Category: Steppin Community
10
Apr
What It Takes to Recognize the Stepping Evolution
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 7 minutes I want to make some points on the evolution of Chicago Stepping. Let’s first clearly define evolution: Evolution: any process of...
29
Mar
Spotlight on Women’s History Month. Leading Women In My Stepping Journey
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Continuing our highlight for Women’s History Month, here are five women who show me what the work has to be now...
27
Mar
Spotlight on Women’s History Month. Influential Women In My Stepping Journey
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 5 minutes This week, I highlight for Women’s History Month, individuals in the stepping community who to me exemplify the influence and power...
20
Mar
Dream, Plan, Do – Chicago Stepping Gone to Ghana
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 9 minutes To celebrate Women’s Month, we want to shine the spotlight on Michele Green, a woman taking the lead in the stepping...
06
Mar
Cultivating Confidence and Trust in Stepping After the Fall
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 5 minutes To enjoy Chicago Stepping, trust is essential. It’s not just about trusting your dance partner; it’s about having faith in yourself....
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,...
16
Aug
Changes in the Stepper Set Culture and Its Impact on Stepping
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 8 minutes INSPIRATION: Stepper Set flyers that say “All Dance Styles are Welcome” and someone on the set asking me, “Why is he...
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...
17
May
Sharvin Whitted Raises the Creative Bar to Market Steppers Events
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 18 minutes INSPIRED BY: “Let’s talk about event flyers and how they are perceived when designed by a professional instead of by an...
23
Mar
Tango Ernest Returns to Virginia and Steppers Flow
by Sonji
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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...
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...
12
Jan
Back to Our Roots Stepping Into 2023 In Atlanta
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 5 minutes In 2016 when I launched my blog, livingthe8count, my regular trips back and forth to Atlanta inspired the earliest segment of...
01
Jan
8 Things We Counted on in Stepping in 2022 and Now
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 5 minutes I never expect success from any endeavor while going alone. It’s the same for livingthe8count while writing and stepping in 2022....
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...