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: 5 minutes On my first trip to Chicago, I heard about The Steppers 411 email. I’ve relied on it ever since to keep me connected to events in Chicago while hundreds of miles away in Virginia. I never miss an issue and it is my go-to for every trip I plan to Chicago. Cynthia Bean is the…
Reading Time: 7 minutes For 4th of July weekend, I decided to check out Aki Carter’s Red, White, and Smoove Event in Columbus, Ohio. After seeing Aki in Chicago a few times, I felt he had firsthand experience of the Chicago vibe for a great steppers party weekend and that Chicago might be in strong attendance. Seeing Chicago DJs…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Cheryl “Sugarfoot” Powe is from Chicago. She resides in Atlanta now which she considers her second home and lived in Atlanta for 20 years. Several family members introduced Cheryl to steppin’ at a very young age – ~10 years old. They would turn on the music and say “Come dance with me.”
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 My fondest memories of any WLSC are usually the surprises. Any stepper in this contest should condition his or her mind to be flexible and stay relaxed and focused when faced with the unexpected. What were the surprises?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Tony Adway tells it candidly – straight no chaser about his intentions and what really matters to him. Here is Part 1 of my interview with the man behind the smile.
Reading Time: 2 minutes By a lucky circumstance I made it to the west coast last weekend to the SDC Third Annual Summer Set. This trip to San Diego was my first time on the west coast for a steppers event. My last time on the west coast four years ago was in Seattle for an Alaskan cruise. My San Diego trip was impromptu and I wasn’t ready. Really.
Reading Time: 3 minutes I had a great time at Stepaganza on my fifth year attending this event. In 2019, the event’s 10th anniversary, I arrived excited to step and did not want to leave. There were a couple of changes that made the event better and I had many reasons to enjoy this time in St. Louis.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Help Maiy’s Miracle raise $20,000 to support DIPG Research. Proceeds benefit Lucille Packard Childrens Hospital to fund the Maiyanna Marie Antoinette Clemmon’s-McCarthy DIPG Research Student Scholarship. Maiy’s Miracle Fundraiser has made 84% of their goal. I am writing to every stepper to ask for a donation great or small.
Reading Time: 2 minutes At the announcement of the Black & Bling fire sale, I learned that I Love Steppin’ 11 Anniversary and the fifth Annual Black and Bling are scheduled for the same dates – April 25-28, 2019. I approached Devin Smith about the conflict and our conversation ended with “Next year, steppers are just going to have to make a choice.”
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is always great to meet a new stepper that “really” enjoys traveling to step. My friends who don’t step still don’t understand what motivates steppers to go everywhere just to dance, so like-minded steppers make me appear not so infatuated. There are more than a few of us crazy travelers. Meet one of the steppin’ community’s most active, traveling, glamorous, fashionista ladies and find out where she is in her journey! Meet Rene!
Reading Time: 3 minutes I consider this one of LT8C’s most important posts. When I coined the slogan “love, live, step” a cause such as “Maiy’s Miracle” was at the heart of “love” and “live.” Steppin’ has helped and supported people in our communities by donating through dance. Today find out how you can help a worthy cause and “Dance for DIPG.”
Reading Time: 3 minutes After a late afternoon departure, my roadie, Miki Peden and I, made our way to Charlotte, North Carolina for our very first Hats & Boots hosted by Smooth Stylz of Steppin’. We were already late and Miki kept pointing out the photos already shared on Facebook for the event showing who’d already beat us to Charlotte and were dancing the night away. I couldn’t wait to get there!
Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you recognize the Chicago style steppin’ community as a union of the fashionably elite? I do. After a few weekend events in my first year steppin’, the parties put my wardrobe to good use.
Reading Time: 4 minutes I haven’t been home to Atlanta for a couple pf weeks now (LOL) and to not be there for the Black Tie Gala this year was surely a disappointment. I still wanted to hear all about it and so I had my friend Gabbi give me all the details about what I missed.
Reading Time: 6 minutes As the mind behind Chocolate Girl Productions and host for The Stepping Into Fall Affair, Barbara “The Chocolate Girl” Hawk should be a good person to talk to about getting your feet wet in hosting Chicago Style steppin’ weekend events.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Every time that my friend Michael “Mike B” Bennett returns from a steppers event his photo review and photo editorial shows up in my Facebook feed and always captures my attention. He always seems to capture a little of everything that tells the full story of his weekend and with music. I love his nostalgic point of view. I did not make it to the 2017 Adult Steppers Spring Break (ASSB) last weekend as I planned, but I know he was there. I thought Mike B was the ideal person to give me the recap on ASSB and share his perspective on what went down last weekend in sunny Florida.
Reading Time: 3 minutes I think I have finally recuperated from this year’s Heritage Ball weekend because it is truly a “no sleep weekend.” There are tons of gorgeous photos and videos from the event all over Facebook. I had my special moments – some caught on camera and others not on camera that made the 2017 Heritage Ball a memorable time for me.