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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Sweet Honey In The Rock - "Keep Your Eyes On The Prize" (also known as "Hold On") Freedom (Civil Rights) Song



jim bakay, Feb 22, 2011

Inspirational music from an inspirational group

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube sound file with photographs of the a Capella musical group Sweet Honey In The Rock singing the civil rights song "Keep Your Eyes On The Prize" (also known as "Hold On").

This post also provides lyrics and a video of the civil rights song "Hold On (Keep Your Eyes On The Prize)". In addition, this post includes information about the Spiritual "Hold On" which was slightly adapted and sung during the American civil rights movement of the 1960s.

The content of this post is presented for cultural and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the original composer of this song and thanks to all other composers of this song. Thanks also to the Sweet Honey In The Rock vocal group who are showcased in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube. 
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This post is a partial reprint of the post that I published in 2014 on one of my other blogs "Civil Rights Songs". https://civilrightssongs.blogspot.com/2014/11/hold-on-keep-your-eyes-on-prize-civil.html

That 2014 post showcases two other YouTube videos of the civil rights song "Hold On" and  includes a visitor's comment that I didn't reprint in this post.

I was motivated to publish a reprint of that post in remembrance of difficult times in the past and as inspirational and strength giving words for people (and myself) in these difficult times that we are living in now in the United States and elsewhere throughout the world. 

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LYRICS: HOLD ON [Civil Rights versions)

Verse:
Paul and Silas bound in jail
with no money to forgo their bail
Keep your eye on the prize
and hold on, hold on

Chorus:
Hold on
Hold on
Keep your eye on the prize
And hold on, hold on.

Verse:
If religion was a thing that money could buy
The rich would live and the poor would die
Keep your eye on the prize
And hold on, hold on.

Chorus

 
Verse:
One and one that makes two
Tell you what I'm-ma gonna do
Keep my eye on the prize
And hold on, hold on.


Chorus

Verse
Know the one thing we did wrong
Stayed in the wilderness far too long
Know the first thing we did right
Was the day we started to fight
Keep your eye on the prize hold on, hold on

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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SONG
The African American civil rights song "Hold On" is a slight adaptation of the African American Spiritual "Keep Your Hand On The Plow"), also known as "Hold On". Instead of "Keep your eye on the prize", the Spiritual's lyrics are "Keep your hand on the plow". "Keep your hand on the plow" and "keep your eye on the prize" both mean to remain steadfast in your determination. The words of that Spiritual referred to those who were determined to live a Christian life. When almost the same words were sung in the civil rights protest movement, they referred to being resolved to continue that protest inspite of the possibility or the probability of very serious consequences.

As is true of other civil rights songs, all the words to this song aren't fixed.

Thanks to Mama Kemba for sending in the third verse to this song to my (non-inactive) cocojams.com website on 2/26/2008. Thanks, also, to bill allen for sending a message on 4/24/2009 to that website which noted that "Keep Your Eye On The Prize" is an urban version of the rural (farm or plantation) song "Hold On". bill allen also included these verses in his message:

1. When you plow, don't lose your track, Can't plow straight and keep a-lookin' back.
Keep your hand on that plow, hold on (Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.)

2. Wanna getta heav'n?, I'll tell you how, Keep your hand right on that plow. (Keep your eyes...)

3. When I thought I was lost, Dungeon shook and the chains fell off. (Keep your eyes...)

4. Got my hands on the gospel plow, Wouldn't take nothin' for my journey now. (Keep your eyes...)

5. The only chain we can stand, Is the chain of hand in hand (Keep your eyes...)
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Visit this Mudcat Discussion Forum thread about the song "Keep your eyes on the prize": http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?ThreadID=4136

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549,126 views • Feb 22, 2011

"Bring 'Em Out Coach" -Three Videos Of & Words For This Stomp & Shake Basketball Entrance Cheer




@SAGINAWDANCE SHOW, January 4, 2025

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases four examples of the Stomp & Shake middle and high school entrance basketball cheer "Bring 'Em Out, Coach".

These examples are given along with a description of the cheerleaders' formations and the words for those versions of that cheer. Additions and corrections are welcome.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, recreational, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the composers and choreographers of these showcased cheer examples. Thanks also to SAGINAW DANCE SHOW, publishers of these cheers on YouTube video shorts.

Read some information about Saginaw Dance Show in the comment section for this pancocojams post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/12/who-want-smoke-high-school-basketball.html for the closely related pancocojams post " "Who Want The Smoke" Stomp And Shake Cheerleading Entrance Cheers (videos, information, & words)."

Also, click the tags below for other pancocojams posts about Stomp & Shake cheerleader cheers. 

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
"Entrance cheers" are new cheer formations that are chanted by middle school and high school Stomp and Shake cheerleading squads prior to the beginning of their athletic team's competitive basketball games. 

"Entrance cheers" have distinctive formations. These formations usually consist of the cheerleaders standing in one row facing forward and then equal numbers of these cheerleaders sliding to the right and to the left to form two rows. The cheerleaders chant and perform foot stomping/hand clapping motions while standing in place. At the same time, the members of the basketball team run single file out into the gym down the middle row that was created created between the two rows of cheerleaders. 
The purpose of these cheers is to hype up their school's basketball players right before their competitive basketball game by introducing those players as a group to the crowd attending that game.

I happened to come upon these three video examples of the Bring 'Em Out" entrance cheer that are showcased in this pancocojams post while I was "surfing" YouTube looking for cheer videos. I'm showcasing these particular video examples because I like their creativity. However, I'm sure that there are multiple other videos of the "Bring 'Em Out" entrance cheer" which are also creative.

