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 where I discovered stepping and where I first met Tango Ernest. The latest, greatest news I heard was that Ernest was back in Virginia, fresh out of Chicago. It is fascinating to reconnect with…
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s a week later and I am still coming down off the high from StyleMasters Chapter IV in Norfolk, Virginia. Nyce Entertainment hosted the event on the Martin Luther King Holiday weekend. The StyleMasters event was hosted at a new hotel location – the Norfolk Waterside Marriott at the heart of the downtown district. Foodies…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Countdown to StyleMasters Kick Off A Weekend of Chicago Stepping in Virginia Music credit: DJ Markey G Dear Guests of Style Masters 2022 In observation of the recent spike of the Covid-19 virus and the omicron variant, we at Nyce Entertainment want to take every precaution to ensure your safety at Style Masters Chapter IV….
Reading Time: 6 minutes Here is my recap of the StyleMasters 2020 Weekend Event in Virginia hosted by Nyce Entertainment. It’s taking steppers weekend events to a new level on the east coast.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Dione Barnes, my fellow Virginia stepper, talks about her trip to Chicago.
Reading Time: 3 minutes I met DJ Art of Noyze in 2012 when I first entered the steppin’ community. Over the years I have known him we had great camaraderie. I am still stunned that he is no longer with us. I will miss him. My deepest condolences to his family and friends.
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 mic recognition of Virginia presence. I was one person in the crowd from Virginia hooting and hollaring. From that moment, many steppers called me Miss Virginia and I answered to it proudly. I got used to traveling solo and made friends in every city I visited but since 2012 there has been amazing change in the Virginia Chicago style steppin’ community.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chaundra “Shooz” Satchell is from Chicago and now lives in Hampton, Virginia. Although she grew up between Gary and Chicago surrounded by Chicago Style Steppin’, she learned to step right here in Virginia at Langley Air Force Base with Timothy Wilson. But, her steppin’ granddad is LC Henderson. Chaundra has been steppin’ for almost ten years, instructing for about six years and she is the President of Virginia Steppers Education Fund. She is known as a very direct instructor but I can feel her passion for the dance so charge her Debbie Allen persona in class to her heart not her head. You can tell by her actions and history in the community that she wants this dance to flourish for years to come, but earnestly believes this dance won’t flourish without the young people – especially the men. Chaundra admits she would compete at the World’s Largest Stepper Contest one day but she cannot find a partner locally. So, her question is, “Men, what is the magic to keep you in this dance? Help a sister out!”