if a lady feels moved...
24
Oct
Talking With The Leading Lady, April Simmons
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 6 minutes There are great steppers coming out of other midwest cities besides Chicago. Whenever I see April Simmons dancing she is often...
19
Oct
Learning To Take It Nice and Slow when Stepping
by Sonji
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Reading Time: < 1 minute When I recorded and watched myself on video at home for the first time, I realized why sometimes my dance...
17
Oct
Gossip With Gabi on the Atlanta Black Tie Gala
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 4 minutes I haven't been home to Atlanta for a couple pf weeks now (LOL) and to not be there for the Black...
12
Oct
Choc James on Chicago Steppin’. Being Your Own Cheerleader
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 8 minutes Choc James piqued my interest because his name is popular on Facebook whether in videos, at an event, on a flyer,...
05
Oct
Steppers In Virginia. We Step Chicago Style Too
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 4 minutes At Big Al's 2012 Steppin' 4 Life Charity Ball when they did the state roll call I insisted on over the...
03
Oct
Etiquette 8, How To Get In Where You Fit In
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 2 minutes This article is in response to requests from the gentlemen about etiquette on how steppers squeeze in on a crowded dance...