16
Aug
Changes in the Stepper Set Culture and Its Impact on Stepping
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 8 minutes INSPIRATION: Stepper Set flyers that say “All Dance Styles are Welcome” and someone on the set asking me, “Why is he...
09
Aug
Remembering Willie Casper Perry, The Renaissance Man
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The stepping community mourns the passing of Willie “Casper” Perry and celebrates his life. The tremendous outpour of condolences and memories...
04
Aug
Digging for Gold – Defining Original Old Skool Stepping
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 8 minutes Inspired by: A brief conversation with Mzlucki Banks Chicago, “the Mecca,” sets the protocol for stepping. If anyone wants to know...
26
Jul
A Time for Instrumentals – When There Are No Words
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Stepping revived my youthful love for instrumentals. I love to play around with the musicality of songs. When I hear an...
19
Jul
The Difference in a Decade – WLSC Flashback for 2012 and 2022
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 7 minutes INSPIRATION: A CELEBRATION OF MY TEN YEARS OF KEEPING UP WITH THE WLSC Sometimes in blog interviews, I ask guests to...
12
Jul
Looking Forward to 2023 World’s Largest Competition Prelims
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 6 minutes When I think of the World’s Largest Steppers Competition (WLSC) Contest Season, I think about a few things. What is next...
05
Jul
Steppers Etiquette on How Long Shall We Dance
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 5 minutes INSPIRATION: POST-PANDEMIC SENTIMENTS TOWARDS HOW LONG SHALL WE DANCE When I first blogged about steppers etiquette as it related to the...
17
May
Sharvin Whitted Raises the Creative Bar to Market Steppers Events
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 18 minutes INSPIRED BY: “Let’s talk about event flyers and how they are perceived when designed by a professional instead of by an...
12
Apr
Celebrating High Heels in Chicago Stepping Fashion and Culture
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 7 minutes Women wearing high heels on the steppers set is a tradition and a way of life in the Chicago stepping fashion...
05
Apr
DJ Raphael from Chicago On Learning to DJ as a Craft
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 5 minutes DJ Raphael is from the South side of Chicago – Morgan Park. 2023 makes it forty-two years for him as a...
29
Mar
Celebrate Belinda Booker in Huntsville for Women’s History Month
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 7 minutes INSPIRED BY: CELEBRATING WOMEN HOSTING WEEKEND EVENTS FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH For Women’s History month, we want to draw a special...
23
Mar
Tango Ernest Returns to Virginia and Steppers Flow
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 12 minutes INSPIRED BY: CHECKING ON VIRGINIA Although relocated from Virginia, I still keep a pulse on what is happening in the community...
15
Mar
The Davneys and the Magic of Work It Out Wednesday in Chicago
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 9 minutes A stepper weekend trip to Chicago is incomplete unless it starts in the middle of the week with Work It Out...
23
Feb
Josiah Burt on Learning Original Chicago Stepping
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 7 minutes INSPIRED BY: HONORING THE ORIGINAL IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2023 When it comes to Original Stepping in the lounges and on...
15
Feb
Keeping it Original Stepping with Lloyd from Chicago
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 8 minutes INSPIRED BY: THE STEPPERS, YOUNG AND OLD, WHO KEEP IT ORIGINAL DESPITE THE EVOLUTION OF STEPPING When I first started traveling...
18
Jan
Charlsie Hylick Reveals the Mindset of a Dynamic Stepper
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 4 minutes I remember seeing Charlsie Hylick for the first time on a Friday night at East of the Ryan. She was traveling...