Examples of "Bring 'Em Out" are also performed by Stomp & Shake cheerleading cheerleaders as sideline cheers and as floor cheers.Examples of "Bring 'Em Out cheers are also performed by mainstreams cheerleader squads and by modified cheerleader squads (i.e. cheerleader squads whose cheers and routines combine elements of mainstream cheerleading and Stomp & Shake cheerleading.).

Please share the words to the "Bring 'Em Out, Coach" that you know in the comment section below. Don't forget to include where (city/state) and when (year) you chanted it or heard this cheer chanted. Also, pleas let us know if the example of "Bring 'Em Out, Coach" that you know was a sideline cheer, a floor cheer or an entrance cheer. Thanks in advance!
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/01/let-em-out-coach-high-school-stomp-and.html for a post on the closely related Stomp and Shake basketball entrance cheer "Let Em Out Coach".

Also, click the tags below for other pancocojams posts about Stomp and Shake cheerleader cheers.

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DESCRIPTION OF SHOWCASE VIDEO #1 & WORDS TO THIS VERSION
[All of the cheerleaders chant all the words together.]

The cheerleaders stand still facing forward and begin to chant while clapping their hands in time with the beat:
Who.Who.Who.
Uh oooooh
Uh oooooh

The cheerleaders continue to chant while they quickly slide to form two lines facing forward and immediately slide back to one line facing forward :
Who let the Knights out the house

The basketball players begin running single file onto the gym floor.

Who.Who.Who.
Uh oooooh
Uh oooooh

The cheerleaders slide back to two lines facing forward and remain in those lines while chanting the the rest of the cheer. 

Who let the Knights out the house
Who.Who.Who.
Let's play ball.

Except for the beginning words, "Who Who Who", this entire cheer is repeated until all the basketball players have run out onto the gym floor. The cheerleaders then stand in place and wave their arms in the air in the typical cheerleader exhilaration stance. 

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ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF "BRING  'EM OUT COACH".
These examples are presented in chronological order based on their publishing date on YouTube Video Short (except for Showcase Video #1.)

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

SHOWCASE VIDEO #2- BRING EM OUT 📣



@SAGINAWDANCESHOW, Dec 20, 2024
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Here's the description of this video and the words to this version of "Bring Em Out Coach":

The cheerleaders stand in one row on the gym floor near a door to the gym and facing forward.
The cheerleaders chant the words to this cheer in unison.  They begin by performing a synchronized percussive (individual) hand clap, swaying side to side to the beat, and chanting "Bring 'em out". (These are the only words to this chant.)

After they say "Bring 'em out" one time, equal numbers of these cheerleaders slide to the right and slide to the left, still facing forward. One at a time, the basketball players run out onto the gym through the middle row that is created in between the two rows of cheerleaders.

The cheerleaders continue chanting "Bring 'em out" while alternating these movements after they say those words. One row raises their arms above their head while doing a  double pop (side to side hip movement) and, at the same time, the other row claps their hands to the beat while swaying to the rhythm of the chant. These actions continue until all of the members of the basketball team enter the gym. At the end of this cheer, the cheerleaders stand in place and wave their arms in the air in the typical cheerleader exhilaration stance.  

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - 🏀🧡🤍 BRING EM OUT 📣 



@SAGINAWDANCESHOW, January 1, 2025
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Here's the description of this video and the words to this version of "Bring Em Out Coach":
The video doesn’t start at the beginning of the chant.

The video shows two rows of cheerleaders walking in a single file onto the gym floor chanting while shaking a pom pom in each hand. All of the words to this cheer are chanted in unison.

Words:

You know, I bet you won’t get buck*
I bet you won’t get buck
Bring em out.
The two rows turn to become two parallel lines facing the crowd seated in the gym. 

Bring em out.
Bring em out.
We ready.

The cheerleaders in the parallel line that is closest to the crowd turn their back to the crowd and faces the other line of cheerleaders. The cheerleaders continue waving their pom poms in the air and chanting. When they say "We ready", the basketball players begin running out onto the gym floor through the middle row created between the cheerleaders. The cheerleaders continue chanting.
We ready.
We ready.
We ready.
We ready.
Bring em out.
Bring ‘em out.
Bring em out.
Bring em out.

The row of cheerleaders that had it's back to the crowd turns back to face them. They continue to alternate their moves from shaking their pom poms to shaking their hips to the beat. They also continue chanting:
We ready.
We ready.
We ready.
Now bring em out coach.
On those words, the cheerleaders fold their arms and do a "gangsta pose" meaning "I mean what I say so you better listen to us."
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"I bet you won't get buck" means "I bet you don't have the nerve to challenge us (fight us; really compete against us". The phrase "get buck" has its source in the saying "go buck wild" meaning 'go crazy'.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/06/no-smoke-you-dont-want-no-smoke.html
"No Smoke" / "You Don't Want No Smoke" (children's & teens Stomp & Shake cheer with words, information, & comments)".The Addendum to that pancocojams post includes a video of a Stomp & Shake middle school/high school basketball cheer that includes the words "Knuck if you buck".

Stomp & Shake cheers that included the words "no smoke", "knuck if you buck", or "I bet you won't get buck" were widely performed in 2023 and 2024 by middle school and high school Stomp & Shake cheerleader squads. 

