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[8/26/2008 SteppersUSA News]
Today's Loss Tomorrow's Gain
By Markie Bee
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Once
again an area near Chicago looses a club that was supporting the
steppers community. this time for the second time in a year
as reported by Cynthia
Bean in her weekly report: "Miss Camille's Variety Club in Joliet, IL
has officially closed it's doors. 4 Steppers Organizations have been
displaced: Joliet Steppers, Just Us Steppin', MGM Productions, and 5th
Avenue Productions". Clubs close for a variety of reasons, and I don't
have the specifics as to why Miss Camille's shuttered this time around
but I do have some ideas for the various organizations which are looking
for new venues, as well as those who already have a venue and want to
keep stepping happening at the spot you go to. Most of this has been
hashed more often than corned beef at Denny's for breakfast, but there's
a reason for that. It's true!
Plugging and promoting to the steppers community is really important...
You need their support without them there is no steppers party of
steppers set... But it's just as important to appeal to those who
aren't part of the current community. I don't know of any really
successful promoters who only try to appeal to their existing
crowd (customers). For any venture to thrive (and be of real value to
the venue they are hosted at) you need a good mix of the old reliable
crowd and the influx of new people to grow the event, the venue and
the genre at large. In other words, never be satisfied with what you
have right now. You can sell any venue manager to support
stepping if you come to them with this attitude as long as you
follow it up with action.
Put your "regulars" to work! Suggest to them to bring a friend to a
steppers event who has never been to the club before. I know you can't
push them into this type of behavior, but you can create an atmosphere
at the venue where they'll want to do it themselves. How many times have
you been at a party that you had to tell anyone who would listen
to you say what a wonderful time you had? I promise you someone
worked hard to make that party work out so well.
Send your pluggers to SteppersUSA! This site has become the "Steppers
Google" where people can find the events, the instructors, the
workshops. It's a free resource for steppers and non-steppers alike. You
have no idea how many emails I get asking about events, and lessons and
workshops. Almost 1/2 of the visitors we get on the site are what are
classified as new visits (That market I just spoke about).
Hopefully, Joliet will get two or three new venues from this stroke of
bad luck thus creating a bright future in the far southwest suburbs of
Chicago.
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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
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