How Step In The Name Of Life™ Got Started
So how was this born...My Grandmother went to a party in Miami, Florida and saw people Stepping as a group in a dance that everyone in the group seemed to know called the Homey Twist. She was reminded of the original Line Dance the Electric Slide by Marcia Griffiths. She found out that they did this form of dancing as an aerobic exercise at Charles Hadley Park also located in 
Miami. She wanted to go but asked could I come with her so she could start doing this class as a form of exercise.
We went and learned the dances and asked if there existed a similar program closer to her neighborhood in the Carol City/Miami Gardens area of Miami. With the help of four key people Wayne Weaver & Carol City Optimist, Vernita Nelson & The City of Miami Gardens Parks/Recreations, Michael Doo Wright & the R.E.A.L. Steppers, and Mrs. Scott "Mama T", I was able to bring this popular form of dancing and exercise to Miami Gardens. But that was only the beginning. Since that time these classes have spread out to other areas including Fort Lauderdale and even Atlanta Georgia. These classes are fun way to make a Step in the right direction to Step in the Name Of Life. Find out if classes are in your area or how to start a class in your area.
How Step In The Name Of Life™ DVDs Got Started
The idea of a DVD was mentioned because it was needed. Sometimes people could not attend class and eventhough Step Dance classes existed Miami, visiting friends from other cities wanted to continue to do and learn these Step Dances. Also, as I traveled to other cities and perform some of these Step Dances, that there was a demand to learn them in a easy and private way. The solution was to put all these Step Dances in the most portable format available, DVDs and the Web. The sole reason the Step Dances were filmed was this is a great way to help our community across the world to get in shape in a healthy way while having fun. All too often the Gym is overbearing or too intimidating. Step Dance classes is a family atmosphere were everyone is welcome and everyone can work at their on pace doing something everyone loves Dance!
The Huge Difference From Regular Aerobic DVDs...
How many aerobic DVDs or infomercials do you see with people that don't look like they need to be working out or losing any weight, but also guarantee you that you will look like them in no time. Step In The Name Of Life is REAL people having REAL fun and losing REAL weight! This is not about buying a exercise DVDs, it's about how you choose to live your life. You can watch every single Step Dance right on this website and even 
find out how to start a Step Class in your city. Step In The Name Of Life starts as a Step Class but has become so much more. It is truly how you choose to live a healthier life. Read the REAL Testimonies of people that have lost REAL weight Stepping in the Name Of Life.
The Term Step In The Name Of Life™...
The term Stepping in the Name of Life™ is the perfect fit. I started stepping because of my Grandmother to help her with her exercise and once I began in Carol City/Miami Gardens, I could see that I needed to help our community everywhere in the world, not just in Miami with all the health related issues in any way I could. The Step In The Name Of Life™ DVD was produced to create a standard medium that could spread across our community to help us live longer and Step in the Name Of Life™. It's not just a DVD or a Step Class, It's How you choose to live your life. I believe everyone has a purpose for being here on earth and my purpose is to help as many people as I can become healther and live longer lives. Realizing this, I hope you choose to STEP IN THE NAME OF LIFE™ and live stress free and more.
Remember, NOTHING EVEN MATTERS BUT YOU, and ALWAYS KEEP LOVE & HAPPINESS IN YOUR LIFE!!!
Origin of Step Dancing also known as Line Dancing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A line dance is a formation dance in which a group of people dance in one or more lines, executing the same 
movements.
Description
In a small group there may be only one line, but usually there are several parallel lines, one behind the other. In this parallel line formation, the dancers dance in a synchronized manner, but independently of each other. There are usually no moves that require any interaction between the dancers, other than they execute the maneuvers at the same time.
Although line dances can be fairly simple, as with the 18 count 4 wall beginner "Electric Slide," increasing complexity can be created through several means. In general, higher-count sequences are more difficult. (One "count" corresponds to one musical beat.) The inclusion of unusual or unfamiliar sequences of steps also makes a dance more challenging. Body movements other than steps, such as hand gestures, can add complexity. "Phrased" line dances are written to go with specific versions of songs. Tags, bridges, and skipping over, or repeating portions of the dance, are all devices that are used to follow the phrasing in the music just like the Cupid Shuffle. These phrased dances require dancers to be more conscious of the music and not simply repeat the same sequence of steps for an entire song.
There are several variations to the parallel lines set-up. There may, for example, be two sets of lines where the dancers face in directly towards each other. In larger groups these will become several sets of in-facing parallel lines. In these "contra" line dances, the dancers will dance with the others in the facing lines. The dancers often weave in and out, exchanging places, or dance up to each other, and make momentary contact, such as a hand clap, or a swing, or take hold in Promenade position for a few counts, and then move on. This has it roots in Square or Round Dancing.
These contact maneuvers are more likely in the variation where line dancing takes place in two concentric rings with dancers facing either down the line of dance, such as Cotton-Eye Joe or El Paso or each other, such as a Barn Dance or Indian Outlaw. The Barn Dance exemplifies the mixer type of dance, where after each iteration of the routine, each dancer moves one partner to the left or right before beginning again.
Music
Line dancing has had a cowboy image, and it was danced predominantly to country-western music. This has been changing since the 1970's, when the hustle line dance became popular. Line dancing became even more popular with a wider range of music in the 1990s, as more young people took up line dancing (largely due to several pop bands releasing songs with videos featuring what later became line dances). Today, country music may make up the minority of a line dance DJ's playlist, with the balance spread over a variety of musical styles both new and old. Genres including Celtic, Swing, Pop, Rock, Big Band, Folk, and almost anything else that has a regular beat.
History and culture
Line dance is sometimes thought of as originating in the Wild West. In fact, it has a much more diverse background and there is a popular saying that "real cowboys don't line dance". Many folk dances are danced in unison in a single, nonlinear "line", and often with a connection between dancers. The absence of a physical connection between dancers is a distinguishing feature of country western line dance. Line dances have accompanied many popular music styles since the early 1900s, including swing, rock and roll, and disco. The variety and popularity of line dances in the late 20th, and early 21st century is, however, noteworthy.
Line dancing's current popularity grew out of the disco period, when the country-western dance and music communities continued to explore and develop this form of dancing.
Line dancing in the late 1990s, and so far through the 2000s, has changed in some line dance clubs with the main bulk of the dancing done to pop music. This has brought with it a renewed interest in this form of dancing.
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