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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

"Mufasa - I Always Wanted A Brother" TikTok Trend (videos & information)



TikTok Session, january 6, 2025

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases two TikTok compilation videos and one YouTube video short of the "What Did You Say About My Brother" trend and the "I Always Wanted A Brother" trend from the 2024 movie Mufasa From The Lion King

This post presents also presents information about these trend and the portions of the song lyrics that are used for this trend.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composers of this song and thanks to the original singers of this song in the Mufasa From The Lion King movie. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos clips and thanks to the publishers of these clips on social media. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. 

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - What Did You Say About My Brother Trend | I Always Wanted A Brother | Mufasa From The Lion King


Burks, Jan 10, 2025  #tiktokmashups2022 #tiktokworldwide #tiktokmashups2023

Check out this hilarious video where we dive into the "What Did You Say About My Brother" TikTok trend featuring Mufasa from The Lion King! If you're a fan of The Lion King, funny TikTok videos, or viral meme trends, this is a must-watch. Join the fun with the Mufasa TikTok challenge and see why this new TikTok meme is taking over in 2025! Don't miss out on the trending dialogue and iconic Mufasa quotes from the movie, perfectly matched to the latest TikTok sounds.

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YOUTUBE VIDEO SHORT- i always wanted a brother 💕



@beautyflawsnall, January 3, 2025

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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TREND
from Google Results (for the question: What Is The "I Always Wanted A Brother" Trend?  
AI Overview
"The "I always wanted a brother" trend originates from a line spoken by Mufasa in the Disney movie "The Lion King," where he expresses his desire for a brother to Simba; this line has been widely popularized on TikTok, with users creating videos sharing personal stories about wishing for a sibling, often accompanied by the original audio clip from the movie.

Key points about the trend:

Source:

The phrase "I always wanted a brother" is directly quoted from Mufasa's dialogue in "The Lion King."

Platform:

This trend primarily exists on TikTok, where users often use the original audio clip from the movie to accompany their videos.

Theme:

Videos often feature personal anecdotes about growing up as an only child, longing for a sibling, or celebrating the special bond with a brother figure."

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LYRICS FROM THE SONG IN THE MUFASA-THE LION KING (2024) MOVIE THAT ARE USED FOR THIS TREND

...I always wanted a brother
I always wanted a brother
I always wanted a brother
Just like you

[...]

What did you say 'bout my brother?

That's not a stray, that's my brother

You stay away from my brother

'Cause I say so

Click https://genius.com/Braelyn-rankins-theo-somolu-aaron-pierre-and-kelvin-harrison-jr-i-always-wanted-a-brother-lyrics for the complete lyrics for this song.

Also, click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnqikN644lM for the official YouTube video of this complete song. 

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Information About Black People In Colombia, South America (Afro- Colombians) Two YouTube videos, A Wikipedia excerpt, & Results From Google Search


Czech in effect, Jun 26, 2024

The Black side of Colombia

Welcome to "The Black side of Colombia".Despite the warnings signs about it being dangerous City .I wanted to highlight the presence of Afro Colombians people in Quibdó Chocò.This town is 95% Afro Colombians the majority are Melanated ,Brown skin people like myself . Throughout my time here I felt more at home than any other City in Colombia.This Afro Community Welcomed me with open arms.from warm greetings and helpful directions-join me as I share my story discovering the beauty in the Black side of Colombia Quibdo and its people -

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases two YouTube videos of Black people in Colombia, South America.

This post also presents excerpts from the Wikipedia page about Afro-Colombians.

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, and educational purposes.

 All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the producers and publishers of these videos. Thanks also to all those who ae quoted in this post.

Click the tags below for other pancocojams posts about Colombia.
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I was motivated to research this subject and publish this pancocojams post because of news about Colombia's President responses to the United States about its mistreatment of undocumented immigrants being returned to Colombia in shackles  on board US military airplanes Click https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/26/gustavo-petro-responds-to-trump-overthrow-methe-americas-and-humanity-will-respond/ for an article about that subject. 

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2

ACE, Oct 4, 2023  #Colombia #Choco

Choco The Black Side Of Colombia. In this video, I visit Quibdo Choco an all-black city in Colombia to learn about the culture and history of the people that inhabit its land.

#Colombia #Choco
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-Q8_Ggoobs for Part 2 of this YouTube video. 

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EXCERPT FROM THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE ABOUT AFRO-COLOMBIANS
From 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Colombians
"Afro-Colombians (Spanish: Afrocolombianos), also known as Black Colombians (Spanish: Colombianos Negros), are Colombians who have predominantly or total Sub-Saharan African ancestry.

[…]

History

Africans were enslaved in the early 16th century in Colombia. They were from various places across the continent, including:[7] modern-day Congo Republic, DR Congo, Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Liberia, Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Mali and parts of Togo, Benin, Namibia and Zimbabwe.[8] They were forcibly taken to Colombia to replace the Indigenous population, which was rapidly decreasing due to extermination genocide campaigns, disease and forced labor.

Enslaved African people were forced to work in gold mines, on sugarcane plantations, cattle ranches, and large haciendas. African slaves pioneered the extraction of alluvial gold deposits and the growing of sugar cane in the areas that are known in modern times as the departments of Chocó, Antioquia, Cauca, Valle del Cauca, and Nariño in western Colombia.[citation needed]

In eastern Colombia, near the cities of Vélez, Cúcuta, Socorro and Tunja, Africans manufactured textiles in commercial mills. Emerald mines outside of Bogotá relied on African labourers. Other sectors of the Colombian economy, like tobacco, cotton, artisanship and domestic work would have been impossible without African labor. In pre-abolition Colombian society, many Afro-Colombian captives fought the Spanish, their colonial forces and their freedom as soon as they arrived in Colombia. Those who escaped from their oppressors would live in free Black African towns called Palenques, where they would live as "Cimarrones", or fugitives. Some historians considered Chocó to be a very big palenque, with a large population of Cimarrones, especially in the areas of the Baudó River. This is where Cimarrón leaders like Benkos Biohó and Barule fought for freedom.[citation needed]

African people played key roles in the struggle for independence from the Spanish Crown. Historians note that three of every five soldiers in Simón Bolívar's army were African.[better source needed][10] Afro-Colombians were able to participate at all levels of military and political life.

