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[2/23/2010 SteppersUSA Daily News]
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By Markie Bee
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Today's Steppers Beat column is sponsored by: WORD OF MOUTH ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. THE QUAD CITY STEPAGANZA Memorial Day Weekend 3rd Annual Fashion Show and Benefit May 27-31st, 2010
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From all of the reports I've seen and heard; the Heritage Ball Weekend extravaganza seems to have met or exceeded most people's expectations. I get "daily quotes of the day" and today's quote from Friedrich Engels "An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory." Goes to show lot's of planning and good old hard work can yield a memorable event that's unforgettable in a way you would want it to be. Be sure to check our photos section.
I'm sure unforeseen situations did crop up at the event, but it appears they were handled quickly and efficiently. The reason I say that is because I know I would have heard from some disgruntled stepper or seen a post (or many posts) on Facebook pointing out every little thing that was wrong.
When I read Terrance Pratt (Chistepper.Com) saying, "GDI pulled out all of the stops and managed to pull off what was the most fabulous Steppers weekend I've attended in all my years of Steppin'." I know it was one helluva event.
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There's just a little over two days left for you to choose what the date is for the National Chicago Style Steppers Day events. Be sure to go and vote to make yourselves heard.
We've made a lot of progress in gaining representatives in cities from coast to coast we're still looking for representatives from North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Washington State. You don't have to be a Facebook user to be a representative and it doesn't matter if you're old skool or new skool. It's all about honoring the dance and those who do the dance.
People ask me why I always seem to set goals that seem unattainable and unrealistic (in some people's estimation). For my answer I have to defer to my favorite company's outlook... that's Google... "Google sets impossible bodacious goals... and then achieves them." That's a quote I read at the top of a blog about the (more than) search engine giant. Google's culture seems to follow the Thomas Edison approach which paraphrased is "I haven't failed, I've just found lots of approaches that don't work, and I am closer to the solution".
Achieving 65% of the impossible is better than 100% of the ordinary - Setting impossible goals and achieving part of them sets you on a completely different path than the "safe route".
I make it no secret I'd like to see more innovation as well as a shedding of much of the old worn out vestiges of the past (where if you don't do what a particular clique does in a way they won't let you play) attitudes.
We're a decade into the twenty first century and I still see and hear about selfish and exclusionary tactics and they don't just happen in Chicago. It's time we all come together at least for one day a year to celebrate our dance and each other. That's why I'm asking everyone to climb out on this limb with me and try to bring everyone together.
 

 

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