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Transcription: [00:40:52]
{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"}
uh, the breakdancers can pick up somewhere
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because, because they can feel the uh, sense of rhythm and
make the note, make their own beat
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it may be unique to what, to what they feel
and umm, you know, which is good, because because
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that's what it's all about,
everybody having their own unique rhythm
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and just expressing themselves that way
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{SPEAKER name="Speaker 2"}
Ok, there's also not only the movement of the feet
and the rhythm of the hands and so forth
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but there's a, there's some chants,
there's some verbal part to it too.
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Umm, umm, is there any signifying,
is there any any uh, any uh, verbal contest going on here?
I mean you all, all this is going on at once
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but who you all talking about, or talking to or something
{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"}
Carlton?
{SPEAKER name="Carlton"}
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Ok, well, when we're stepping we're usually talking
about other organizations, such as umm,
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I call them non-fellowships because
they're not fellowships like we are but
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they're really fraternities, sororities,
umm, to the sororities we always have something nice to say about the women,
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and about the men we usually don't have too many nice things to say.
But umm,
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It's just a game, a little game while everybody does their own type of dance
you could call it
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and umm, it just, we compete to see who's the best.
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I think we are. That's why we're here in Philly, I mean DC.
{SPEAKER name="Speaker 1"}
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This is a form of competition - you know,
you play football, you play it under different rules
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you step, you step under different rules
you know, uh, in stepping, stepping is a, a non-contact sport
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alright, so in stepping, you, you have, you have to use verbal,
verbal communication
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it's it's just, just along the same lines as football.
Football, you tackle him
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in basketball, you put the ball in the hoop
stepping - you, you, you step
you make a rhythm,
and and you chant certain things
to uh, uh, to compete with the other groups,
and it's really competition for uh, crowd response
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So uh there may be some antics going on
uh during, during the show
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which may, which may get the crowd really involved
and get them chanting
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and, and clapping, and that's really what you want,
you want the crowd to get
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I mean to participate it what you're doing.
As you'll see over at uh, at uh, 3:15 today,
over on the other tent you'll see