Category: Chicago
05
Oct
Delores King is Livin’ Through the Lenz
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 11 minutes Delores King is from Chicago and has been stepping for 20-plus years. She launched the organization Livin’ Through the Lenz NP...
14
Sep
Defining YOUR Dance with Donnie The Dancemaster
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 7 minutes Going to and learning in Donnie Davis’ class has been integral to my stepping journey. I have never lived in Chicago,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
30
Nov
Gospel Music, Religion, and Spirituality in Chicago Stepping
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 14 minutes INSPIRED BY: A RESPONSE TO ME STEPPING TO GOSPEL MUSIC Almost every seat was taken at the Sunday Brunch at Carolina...
16
Nov
History in the Making with Silhouettes of Stilettos
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 8 minutes INSPIRED BY: AN EVENING OF ELEGANCE CELEBRATING WOMEN IN STEPPING All this summer, steppers anxiously awaited Silhouettes of Stilettos, the new...
02
Nov
Keeping Stepping Culture in Places and Spaces Like The Fifty in Chicago
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 10 minutes INSPIRED BY THE RENOVATION OF THE LADIES’ RESTROOMS AT THE FIFTY IN CHICAGO The name of a place, a street, or...
28
Sep
Zee Thomas on Staying Young with Chicago Stepping
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 10 minutes The best part of Chicago Stepping to me is that it can be a lifelong hobby. No matter when you start...
21
Sep
WLSC 2022 Winners, Fashion Moments, and Changes
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 6 minutes What I will remember about the 2022 World’s Largest Steppers Contest are the resurgence of dancers, the familiar pattern of winners...
23
Mar
Rose Wellington. Hosting Good Times on the Stepper Set for 30 Years
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 9 minutes When I met Rose Wellington at the 50 Yard Line a couple of years ago, she handed me a flyer inviting...
02
Mar
Hollywood Frank Shares History on the 50 Yard Line
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 6 minutes When I first met Hollywood Frank he surprised me with a question. “Do you know who you were named after?” Not...
28
Dec
A Stepping Legend Who Will Always Be With Us. Ty Skippy
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 5 minutes On the weekend videos, photos, memories, and comments on social media expressed condolences and recalled countless dance memories. One of the...
01
Dec
The Soul Brothers Invite You to the Get Down – Dec 5 – Simply Grateful
by Sonji
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Reading Time: < 1 minute That’s the vibe we are rolling with… The Get Down: Holiday Edition. Back to it… December 5…. 4 pm….. WE...