After the revolution, (modern day Colombia and Venezuela) created "The Law of July 21 on Free Womb, Manumission, and Abolition of the Slave trade" in the Cúcuta Congress.[11] This led to the creation of a Free Womb trade that existed until emancipation in 1852.

In 1851, after the abolition of slavery, the plight of Afro-Colombians was very difficult. They were forced to live in the jungles for self-protection. There they learned to have a harmonious relationship with the jungle environment and share the territory with Colombia's indigenous people.[citation needed]

Beginning in 1851, the Colombian State promoted mestizaje or miscegenation. In order to maintain their cultural traditions, many Africans and indigenous peoples went deep into isolated jungles. Afro-Colombians and indigenous people were often targeted by armed groups who wanted to displace them in order to take their land for sugar cane plantations, coffee and banana plantations, mining and wood exploitation. This form of discrimination still occurs today.[12]

In 1945, the department of Chocó was created, the first predominantly African political-administrative division in the country. Chocó provided the possibility of building an African territorial identity and some autonomous decision-making power.[13]

In the 1970s, there was a major influx of Afro-Colombians into urban areas in search of greater economic and social opportunities for their children. This led to an increase in the number of urban poor in the marginal areas of big cities like Cali, Medellín, and Bogotá. Most Afro-Colombians are currently living in urban areas. Only around 25%, or 1.2 million people, are based in rural areas, compared to 75%, or 3.7 million people, in urban zones. The 1991 Colombian Constitution gave them the right to collective ownership of traditional Pacific coastal lands and special cultural development protections. Critics argue that this important legal instrument is not enough to address their social and developmental needs completely.[15]

Afro-Colombians are concentrated on the northwest Caribbean coast and the Pacific coast in such departments as Chocó, whose capital, Quibdó, is 95.3% Afro-Colombian as opposed to just 2.3% mestizo or white. Similar numbers are found in the port cities of Buenaventura and Tumaco where over 80% of the population is Afro-Colombian.[16] Considerable numbers are also in Cali, Cartagena and Barranquilla. Colombia is considered to have the largest Black/African-descent population in the Hispanic World, and the fourth largest in the western hemisphere, following United States, Brazil and Haiti.[citation needed]

It has been estimated that only 4.9 million Afro-Colombians actively recognize their black ancestry, while many other African Colombians do not as a result of inter-racial relations with white and indigenous Colombians.[17] Afro-Colombians often encounter a noticeable degree of racial discrimination and prejudice, possibly as a socio-cultural leftover from colonial times. They have been historically absent from high-level government positions and many of their long-established settlements around the Pacific coast remain underdeveloped.[17]

In Colombia's ongoing internal conflict, Afro-Colombians are both victims of violence and displacement as well as members of armed factions, such as the FARC and the AUC.[18]

African Colombians have played a role in contributing to the development of certain aspects of Colombian culture. For example, several of Colombia's musical genres, such as Cumbia and Vallenato, have African origins or influences. Many African Colombians have also been successful in sports, such as Olympic weightlifter Óscar Figueroa and footballer, Patrocinio Bonilla, also known as "Patrón"..

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GOOGLE RESULTS FOR MY REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT AFRO-COLOMBIANS
"Colombia has one of the largest populations of people of African descent in Latin America. The exact percentage of Afro-Colombians in the country varies, but estimates range from 9% to 26%.

Population

2018 census

4,944,400 people identified as Black, Afro-Colombian, Raizal, or Palenquero, which was 9.34% of the population

2023 estimate

7,800,000 people identified as Black, Afro-Colombian, Raizal, or Palenquero, which is about 15% of the population

Latinobarómetro 2023 study

9% of the population identified as Black, Afro-Colombian, Raizal, or Palenquero

Location

Afro-Colombians are concentrated in rural areas along the Pacific Coast and in the departments of Chocó, Magdalena, Bolivar, and Sucre

Some Afro-Colombians have also moved to poor neighborhoods in large cities

Marginalization

Afro-Colombians are among the most marginalized communities in Colombia

They face political and socioeconomic marginalization, and many live in extreme poverty

The Colombian health care system covers only 10% of Black communities

History

Spanish colonists brought enslaved Africans to Cartagena in the 16th century

Afro-Colombians have a strong culture of resistance against colonial oppression and ethnic discrimination."

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Monday, January 27, 2025

Six Videos Of Sophisticated Sounds & Steppers Drill Team And Drum Squad (from 2010-2024)


DrillTeamMagazine. Nov 16, 2010 [seniors]

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases six YouTube videos of the Sophisticated Sounds & Steppers (drill team).

My brief editor's note is included in this post.

This pancocojams post doesn't include any comments or descriptions beyond any summary that the video's publisher wrote.i

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks for all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/01/five-youtube-videos-documenting-african.html "Five YouTube Videos Documenting African American Drill Teams Influences On Stomp & Shake Cheerleader Movements (1994-2012)".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/01/five-youtube-videos-documenting-african.html
"Five Videos Of Early 1990s African American Children & Youth Parade Drill Teams (Seattle, Washington)".

