IN THIS BOOK I GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE OF MY REALLY GREAT TIME I HAVE HERE IN CHICAGO AT THE STEPPING PARTIES I START WITH MY HUMBLE BEGINNIGS ON WHAT WE CALL THE LOW END AND I MOVE OUT TO WHAT IS KNOWN AS GODS COUNTRY BY MY GRANDFATHER AND I TAKE YOU FROM LEARNING HOW TO STEP TO PRACTICEING STEPPING TO STEPPING MASTER AND WINNING STEPPING CONTEST AND ALONG THE WAY YOU MEET MY FRIENDS KEITH WILLIAMS AND TYRONE JORDAN AND STEVE GREY AND ANTHONY WILKINS AND ROGERS BARLOW AND MY FAMILY BUTCH AND MY GRANDFATHER HENRY YOUNG TRIBBLE AND MY MOTHER THELMA MAE TRIBBLE KNIGHT AND WE VISIT SCHOLLAND NOW THE UNTOLD STORY ABOUT STEPPING IS BLACK LOVE AND THE STRUGGLE TO REMAIN SANE IN A WORLD THAT WILL TAKE YOUR SANITY IF YOU ALLOW IT AND IN THE MOVIE LOVE JONES WHEN LORENZ TATE TOOK NIA LONG AKA NINA TO THE STEPPING PARTY AND I SAW MY PARTNER CASPER STEPPING IN MOVIE AND EVERYONE IS DRESSED FOR SUCCESS AND THE MUSIC LIKE THE CHARLIE PARKER SONG HE PLAYED FOR NINA TO GET BACK IN THE BEDROOM LIKE THE MOVIE LOVE JONES WITH LORENZ TATE AND NIA LONG AND MY FAVORITE LINE IN THE MOVIE IS WHEN THEY FINALLY GET TOGETHER AND IT IS POURING DOWN RAIN AND HE SAYS IN RESPONSE TO HER QUESTION WHY IS EVERYTHING SO URGENT WITH YOU? HE QUICKLY SAYS BECAUSE THIS RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW IS ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME AND I LOVE YOU AND THAT IS URGENT THEN A MOTHER BLEEP BLEEP AND IN LORENZ TATES MIND IS THE POEM HE HOOKED HER WITH IN THE BEGINNING CALLED A BLUEZ FOR NINA AND THEN ASKED THE AUDIENCE IN THE MOST COOL CALM COLLECTED VOICE IS THAT ALLRIGHT AND LEFT THE LADIES LAUGHING AND CRYING AND WANTING MORE AND THE MUSIC IS SOMETHING THAT PENETRATES YOUR SOUL AND TAKES YOUR MIND TO A HIGHER PLANE THAN THE PHYSICAL EARTH AND EVEN IF YOU ARE ON EARTH THE EARTH IS TRANSFORMED BY THE MAGIC OF THE MUSIC AND THE ETERNALLY LIBERATING RHYTHMIC NEVER ENDING BASS FILLED BEAT SO YOU GO INTO THE ZONE OF GET YOUR STEP ON AND ENJOY A VARIETY OF ARTISTS AND BALLAD SINGERS AND A EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MUSIC STYLES AND YOU ENTER A NEVER ENDING FASHION STATEMENT AND SHOW AS THE STEPPERS LOVE TO DRESS UP AND MATCH WITH TAILOR MADE OUT FITS AND OUTFITS OFF THE RACK AND USUALLY AT A STEPPERS SET THERE IS PLENTY OF FOOD AND ALL IS WELCOME IN THE TRADITION OF AFRICAN CULTURE AND PEOPLE ARE TALKING AND COMPLIMENTING EACH OTHER AND THE VENDORS ARE MAKING MONEY BECAUSE ALL THE STEPPERS COME WITH BANKROLLS TO BUY THE FLOWERS AND TO TIP THE BATHROOM ATTENDANT WHO IS IN BLACK TUX AND BLACK TIE AND WHITE SHIRT AND THE BODY OIL MAN IS ON THE SCENE JUST IN CASE YOU NEED TO LAST MINUTE SMELL GOOD AND IF THE FOOD THAT WAS FREE IS NOT ENOUGH YOU CAN ORDER FROM THE KITCHEN AND YOU KNOW IS COOL WHILE YOUR STEPPING BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME OF THE SMOOTEST AND MOST COURTEOUS SECURITY PERSONEL ON EARTH GREETING YOU POLITLY AS YOU ENTER THE ESTABLISHMENT I CAN STILL REMEMBER SEEING THE MOVIE MALCOLM X STARRING DENZELL WASHINGTON AND SPIKE LEE AND THEY WERE AT A PARTH BACK IN THE 40'S WITH ZOOT SUITS ON AND THEY WERE SHARP AS A TACK AS MY GRAND FATHER WOULD SAY AND THEY DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY WITH A VERSION OF STEPPING THAT WAS VERY ATHELETIC AND FUN BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SAME CREATIVITY IN THE DANCE BACK THEN AS YOU DO NOW BECAUSE THERE WAS NO TELLING WHAT EXACTLY WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT BECAUSE THE DANCERS WERE SO ASTUTE AT HAVING FUN AND BEING CREATIVE AT THE SAME IDENTICAL TIME SO I AM SAYING ALL THIS TO SAY GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR STEP ON TONIGHT BECAUSE IT IS SATURDAY NIGHT AND YOU CAN ENTER A MUSICAL WORLD THAT IS SO RICH AND A CLUB THAT CAN GET YOUR EXERCISE UP TO A LEVEL OF NO RETURN BECAUSE YOU CAN GET INVOLVED SO DEEPLY UNTIL YOU WILL FORGET ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOUR DOING PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND YOU WILL BE JUST HAVING PURE FUN AND YOU WILL BEGIN TO BE CREATIVE AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT YOU WILL BE LIKE THE KING OF CHICAGO STEPPING SETS AKA KING A G AND YOU WILL THING THAT YOU ARE STEPPING ROYALTY AS WELL BECAUSE YOU OWE IT TO YOUR SELF TO GO OUT THER AND EXERCISE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME WHILE YOU ARE DOING I