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[4/28/2008 SteppersUSA News]
Chicago Style Stepping Updates
By Markie Bee

This months poll has been our most well received poll ever (675 respondents as of this writing) or at least the most responded to. remember the political phrase, "It's the economy stupid"!? It makes me wonder if it's because the site continues to gain readership at a great pace (Thank you for your support) of if (by results of the poll) the steppers community is trying to say something. One thing is clear to me (in my favored role as the Master of the obvious) steppers will go for a good party... Price may be an object at some point, but apparently not yet for the clear majority.
Word has it that an olive branch was offered to Lonzo concerning the Los Angeles event debacle via the Majestic Gents for re-unification. For those of you who may have been under a rock for the last couple of months, there is a dispute between promoters Lonzo and Lana over the popular MLK holiday event in January of 2009. From what I've heard, Lonzo has refused the offer to bury the hatchet despite the fact the national Stepping community has expressed a desire to see some type of amicable solution and see this as one event. As I heard, "The bus pulled up, opened it's doors, and he didn't get in. There may not be another bus for a very long time." I'll say this much... One thing to remember, the steppers community does have a very long memory so there will be a price to pay... One way or another.
From what I've heard, there are much larger problems in LA... a very real lack of men who are involved in the stepping community. I guess the women there will have to employ their feminine wilds to get some more men involved so they have dance partners.
In Chicago the National Steppers Society (View Plugger) have invited everyone to the Claudia Cassidy Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center at 6pm tonight to dance for free at a high profile event.


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If you or anyone you know has any photos, footage or information about or from any Steppers contests for the History of Stepping Project, I'd love to add it to what we have. It's Your History! OR If you have a personal recollection concerning stepping or if you care to help with the History of Stepping Project in any manner, please Send us an email.

Multiple Definitions Added Definitions Page
2006 3-G's Contest results added
Timeline Updated
Steppers Compete 2003 Timeline Updated
The Dungeon in Chicago in the 1970's
See the Personal Recollections Page
Gousters appear on the Chicago Scene Read a Personal Recollection Here

New York Steppers Completed the first level of NSAAB training certification a total of 7 instructors
Added to timeline

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Does the current economy affect your stepping activities?

You Tube Steppers Videos


Marc Thomas: Steppin in Columbus,OH
Added to You Tube: April 19, 2008

Take a look at our You Tube Steppers Video page and rate some videos (Six pages now)

SteppersUSA.Com sells Steppin' DVDs from across the Steppers Community. Click Here to view the listing or send us an email if you would like to include your DVDs on SteppersUSA.Com


The SteppersUSA Daily News and SteppersUSA.Com are both daily publications which update continually. We accept and publish Steppers classes and workshops, Daily events, weekly events, monthly events, special events, steppers news, requests for information which we can't answer but our visitors may have an answer to. All of this makes us the most complete listing of Steppers information available anywhere. Send your submissions and pluggers or flyers to us at webmaster@steppersusa.com TODAY!
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For those of you who promote and submit events to SteppersUSA you may have noticed we've added some new features. Some are for security purposes like the captcha coding. Other changes are to make the Events Submission Form a bit more uniform and hopefully a bit easier to use. An important addition is a three choice question where you choose... If you sell advance tickets, can they be ordered on line? The choices are a simple yes, no or Contact me about customers ordering tickets directly from SteppersUSA. This FREE service by SteppersUSA can help you increase your advance ticket sales all from one place. Think about it. Thousands come to this site every day looking at events and making plans. It's convenient for the customer and you make money! Don't have a FREE Pay Pal business account? Not a problem! Just click Here! Even if you already have a website it only makes sense to add a Pay Pal Button to SteppersUSA to increase the possibility of a sale. Customers can use any credit card including Visa, Master Card, Discover, American Express, or their Pay Pal account or directly debit their bank account. It's safe, secure, and easy. SteppersUSA will not ask for any personal or financial information or access to your Pay Pal account. We will only ask for information related to your button. As I said before SteppersUSA will not charge for this convenient service. Both you and your customers have everything to gain! Do you have suggestions to make SteppersUSA even better?  Please Send us an email.




 

Support the History of Stepping Project

Please copy the message below and send it on to as many steppers as you can please!

This is an open message to ALL steppers. Please share it with as many people as possible.

 As many of you may already know I started a new web site for the benefit of the greater steppers community. It's called The History of Stepping Project. I wish to encourage you to add your knowledge to the timeline. If you know anything about stepping, please share this with the public on this site. We are looking for all information related to stepping from it's beginnings to the present. The information literally includes everything from clubs and bars which held steppers sets and parties to contests and the participants and results, to when different steppers organizations and classes started, who the instructors were and are; Musical bands, and artists, DJ's, radio and television personalities, Movies, videos, and photos… literally everything stepping.
Creating an accurate historic timeline will go a long way toward helping the community take the next step in its logical progression as it continues to grow nationwide and will become a valuable resource for all in the future.
Your input, your knowledge and your effort have made the dance what it is today. Don't you feel your place (and your organization's) in the timeline is well deserved? I do!
Please send an email to your members or readers inviting them to participate. Place a link on your web site also please. All support is appreciated!

The effort requires more than just posting the information. The need for fact checkers, people willing to do some research exists in this important ongoing project. Just a few minutes a week can make a difference.

Thank You for your time!

Markie Bee
The History of Stepping Project
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Steppers Special Events Details
National Steppers Society View Plugger
Claudia Cassidy Theater - Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL
6pm
Free
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