Also, click the tags below for more pancocojams posts on African American drill teams 

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE:
This drill team organization was randomly selected for this pancocojams post because I happened upon multiple videos of their performances.

I'm not affiliated with Sophisticated Sounds & Steppers or any other drill team organization. I've never seen this drill team in person and I have no knowledge about them other than the videos that I've watched.

I wasn't aware that the Sophisticated Sounds & Steppers Drill Team And Drum Squad was the drill team that was featured on Jennifer Hudson's nationally syndicated talk show until I happened upon that video and read its summary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfevlp9M9fo Impressive Drill Team Led by Adorable 5-Year-Old Captain — Extended Performance, Jennifer Hudson Show, Sept 21, 2024
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Watch the Sophisticated Sounds & Steppers Drill Team & Drum Squad from South Los Angeles blow away Jennifer Hudson on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”
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Notice that the summary for that video indicates that the 
Sophisticated Sounds & Steppers Drill Team And Drum Squad is located in South Los Angeles, California.

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It's likely that I will showcase other African American drill team organizations in subsequent pancocojams posts. 

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ADDITIONAL SHOWCASE VIDEOS

These videos showcase one video each of the age levels within this drill team organization. (A video of the Seniors is showcased at the top of this post.)

These videos are presented in chronological order based on their publishing date on YouTube.

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only. 

SHOWCASE VIDEO #1 - 
Sophisticated Sounds & Steppers Adults @ Black Diamond 22nd Annual Drill Team & Drum Competition

DrillTeamMagazine,  Dec 7, 2013

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - 
Sophisticated Sounds & Steppers Drum Squad @ Black Diamonds 2018


Sophisticated s,   Nov 11, 2018

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - Sophisticated juniors at Las Vegas high stepper competition 2019


Kenisha Thomas, Aug 25, 2019

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4: sophisticated sounds & steppers (peewees) @westside comp 2024



Clif Smith, May 12, 2024

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Five YouTube Videos Documenting African American Drill Teams Influence On Stomp & Shake Cheerleader Movements (1994-2012)


SeattleDrillTeamHistory,   Jul 18, 2013

Babynetts & Electronetts  Drill Team

@ Black Community Festival ( Central District Area)

Seattle, WA, July 1994

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post documents the influence of African American communities' drill teams on Stomp and Shake cheerleading movements.

This post is presented without any comments or editorial notes.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks for all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/04/five-videos-of-early-1990s-african.html for the related pancocojams post "Five Videos Of Early 1990s African American Children & Youth Parade Drill Teams (Seattle, Washington)".

Also, click the tags below for more pancocojams posts on African American drill teams, African American parades, and Stomp and Shake cheerleading.
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ADDITIONAL SHOWCASE VIDEOS

SHOWCASE VIDEO #1 - Xplosive Pee Wees @ Black Diamond Competition 2010.mp4


DrillTeamMagazine, Nov 15, 2010

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - Black Diamond (Seniors) @ G Town Competition 2011


DrillTeamMagazine, May 4, 2011

The G-Town Royalettez & Knightz Drill Team & Drum Squad

16th Annual Drill Team & Drum Competition

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 -IRS Drill Team


IRS Drill Team, Jul 10, 2011

Our Performance At The First Beginning CIA Annual Competition In Cincinnati, Oh. We Scored First Place And Best Captain In Precision Division.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4 - JAZZ STEPPERS DRILL TEAM



Richard Isbell Aug 13, 2012

Jazz Steppers of North Chicago, IL, 1st place winners of the 2012 "SHOW UP &

SHOW OUT" PT.5 drill team/drumline competition, held in Mich City, IN July 21,2012

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Sunday, January 26, 2025

Video Examples Of Two Lines Facing Each Other Formations In African American Singing Games, Soul Train Line, Stomp & Shake Cheerleading, & Jennifer Hudson Show Spirit Tunnels


folkstreamer, Aug 3, 2006

A 1967 film by Bob Eberlein and Bess Lomax Hawes that looks at continuity and change in girls' playground games at a Los Angeles school
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/04/pizza-pizza-daddy-o-african-american.html for the pancocojams post "Pizza Pizza Daddy-O (African American Children's Singing Game Lyrics, Videos, & Performance Directions)".

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This pancocojams post showcases video examples of two line formations in the following African American performance arts: children (and family) singing games, Soul Train Lines, Stomp and Shake Cheerleading (entrance cheers), and Jennifer Hudson Show Spirit Tunnels.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, recreational, and entertainment purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to all those who were associated with producing these videos and publishing them on YouTube.

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ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF THIS TWO LINES FACING EACH OTHER FORMATIONS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMANCE ACTIVITEIS


These examples are given in relative chronological order based on their publishing dates on YouTube.
Examples are given without any accompanying information or lyrics (words) to any songs, chants, or records. 

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only. A link to a pancocojams post about these examples is given below the example.


SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - Zoodio


 Lotties Flock, Aug 2, 2009
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This African American children's (family) singing game is called "Here We Go Zoodio".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/05/here-we-go-zoodio-zudie-o-zudiozodiac.html "Here We Go Zoodio" ("Zudie-O", "Zudio","Zodiac") - Part I (Words To Various Versions)".

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - Soul Train Line O'Jays Love Train.flv



jimmieskaggs, Nov 12, 2010

Soul Train Line to the O'Jays Love Train
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/02/video-of-late-1970s-soul-train-line.html?m=0 "Video Of A Late 1970s Soul Train Line With Comments About The Dancers' Fashions" for one pancocojams posts about the Soul Train Line.

