[11/16/2009 SteppersUSA Daily News]
Time Marches On
By Markie Bee
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Yesterdays article titled, "History can repeat" did spark a little conversation in one respect. I got an email from Dan Land (SteppersExpress.Com) that drew some interesting and insightful conclusions I feel need to be shared (Thanks Dan).
One point Dan made, "Now if we look at the history of steppin. The real question is. Will many of the popular people around the steppers culture prevail or have some of these individuals actually played themselves out like an old steppers song that once pulled everyone to the dance floor but now cause everyone to go sit down?"
He continues… "I also question if this chapter of steppin is over no different then the 70's, 80's, 90's and other periods that came to past? People are looking for more details, facts, specifics and definition then the usual clichés, counts, beats and negativity that's been promoted. People are finding out the history and the more they find and uncover, they look at those who been lying to them about steppin or holding the truth back from them with a different perspective. They look at those who are in it for material purpose in the proper light."

 
 

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The fact that others are seeing much of the same as I am seeing gives me some amount of personal gratification.
As I mentioned in the column yesterday; "Chicago style stepping has staying power." The dance isn't going anywhere and will have its share of supporters no matter what happens with its popularity and adoption.
History can't be "shaped" no matter how hard we try. If you replace the terms old skool and new skool with the words older generation and younger generation, we reveal the underlying truth in all things (try telling a teenager anything). Generational change happens, it's something we can't control like the march of time.
There are those people in the Chicago style steppers community that seem to be trying to create a personal or professional legacy within the dance. The key word in the sentence as I see it is trying. Our legacy is something that happens as a result of all of our actions in the past through to the present and how it affects those people who follow in our footsteps in the future.
It's all about the dance and our contributions to the genre in whatever way we make those contributions. Just doing what we are doing will set our legacy which may or may not be one of notoriety or fame. Some of us may just plain be forgotten in the grand scheme of history while others may not.

 

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