Attention Steppers and Stepping Instructors, Presenting:
The 4th “ONE ACCORD” National Instructors Workshop for Certification
Hosted By: Cynthia Shanks, Chicago’s Own Original Master Stepper (OMS), Stanford Bailey and the Chicago "Style" Steppers, LLP Instructional Team
With the exponential growth of Stepping across the nation, an open market has been created for Stepping instructors. New classes are cropping up all over. Unfortunately some of the instructors just don’t know enough about Stepping for their students to truly benefit from the art. A lot of new instructors may have learned from someone who didn't know enough history or techniques to teach the art form properly.
Now with instructors across the United States and abroad teaching this dance of Stepping in whatever way they learned. Be it correct or incorrect is one of the reasons why the art form of Stepping has not been considered a National or International Ballroom Dance. Everyone seems to be doing and teaching something different.
When people travel the country, state to state, city to city or neighborhood to neighborhood, they should feel confident that if they venture out to Step with someone, both will be doing the same basic steps. This is why the STEP-ALIVE, nfp Foundation invites all interested instructors who would like to know more about the how’s, when’s, and why’s of Stepping, to come unify with us for one accord, in the teaching of the basic steps, turns, and much more. The dance of Stepping needs more competent and knowledgeable instructors.
There are generations of old and young in need of learning this dance, enough to supply the influx of Stepping instructors, new and old alike. It doesn't matter if your dance style is old school or new school. It would certainly help the entire Steppers community, if all Stepping instructors taught the same basic steps, regardless of their counting methods.
"ONE ACCORD” National Instructors Workshop and Certification Class of 2010
Bottom: Judy Alhamisi (Detroit, MI), Dorine Johnson, Stanford Bailey, Cynthia Shanks, Coco De Loach (Chicago, IL)
3rd Row: Michael Tucker (Plainfield, IL), Marque Riley, Patrick Daniels, Patrick Newsome, Derrick Calhoun ( Joliet, IL), Stanton Bailey (Chgo. Heights, IL), Darryl Davis, Demond Carter (Charlotte, N.C), Victor Bolden(Zion, IL)
Workshop Dates: April 27 - 29, 2011
Work Shop Pricing Information
1st Year Attendees: $650.00 per person (First 50 to register)
2nd Year Attendees: $375.00 per person
3rd Year Attendees: $300.00 per person
Deposit: $150.00 (non-refundable) Workshop Balance Due: March 31, 2011
Includes: Three 7 hour sessions of Educational Instructional Workshops
Certification of Workshop upon qualified completion
STEP-ALIVE / Chicago “Style” Steppers LLP / Stepping on One Accord Jacket & Double Sided T-shirt
Black Tie Dinner Ball & Scholarship Fundraiser (April 29, 2011)
Complimentary Tickets:
Stepping on "ONE ACCORD" Competitions
6th Annual Jr. High and High School Steppers Ball and $10,000.00 Scholarship Competition
Lodging: We have arranged a special room rate for participants at the Oak Brook Marriott of $89.00/night. When checking in or making reservations provide the hotel with the code "STEP" (before April 6, 2011).
The address and contact information for the hotel is as follows:
