Steppers are always excited about the next major weekend event. Weekend events in the steppin’ community are all about fashion, socializing to meet new people and reconnect with old friends, being active and dancing and having a good, memorable time. Here are posts about weekend events, personal true experiences, how to plan for weekend events and promotions of events.
Reading Time: 4 minutes When you ask me about the Sarah Teagle 25th Silver Anniversary in Atlanta, these 3 Cs come to mind – Customer Service, Class, and Contest. The weekend was about celebrating a commendable milestone in Sarah Teagle’s stepping journey but it was equally about honoring and holding on to traditions of the dance – Chicago Stepping….
Reading Time: 5 minutes Without a doubt, the stepper takeover of the fabulous Marriott Marquis in Downtown Atlanta Feb 22-26 heralded the return of The Heritage Ball 2024 to its hometown. Steppers were ready to return to stepping with our event hosts and friends from Good Deeds International (GDI). Believe me, steppers have been buzzing about this event all…
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s going down in Atlanta, Georgia, this week with the Heritage Ball, one of the most ostentatious steppers events on the East Coast – hosted and brought to you by Good Deeds International. Finally, the Heritage Ball returns to its hometown, Atlanta, in 2024 – the first time back where it was, as it was…
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 DJ. He is not a stepper or House Music DJ and subscribes to no particular genre. He started off as a DJ, and he can hold his crowd for five hours no matter the…
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 focus and celebrate Belinda Booker, a woman stepping out in Huntsville, Alabama, to bring the joy of stepping into her local community. Her MLK Weekend brings steppers from surrounding communities and cities to a…
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 “Oscars of Stepping.” This black-tie, red-carpet event was an evening to recognize and celebrate the achievements of ten powerful women in the Stepping community. Certainly, no one was more ready than Charnice Simmons to…
Reading Time: 13 minutes Conversations in cities across the Chicago Stepping community in 2021 about the NOADWBP hashtag created by Will Barnes in Chicago caused quite a stir. It seemed that a fellow out of Columbus, Ohio – Aki “Columbus Keyz” Carter, who hosts the Red, White, and Smoove weekend event, was getting a lot of credit and heat…
Reading Time: 6 minutes As far as the Mega Weekend in Miami goes, if you went to Miami without the intention of having fun in the sun, you should have stayed home. When it comes to having a good time at a weekend event, nothing is going to stop a true stepper. The Mega Weekend hosted by GDIGents in…
Reading Time: 7 minutes GDIGENTS or RWS. How Will Steppers Decide? In the last sixty days of my birthday travels to steppers events, many people have asked me about two specific events. “Are you going to Miami?” “Are you going to Red, White and Smoove?” “Those events are back-to-back weekends. Right?” Deciding which event to go to in Miami…
Reading Time: 12 minutes PART 2 Did you achieve what you set out to do with Stepaganza? I believe we succeeded. There were two things that I wanted to do with Stepaganza. I wanted to give the Stepping community an honor system because there are a lot of people standing in the shadows of Stepping that laid the foundation….
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: < 1 minute That’s the vibe we are rolling with… The Get Down: Holiday Edition. Back to it… December 5…. 4 pm….. WE – Dave Maxx and Black Cool – are providing FREE food… WE are providing the musical landscape… All we ask is that you bring positive vibes. As always… Beulah’s Baked Goods will be in the…
Reading Time: 6 minutes My conversation with Dominique Tolliver was a chance to speak with a woman who at a very early age was recognized as a phenom in Stepping. As only a child, she was stepping and also helping to teach others to step. She has the point of view of someone originally from Chicago who has lived…
Reading Time: 8 minutes “Why are they[instructors] charging newcomers or advanced a fee to learn or better themselves in this dance? Didn’t they learn for free at sets or private parties? Is it more about the money than just providing this dance to keep it alive?” LIVINGTHE8COUNT SUBSCRIBER Right off, thank you for this question. To me, the answer…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Before the review of WLSC, here is what I was looking forward to at the 2021 World’s Largest Steppers Contest: New steppers that fell in love with Stepping during the pandemic Seasoned steppers reignited and refreshed with new moves and creative dances that make me say “Wow!” Seeing Tyk Man, Kevin Doc Dockery, and Drewry…
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s not uncommon for me to meet a stepper in Chicago who tells me they have never traveled to another state to go to a stepper’s weekend event. Gerald posted on social media that he was heading out of town for his first out-of-town event, Black & Bling. The event was held August 19-22 in…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sometimes it is necessary to see things from the other side of the coin. This time, Kevin Brewer, the host of the Steppin’ and Glampin’ weekend gives livingthe8count his own review. Kevin gives the low down and insider’s view on the event and what steppers should look forward to next year at Steppin’ and Glampin’…