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/02/the-roots-of-soul-train-line-formation.html "The Roots Of The Soul Train Line Formation" for a 2012 pancocojams post about the Soul Train Line.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4 - Let ‘em Out Coach ‪



Coach Jay, October 15, 2022
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According to two comments in the discussion thread for a 2018 copy of this same YouTube video,
this cheer was taped at a practice session for these cheerleaders. In the actual performance of the cheer, the members of the basketball team run (usually single file) in the "row" between the two rows of cheerleaders.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/01/let-em-out-coach-high-school-stomp-and.html for a pancocojams post about this cheer.  

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #5- Blair Underwood passed the vibe check ❤️

—— Jennifer Hudson spirit tunnel #shorts



@BRIGHTANDBOLDNY, Nov. 1, 2024 
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/01/blair-underwood-performs-stroll-dance.html for the pancocojams post "Blair Underwood Performs The 1950s Stroll Dance Moves In His 2024 Jennifer Hudson Show "Spirit Tunnel".

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/01/my-guess-about-why-jennifer-hudson.html for the pancocojams post "Some Differences Between The Mainstream United States "Spirit Tunnels" And The Jennifer Hudson Show's "Spirit Tunnels" ".

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"Let ‘Em Out, Coach" High School Stomp And Shake Entrance Cheer (video, words, & comments)


Coach Jay, Oct 15, 2022

West wood cheer
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In this video, high school female cheerleaders practice a cheer near a door of their school's gym. The basketball team isn't present and thus aren't shown during the portion of the cheer when the basketball players run out in the middle row between the two vertical lines of cheerleaders.

Another copy of this same video was published by WestWood Cheer, November 13, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUqqaDrqWOw.

The visual quality of that 2018 video is cheer as good as the visual quality for this 2022 video. However, the comment feature is turned off for this 2022 video while the comments are still allowed for the 2018 video. Some of those comments are included below in this pancocojams post.
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This cheerleader squad may be from Blythewood, South Carolina.

Please confirm this information or share the correct location of this cheerleading squad's school. Thanks! 

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Latest revision -January 30, 2025

This pancocojams post showcases a video, words, and selected comments about the middle school and high school Stomp and Shake entrance cheer "Let 'Em Out, Coach" (also given  as "Let 'Em Out" or "Let Them Out").

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, recreational purposes, and aesthetic purposes. 

All copyrights remain with their owners. Thanks to all those who composed these cheers and thanks to all those who are featured in this video. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/12/who-want-smoke-high-school-basketball.html for the closely related pancocojams post " "Who Want The Smoke" Stomp And Shake Cheerleading Entrance Cheers (videos, information, & words)."

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/01/bring-em-out-coach-three-video-words.html for the closely related pancocojams post whose title is "
"Let ‘Em Out, Coach" High School Stomp And Shake Entrance Cheer (video, words, & comments)."

Click the tags below for other pancocojams posts about Stomp & Shake cheerleader cheers. 

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
"Entrance cheers" are new cheer formations that are chanted by middle school and high school Stomp and Shake cheerleading squads prior to the beginning of their athletic team's competitive basketball games. The purpose of these cheers is to hype up their school's basketball players right before their competitive basketball game by introducing those players as a group to the crowd attending that game. 

"Let' em Out, Coach" is a middle school/high school Stomp and Shake entrance cheer. "Entrance cheers" have distinctive formations. It the earliest online videos of  these cheers that I've come across (in late 2022), the cheer begins with the cheerleaders standing in two equal size vertical lines facing forward near a door leading into the school gym. There's a wide space (a middle row) between those two vertical lines. The cheerleaders remain in those two lines throughout the entire cheer repeating the same words to that brief chant.

At a recognized time in that chant, the members of the basketball team run out through that middle row onto the gym floor. Usually, the basketball players run in single file without dribbling or holding a basketball. However, sometimes more than one of those basketball players run down that middle row together and sometimes some or all of those basketball players dribble or hold a basketball.

In what may be a later (late 2024) version of this cheer formation, at the beginning of these types of stomp and shake cheer, all of the cheerleaders stand in one vertical line facing forward, but at a designated point in that cheer, an equal number of cheerleaders slide to the right and to the left (at the same time) forming two vertical lines facing forward. At the end of the cheer, the two lines might remain the same, or may merge back into one vertical line facing forward. 

Based on examples that I have come across online, a particular entrance cheer may have the exact same title but the words might be slightly different. Also, the movements that are performed for a cheer with the same title may be slightly different or considerably different. The tune and tempo for cheers with the same or similar titles are usually the same, but also could be different.

Based on video examples on TikTok, YouTube Short, and other internet social media, it appears that the two entrance cheers that are currently (December 2024 and January 2025 widely performed by majority African American middle school and high school Stomp and Shake cheerleaders squads are "Who Want Some Smoke" and "Bring 'Em Out" *. It should be noted, that in those two cheers the cheerleaders stand in two  lines* and always face forward while in "Let 'Em Out, Coach", the cheerleaders stand in two  lines* and always face each other.

*A pancocojams post on the entrance cheer "Bring "Em Out" will be published ASAP and that post's link will be included here. The video that is embedded in that post shows cheerleaders beginning with one line facing forward and then an equal number of cheerleaders sliding to the right or to the left forming two lines facing forward with a wide space in the middle. The basketball players run down that "row" onto the gym floor. 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/12/who-want-smoke-high-school-basketball.html "Who Want The Smoke" Stomp And Shake Cheerleading Entrance Cheers (videos, information, & words)".

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/01/two-more-video-examples-of-who-want.html for the pancocojams post "Two More Video Examples Of The "Who Want The Smoke" (A Middle Shool & High School Stomp & Shake Entrance Cheer) With Selected Viewers' Comments".

