Steppin' on the Blues

"Gimme de kneebone bent" : music and dance in Africa -- "Keep to the rhythm a you'll keep to life" : the style of African American vernacular dance -- Overture to vocal choreography : vernacular dance on "stage" (slavery 1950) "Let the punishment fit the crime" : the vocal choreography of Cholly Atkins The history of bands : from African rituals to New Orleans : second lines: t FAMU marching 100 : historical overview--colonial America to World War I -- FAMU marching 100 : from ballpark bleachers to national TV -- African Americ secret societies : remebering the past and facing the future fraternities an sororities : "a way of remembering" -- Stepping : regeneration through dance African American fraternities and sororities : regeneration through dance.