Sisters in Step

Tonight I went to the practice of the student organization here on campus called Sisters in Step.  They are going to be "stepping" in their first competition in November.  I'm going to be writing about them for The New Hampshire, which will be interesting for me.  I will want to try to capture some of what I saw during their practice in my article, but I haven't had much practice describing movement in my writing before.  I do mainly academic writing, so it will be intriguing trying to accurately depict the intensity I felt while they were practicing their choreography at the Whit tonight.  The thing about this group is that they are "steppers," which means they do a very specific kind of dance that includes a lot of clapping and stomping as opposed to a more smooth, melodic dance that one might associate with ballerinas.  I have a very basic idea about dancing in general, so although I am kind of clueless about all this, I am excited to write this article because I will push myself out of my comfort zone and in the process learn about a niche expression of art that probably not a lot of people on campus even know about.  Hopefully through my article, I will open other students' eyes on campus to this form of dance and to this sassy group of girls who love what they do and are excited to compete for the first time.