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WORDS FOR THIS EXAMPLE OF THIS CHEER (with my explanations of those words)

Push it. Push it. Push it.
Push it Push it Push it.
We on go mode.
We on go mode.
We on go mode.
Let ’em out!

[repeat entire cheer]
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This is my transcription of the version of this cheer that is performed in this pancocojams post's showcase video. Additions and corrections are welcom.

Explanations for the words in this cheer:

"Push it" is an exclamation that conveys excitement and enthusiasm. In the context of this cheer it may mean something like "Increase the energy".

"We on go mode" = "We are ready to start playing (that competitive athletic game or some other competitive activity). This saying is also given as "We on game mode". 

"Let 'Em out!" = Let the basketball players enter the gym for the beginning of their competitive game.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PERFORMANCE ACTIVITY FOR THIS EXAMPLE OF THIS CHEER*
The cheerleaders stand in two vertical lines facing each other 
near the door to the basketball court. The cheerleaders stand with their legs slightly apart and their hands held  behind they back. 

 The cheerleaders begin chanting in unison and the chanting continues in unison throughout the entire cheer.

Each cheerleader rhythmically does a slow hip shaking motion while stretching out one arm at a time and then performing a "pat me down" motion with both of their hands. This motion starts with 
patting both of their thighs at the same time and then slowly and rhythmically moving one hand after the other  near each side of their chest. 

When they begin chanting "We on go mode", alternating cheerleaders do one of two activities. One cheerleader chants while standing erect and forcefully clapping her hands from side to side while the cheerleader next to her crouches down and forcefully claps her hands from side to side.
The cheerleaders clap in double time tempo while chanting "We on go mode" 

The cheer ends with all of the cheerleaders standing up and pointing to the gym door while saying “Let’em out, coach"

*Please improve this description of this cheer's performance activity. Thanks! 

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR THE 2018 CPY OF THE VIDEO OF THIS CHEER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUqqaDrqWOw

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

2018

1.@ashontiharris5766
"What are the words for the clapping part?"

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2. @kaylagrant9624
"we on go mode x3

let em out coach!!"

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2019

3.@izaboobella8070
"I thought they did darn good! I'd be pumped at that game! Great job ladies!!!!"

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@chocolatedrop1392
"Thes was🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥get it"

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4. @daasiiaaa.k
"my school does this cheer but instead of “push it” we say “get it”"

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5.@izzyivory5155, 2020
"Same we say get it too"

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6. @Livingwithmaree, 2022
"we say get it to because they think we saying some else."

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7. @taylordews2200
"My team did this but we didn’t say push it cause it sounded like a cuss word soo :

(Push it part in head)

We on game mode (x3)

Let em out coach

(Push it part in head)

We on game mode(x3)

Go gators go"
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The "cuss word" that this commenter and others is/are referring to is the word "p-ssy".

The "part in head" words in the first line in this version of that cheer may be the words "go head" (go ahead).

"Gators" refers to the basketball team (i.e. That's the name of their school mascot.)  

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8. @izzyivory5155, 2020
"We just say get it instead of push it".

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9. @mykacarroll3228
"This cheer is very nice but the legs are sloppy and so are the hands. I’m a cheer coach. I love the cheer very much so but just my thought"

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10. [name not retrieved]
"Myka Carroll ......and their coach runs this page ... it was never intended to be public .. it was for practice purposes only .. they perform very well ."

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11. @ugonmakalu3474
"I love y’all cheers so much 😍 we use em on my cheer squad 😂 we so unoriginal 😂💀. But ily 😍😂

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12. @westwoodcheer4965
"not cha friend!! Awww! Nothing wrong with that! We are inspired by many teams at times as well!! Thank you love ❤️"

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13. @sashaslife6999, 2020
"It’s always that one person gotta say smth"

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14. @ilovefood9581, 2020
"It’s a chill dance to let the team out... it’s not supposed to be all stiff and straight legged"

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15. @Ellie-wf4cr, 2021
"thanks for being a cheer coach… but these girls are AMAZING and they have their own coach so they don’t need your opinion😊. please don’t put any hate on youtube!!! only bring people up hon! (imma  girl cheerleader on my dogs account btw😂)"

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16. @suoutubez19, 2021
"This isn’t during a game, it looks like practice :)"

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2020

17. @simplytutu3517
"The cheerleading I see is way different than this besides the stomping."

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18. @ease613
"My team does this exact cheer"

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19. @MiaRoseJ
"We do the same thing 😂"

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2021

20. @MeMe-ry1oj
"Now why does this sound like a chorus to a song, soooo good"

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21. @adeniyiakanbi1008
"Their Copy cats by the way"

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22. @butterup9443
"@adeniyiakanbi1008  *They’re

how are they copy cats"

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23. @McFlurrArtt, 2022
"@adeniyiakanbi1008  everyone uses the same cheer dawg some dont ohwell"

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24. @that_gurlgray
"My school literally has all of y’all’s same cheers😭😭"

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25. @kayannmusical352
"It sounds like they are saying the bad word but it just push it"

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26. @luv4sunoo917
"We do the same except it’s “coach let em know”"

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27. @laylashorts5865
"That beat was fire"

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28. @clxreqlowss2641
"What are they saying?🤣 But love it other wise! Sounds so perfect!"

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29. @kaalen_wilson
"Y'all ate that."

