[lovelyivy84]

Originally posted by CrucialCrimson


Asian and Latino groups sometimes get accused of "biting" because that is what they often do at campus events!!! Part of the history of stepping is that each group has some steps that are unique to them and others do not imitate them. Not true with many of the "newer" groups who have embraced stepping, for WHATEVER reason as their own - if an Asian organization needs an African art form to express pride, go for it, but if you steal someone elses' moves, you will be called a BITER and I just hope you are in a tame environment where the bitten group doesn't take great offense!!!

See you kept it gully right here!

Tell the truth gul, tell the truth! People get hot when they see someone else doing their moves! If I went to a show and saw ANY other GLO doing "serious matter" (outside of the parodies which we ALL do) you know we would have something to say about it! How unthinkable! What a breach of etiquette!

But as I said in another thread, I think that when these groups do something original and create their own traditions and nuances then it is all good. The more time they are around the more distinctive they will become and the less you will see the "biting" and the less bad feeling they will generate.