Why Stepping Is Important To Me

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When I was young, I was never the shy kid at the cookouts or the birthday parties when it came to dancing. I was always the center of attention, and I loved it, It is just something about hearing people scream your name cheering you on that excites me. I was initially interested in stepping when I first saw the movie “Stomp the Yard”. I always imagined myself being a part of something like that and thinking to myself, wow it must be amazing. About a week after I arrived at Claflin University, I saw audition papers for the dorm step team. I snatched my phone out of my pocket to get all the information I needed without any hesitation, because I was excited. I showed …show more content…

However, stepping became easy once I did these few things. First, I had to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. When you are stepping you have to exaggerate everything you do, because it makes it look better. If you do not feel foolish when doing something, then you are not doing it right. Even when you do your mean face, you have to exaggerate to make the ugliest face possible and believe it or not the people love it. Even for the people who cannot dance, that does not matter when you are stepping. As long as you can exaggerate good that will disguise the way you dance. Make sure you do not lose control of your body when you are exaggerating, because then it will look sloppy. You have to have precision and balance or else you will not …show more content…

When the dorm step show came homecoming week I was so nervous you would have thought I was about to be interrogated. The female’s dorm Kleist had just begun finishing up and they came back and said, “High Rise you’re up.” From that moment on, my nerves began to take over. My heart felt like it was beating out of my chest. The crowd started screaming as soon as they saw us coming out onto the stage. Once I heard people yelling out, “yessss go Tre!, go High Rise!” those butterflies flew away and I instantly grew confidence. It was like I had a flashback of myself being in another cookout or party when I was a kid and I let it out. Before we could even finish our first step, the crowd nearly blew the roof off of the gym. Once I heard the crowd’s reaction that allowed me to get comfortable and start really having fun. After our performance, I knew we had a good chance to win but I wanted to stay humble because the other teams worked hard. After the last performance, they said that they were going to announce the winning team. I shook hands and hugged all of my teammates and closed my eyes tight like I was making a wish. The announcer said, “Drumroll please….and your winner is……. High Riseeee!.” The entire team ran out on the floor full of energy and joy; it was like we won the Super

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