Sunday September 16, 2007
Ladies of Unique Connection
9 Year Anniversary a Black and Silver Affair
Burbank Manor
6349 W. 79th St., Burbank, IL
8pm - 2am
Tickets $7 - At the door $10
Information: 773-627-3860, 773-615-8241, 312-618-6016, 708-359-5357
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Atlanta Steppers Coalition 2nd Annual Cookout
Perkerson Park
770 Deckner Ave, SW, Atlanta, GA
12:00 noon - 6pm
Free
For more info, 404-756-1859
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The Royalettes
Watra Night Club
4758 S. Pulaski, Chicago, IL
6pm - 12am
$5 Tickets; $10 At the door
For more infio: 708-296-3687
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The Steppers Club (ATL)
Paradise Restaurant & Lounge
1949 Mountain Industrial Blvd., Tucker, GA
7pm - 12am - $10 At the door
For more info: 404-931-1367 or
www.n2steppin.com
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Virginia Beach Steppers
A Time to Dance Ballroom Studio
5600 Virginia Beach Blvd., Ste. 105 Virginia Beach, VA
7pm - 10pm
$7 At the door
For more info: 757-650-6570 or
www.virginiabeachsteppers.com
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By: Markie Bee
(During the week before the WLSC SteppersUSA is focusing on Contest's)
Yesterday's User Submission brings up some of the age old debates about how steppers contest's are run and how fair they are, I thought I would weigh in on the subject.
The first point I would make is even though the Steppers
Community is growing
at a much faster pace than it did a few years ago, I feel the community
is still too small to be able to fairly judge itself in a
contest setting. It is comparable to a sibling judging another sibling.
You know a "fight" will ensue, no matter the result. Now before you jump
up and down and say who else can judge steppers doing the steppers
dance, let me give you my suggestions.
Other much larger dance communities there are literally thousands of dance contest's held in a years time catering to each genre. Many of those use professional dance judges. For the Steppers Contests, I feel the time has come to start using professionals. Many will say these judges aren't steppers so how can they judge Stepping? Think about this, these people are already knowledgeable of the fundamentals of dance. What would happen if these judges were given a "two day seminar" where they would be taught basics, history of the dance, shown videos of the dance (including contest's and how they were judged). To be fair to the burgeoning community, I would still keep perhaps 25% of the judges from the steppers community in the mix and I would split that number at 50% Old Skool/New Skool. Stay in your seat, I'm not even close to done.
I want to take a moment to look at another contest which will take place at the same time as this year's WLSC. I'm talking about the Tri-State Connection's contest in Tyson's Corner VA. From their press release: "Experience varies from beginner to professional level dancers. Approximately $20,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded." Last year, over 800 people participated in all of the weekends activities (including the contest). Also noteworthy in this contest website, in the category page you will find this: "Note: Stepping will be matched with steppers only." (Someone must have been reading the debate on Chisteppers.com). Take note of the scoring and judging methods used. It's noteworthy that a "chief judge" is employed to break ties, and the chief judges decision is final.
Tomorrow: Part Two
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