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[6/1/2008 SteppersUSA News]
Steppers Perspective Focus?
By Markie Bee
It's June! Wait! It's June, that means half of the year has gone by
(I've been telling you that I am the master of the obvious). Fiscal
years (used to) end at the competition of the month of June (at least
until someone learned how to stop the clock to suit their own needs).
Kids started their summer vacations in June (until someone figured the
schools could make more money by lengthening the school years by using a
trimester system). In June I compile all of my statistics from the past
year of operations on this (and other sites I manage) and add it to the
compiled stats from past years. I already do that monthly in many
respects, but I really only look at the "stats from a distance" to
keep a certain perspective which is different from what I do monthly and
quarterly. It's something that "needs to be done" by every business
including those who do the business of stepping or even for those who
are learning the dance (even the most advanced dancers are still
learning). How often do you stand back, and look at your progress from
"point a" to "point b", and from "point a" to "point c" etc. to gain a
different perspective to your unique place in time? Of course we all
"each in our own way" have a way to look at our "progress" in our
endeavors. Here, I just offer one more way to add to perspective, be it
a business related venture like promotion, or a steppers organization,
or personal achievement such as progression as a stepper. I'm going to
try to focus on this aspect of the unique world of stepping in June, so
stay tuned. If you have thoughts about how you get this "perspective
focus", please
Send us an email.
Speaking of email, here are a couple of emails I got relating to the
A &
P & The Dance Rewind article:
The first email comes from a regular contributor to the
History of Stepping Project
site,
Thank You, so much!
I really appreciate your guidance and direction for the big picture( Ad
& Promo) of our dance, Steppin. At the last L.A. King Dream Set, I was
so discourages by the lack of or poor representation as being a citizen
of the Stepper's Capital of the World, Chicago. I spoke, yesterday, with
a mission to my D.J. buddy, Steppin Wallace and the young man from Cal.
whose so overwhelmed with Steppin that his address currently is Chi.
Please, my Steppin family don't let this young man's enthusiasm and
passion for Steppin be darkened by the shadows of our personal
divisions. It is the obligation of the OGSteppers to teach all that they
know of the Steppin, it's history and to promote the new schoolers and
present them to the world as our own Chicago Stepping Idols. And to
promote them in the must sophisticate manner and style of our community.
Because, the greatest gift of a people is their art.
Steppinism is more than a dance.
bopdaddy@yahoo.com,
King of Bop.
The second email comes from Memphis which includes a plea for help from
the Community:
Just wanted to let you know....I agree! We are
a small group (21st Century Productions, Memphis, TN) but we are
attempting to be sure footed and steady in our growth of the dance here
in our area. Our community is small, as Stepping goes and compared to
Chicago or any major city.
A workshop would be welcomed.
Tags
Steppers Entitlement?
Recent :Steppers Entitlement? A & P & The Dance Rewind Steppin' Forward The Documentary Steppers Contest Dribble Steppers Psychobabble Part 2 Steppers Psychobabble Bunches of Steppers News Steppers Politico Certification Reader Questions Answered By Tanya Nash Why Instructors Need Certification (With Reader Additions) Why Instructors Need Certification Instructors Agony Outside a Bigger Box Serious Steppers Promotion Serious Steppers Officially official Keeping the Wheels Turning New Features Debut Today Rise of the South Why It Makes Sense Now Part 3 Why It Makes Sense Now Part 2 Why it Makes Sense Now Chicago Style Stepping Updates Chicago Style Priorities Change Divided they Fail or Not? Catching the Beat Catching the Beat Part 2
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
in any manner, please
Send us an email.
Steppers Community
Definition Added
Cross Reference Word
Index Added
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
Take the June Poll
Do you feel an instructors
certification program is necessary for the future of the dance?
Take a look at our You
Tube Steppers Video page and rate some videos (Seven
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!
WSI Steppers at the Savoy in Atlanta
Added to You Tube: May 28, 2008
Buy It Now On SteppersUSA
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.
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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