Category: Steppin Community
29
Sep
How The Chocolate Girl Keeps Steppers Coming Back
by Sonji
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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...
26
Sep
The Stepping Community, A Place for the Squares and Now the Bums
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Not until 2017 did I hear the terms "squares" and "bums" used in the steppin' community. I have always loved how...
19
Sep
Breaking the Silence. I am Back.
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes In the last two months I stopped blogging and several steppers have asked me what is happening with the blog. In...
20
Jul
Why Tony Butler Asks The Questions No One Else Does
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Antoine"Tony" Butler's daily questions on Facebook have stimulated controversy, nostalgia and conversation. Tony you have caused quite a stir on social...
18
Jul
A Polite Plea for Proper Steppers Paparazzi Protocol
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 2 minutes When I saw Jewell Booth immediately turn her back to someone casually passing by and stopping to take her photo with...
02
May
Etiquette 7, Be The Person People Want to See Again, But Be You
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes I thought about writing this article for a long time. I tried to write other topics but my mind wouldn't let...
04
Apr
Getting Over Stepping on the Edge and Crowded Dance Floors
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 2 minutes One of my favorite people to step with is Sharvin Whitted. He helped me with one particular fear. When I saw...
28
Mar
5 Things Westside Mike Said Made Me Say “Oh!”
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes I made a promise to myself to visit Chicago this year on a week when there was no World's Largest or...
16
Mar
Ronnie B and the Story of His Music
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 5 minutes I met Ronnie B in Atlanta for the first time and I had been exposed to his music from videos I...
05
Mar
10 Memorable Moments From The 2017 Heritage Ball
by Sonji
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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...
24
Jan
Chicago Style Steppin’ From The Eyes of A Teen Stepper Cami Taylor
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 5 minutes We see young steppers on the dance floor but we don't hear much from them. It was my delight to interview...
19
Jan
Learning and Teaching From Walking Away From A Dance
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 2 minutes In more than five years dancing in the stepping community, I didn’t walk away from someone in the middle of a...
21
Dec
An Unforgettable Start to the Holidays Steppin’ in the DMV
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 3 minutes A three hour drive to DC changed my life last weekend. I had a chance to connect with some true legends,...
01
Dec
Are You Looking At My Hair Or Watching Me Step
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 2 minutes When I started Chicago Style steppin’ I experienced new hair maintenance struggles. On 4-5 day event weekends, I needed a hair...
29
Nov
A Love Letter from Sonji to LT8C Readers
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Thank you for all you do LT8C readers and supporters! This is the anniversary of three successful months. And, I have...
19
Nov
Henry Williams. His Journey to WLSC
by Sonji
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Reading Time: 7 minutes It is that time of year when some people take stock of the new year ahead and what they plan to...