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This Month’s Feature Stepping Instructor: Tonya Foreman

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Tonya Foreman is an instructor from Eastern North Carolina, a comparatively isolated steppin’ community. She has been in the health and fitness industry for 26 years. Tonya has taught fitness classes, and choreographed and supervised other genres of dance besides Chicago Style Steppin’ – soul line dance, hip hop, Latin dance, country line dance, and cheerleading. Seven years ago Chicago stole her heart, and that passion led her to purchase and renovate her own dance studio. She is the proud owner of the Mochas Dance Studio in Greenville, NC where she teaches and shares her love and passion for steppin’, provides a location for events in her community and serves as an incubator for other business owners. Tonya is the founder of Eastern Carolina Steppers and a member of 2 other Carolina groups –  SNS (Steppin ‘N Style) and GLOW (Gifted League of Women of the Carolinas).

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Reading Time: 2 minutes In your first Chicago style steppin’ class you should probably heard the phrase “stay in your lane.” It is one of the primary codes in this dance. Men, you lead and keep me in our lane so I count on you to be my eyes in all directions on the dance floor. This is where my third etiquette comes in – Please “Have My Back.”

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  1. Do you have stepping classes in Atlanta Georgia. If so, where. I would like to join

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