ChiStepper has an extensive video library and we're about to start dropping footage that very few people have ever seen.  You're going to want to tune for some of this classic Steppers footage.  The video posted today features Andre Blackwell and Arlicia "Sha" Johnson, some 9 years ago.  I remember this contest like yesterday, as it was my very first time taking the stage, and completely embarrassing myself.

It’s the 20th anniversary of the World’s Largest Steppers Competition and the final preparations for the contest and Opening Night Gala are being put in place. The Majestic Gents, ChiStepper.com, and Dre and Company are proud to announce that we’re taking the entire World’s Largest Weekend to the Tinley Park Convention Center, which is connected to the Holiday Inn. The event will take place the 4th weekend in September instead of the usual 3rd, on September 24th and 25th. There will be room specials coming sh

Dramatics lead singer and founder Ron Banks, died yesterday at the age of 58 from a myocardial infarction. The Dramatics, originally founded as the Dynamics in 1962, are responsible for so many hit Steppin’ records. It would take far too long to try and mention all of them, but feel free to post some of your favorites in the comment box below. I heard the news by way of Tanya Banks, Ron’s daughter and a friend of mine. I remember speaking with Tanya, telling her that both the Dramatics and Stylistics were my two favorite soul groups of all time, and shocking

ChiStepper TV has posted the last of a series of videos from the 2002 V-103 Steppers Ball.  In this video, the camera focuses on Royce and Dani, but also features former Dre and Company instructors Ron and Angie, and Paul C. among others.  Enjoy!

The first wave of results from the 2009 ChiStepper.com People's Choice Awards are in.  In all, there were 2,164 total voters over the 22 categories.  In 2007, the voting period lasted 5 weeks and garnered 668 total voters, and in 2008 the voting period lasted over 3 weeks and garnered 1,513 total voters.  This years voting period lasted for 10 days and registered 600 more voters than the previous year (2,164).  Part 2 and 3 of the this year's Awards will be published tomorrow and Friday.  Stay tuned and congratulations to all of the winners.  As always, t

The first wave of results from the 2009 ChiStepper.com People's Choice Awards are in.  In all, there were 2,164 total voters over the 22 categories.  In 2007, the voting period lasted 5 weeks and garnered 668 total voters, and in 2008 the voting period lasted over 3 weeks and garnered 1,513 total voters.  This years voting period lasted for 10 days and registered 600 more voters than the previous year (2,164).  Part 2 and 3 of the this year's Awards will be published tomorrow and Friday.  Stay tuned and congratulations to all of the winners.  As always, t

The first wave of results from the 2009 ChiStepper.com People's Choice Awards are in.  In all, there were 2,164 total voters over the 22 categories.  In 2007, the voting period lasted 5 weeks and garnered 668 total voters, and in 2008 the voting period lasted over 3 weeks and garnered 1,513 total voters.  This years voting period lasted for 10 days and registered 600 more voters than the previous year (2,164).  Part 2 and 3 of the this year's Awards will be published tomorrow and Friday.  Stay tuned and congratulations to all of the winners.  As always, t

ChiStepper is tallying the 2009 People's Choice Awards and some of the results will be in a little later today.  To make the results more representative and fairer, we added a tweak to the analysis.  An individual and/or group was only able to place in two categories.  That is to say, the highest two scores that any group or individual obtained was left in the analysis, while all other scores from that candidate were deleted.  If an individual was also nominated with a group that they soley control, only the highest scores were recorded and kept.  To explain this de

I remember having a conversation with T. Pratt about which one of us would cover the Heritage Ball last week. For me, it’s a writer’s dream to cover widely anticipated events like this because of the masses of people you get to meet and dance with from all over the country. I did not go last year and vowed that this year would be my chance to see if all of the talk about “southern hospitality” was really true or not.

If GDI couldn’t tell from the packed house they had at Club Ellery’s on Thursday night, they certainly knew by the Friday Walkers workshop with over 100 participants that this weekend was going to be a smash. On Friday night, the group scrambled to rearrange the second half of the huge Georgia International Convention Center Ballroom, as they’d only prepared half of the room. Good thing they did, because there is no way that an estimated 1,000 Steppers for the pre main event meet and greet party would have fit.