Category: Steppin Community
09
May
Steppers Are Just Going to Have to Make A Choice
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 2 minutes At the announcement of the Black & Bling fire sale, I learned that I Love Steppin’ 11 Anniversary and the fifth...
17
Apr
Rene Ragland. Steppin’ Out Of Her City
by Sonji
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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...
10
Apr
Going International. Steppin’ Chicago Style in Brazil
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes I wanted to know how steppers in Brasil started steppin’ and where they are in this dance. I met Evandro Ontiveros,...
27
Mar
What Is DIPG? Will You Dance 4 DIPG?
by Sonji
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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...
14
Feb
Who Do You Love? When Do You Love?
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes First, thank you Cynthia Bean for sharing Pete Frazier’s comments in “Cynt 2 Cents” yesterday. If it wasn’t for reading your...
02
Feb
Maurice Thomas Is “Not Your Fashion Icon”
by Sonji
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Reading Time: < 1 minute First, I saw his hat. A couple of years ago I saw him in a tall red hat and oversized...
08
Jan
livingthe8count 2017 Year In Review
by Sonji
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Here is the 2017 Year in Review/Recap. I decided to put together a video this year since it's time for...
08
Dec
Understanding Threshold, Patterns, Synchronization in Stepping
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Sometimes the struggle to teach and learn to step Chicago Style rests with the paradigms and cultural differences that shape how...
29
Nov
Yanni’s Perspective on Dating in the Steppin’ Community
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 6 minutes When I first started learning to step Chicago style and going to socials and sets in Virginia, I met many new...
09
Nov
Realize Your Stepper Ego. Dance Uninterrupted
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes I am finding myself in this dance, but are you? How do we as a community help each other show who...
07
Nov
Cynthia Reaches A New Milestone In Her Stepping Journey
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Cynthia Catoe-Warren has been steppin' Chicago style for a year now and is one of the steppers in my local area...
31
Oct
Should A Lady Ask A Man To Dance?
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Should a lady ask a man to dance? I think there is no problem with it if a lady feels moved...
24
Oct
Talking With The Leading Lady, April Simmons
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 6 minutes There are great steppers coming out of other midwest cities besides Chicago. Whenever I see April Simmons dancing she is often...
17
Oct
Gossip With Gabi on the Atlanta Black Tie Gala
by Sonji
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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...
12
Oct
Choc James on Chicago Steppin’. Being Your Own Cheerleader
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 8 minutes Choc James piqued my interest because his name is popular on Facebook whether in videos, at an event, on a flyer,...
05
Oct
Steppers In Virginia. We Step Chicago Style Too
by Sonji
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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...