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30. @kayleeee1234
"This is cool but it doesn’t seem like cheerleading.. sorry not sorry"

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31. @sisterpower6050
"Girl it’s because it’s black cheer so ? Stop hating “swagger sunny” I do black cheer it’s better then your cheer whatever u do"

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32. @yayabaeeeee8937
"it’s sns.."
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sns = "stomp n (and) shake"

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33. @user-ri6oh4lj6f
"its a cheer for when the players run in"

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34. @dinorexyhehe
"Sounded like they were saying a Girl part or was it Push it"

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35. @cadencepawley7384
"You Girls are so cool"

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36. @Samantha_bad13
"My school does this but we do different moves"

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37. @The1Talentfinder
"What are they saying after “push em”. “We don’t want”……what? I love this cheer but I don’t know what they are saying at that part"

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Saturday, January 25, 2025

An Instructional Video About How To Do The Traditional South African Zulu Dance (Ukusina) With English Translation



sfiso_44 May 23, 2021

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Here's my description of this video: A young Black man wearing Western style jeans and t-shirt stands outdoors on a paved pier near some water. The man speaks in Zulu, providing instructions about the traditional Zulu dance (Ukusina) and demonstrates how to do that dance.

This video includes English language captions for these Zulu instruction. 
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This pancocojams post showcase a YouTube video that presents instructions for performing the Zulu Ukusina (dance). That video is narrated in Zulu and includes the English language captions. This post presents those English language captions separately. This pancocojams post also showcases two additional YouTube videos of Ukusina> The Addendum to this post presents a few comments about that dance from several online sources. The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes. All copyrights remain with their owners. Thanks to sfiso_44 for sharing instructions for this traditional Zulu dance. Thanks to all those who are featured in this post and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these YouTube videos whose links are included in this post. -snip- Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/01/comments-from-various-youtube-videos.html for the closely related pancocojams post "Comments From Five YouTube Videos' Discussion Threads About Zulus' Ukusina Performances (South Africa)".

Also, click the tags below for other pancocojams posts about this traditional South African (Zulu) male or female dance form. 

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HOW TO DO THE ZULU DANCE (UKUSINA)
From the English language captions that are given within this video.

[Pancocojams Editor: My explanatory notes about these instructions are indicated in this transcription and are given in parenthesis after this transcription.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVU3q3OyF-8
“Ukugida “Zulu Dance” is a part of our cultural practices as Zulus.

This type that I’m about to show you is called “Shiyameni” performed on socio-cultural celebrations as part of the celebration.

I will show you how to prepare yourself.

Before you do the Zulu Dance, there is something called “Ukufasa” to prepare yourself.

Step 1-Your glutes must point out, away from your body.
(Read note a.)

Step 2
- “Igxobo or Ibhampa”

You just stamp your feet halfway (from waist level)

It is then up to you how you play around with your feet.


Step 3
- Ukusina

Lift your leg fly up high above your shoulder/head at least two times.
(Read note b.)


Step 4-
-iphoyinti
Play around and close. The crowd will then call you by your nickname! For standing ovations."
(Read notes c and note d.)
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Here are my brief explanatory notes about portions of that transcription. Additions and corrections are welcome. 

a) The English meaning of “glutes” is “gluteal muscles, are a group of muscles in the buttocks that help you move, maintain balance, and support your spine”[from Google search]

Notice in this tutorial video that the butt is protruding out while the arms are stretched out in front of the body

b) The words “fly up” in that statement may mean something like “way up”.

c) "Play around" probably means to repeat these steps and "close" means "to end that dance performance.

Based on YouTube videos that I've watched of Ukusina, a common way of ending a solo performance or the group's performance is for dancers to purposely fall on their butt. Read  comment Source 3-#3  and Source 4-#2 below for an explanation of that custom.

Also, based on YouTube videos that I've watched of Ukusina, this dance can be performed by one dance, a few dancers, or a group of dancers who perform solos or perform together as a group. It appears to me that especially when this dance is performed by more than one person, the movements are choreographed and rehearsed (the dancers know what movements they are going to perform ahead of that performance, except for the movements of the solo performers.

d) "For standing ovations" probably means "for some action or vocalization that is the same or similar to giving applause" ("to show their appreciation for your performance").

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - A YouTube video example of a Zulu female group performing Ukusina

Oqhawekazi Team Blue bedlala kuNdoni Empangeni 

 

Embo Films, Mar 31, 2024  EMPANGENI

TEAM BLUE!

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - A YouTube video example of a Zulu male group performing Ukusina

INYONI EMNYAMA | WEBABA NGOKE NGIBONE | INGOMA EBISE NANDA IZOKUDIDA ZYAHLABA IZINSIZWA LAPHA AYNGEK


Embo Films, May 13, 2024  INANDA


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ADDENDUM- COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DANCE

(Numbers added for references purposes only)

Source #1:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukusina
"Ukusina is a type of traditional dance that has its roots in South Africa's coastal region.[1] For the Zulu people, it is an expressive and rhythmic dance form with deep cultural importance. The Ukusina[2] requires dancers to kick their legs in any direction up and out, and then stamp each foot into the ground. The majority of the time, this dance is performed for entertainment during social occasions such as wedding ceremony.[3] Ukusina dances, as a result, are socially created and center on the song leader singing interlocking word phrases.[4] Traditionally, it was thought that no religious event would be complete without at least one ukusina dance performance. Ukusina dance is a fundamental component of the social, religious, and cultural life of the Zulu people,[5] as evidenced by the descriptions of traditional dances in South Africa.[2] Everyone in attendance is drawn into a coherent action atmosphere by the intimate relationship between body movement and music.[6]"...

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Source #2

[Pancocojams Editor's note: This is a male dance group.]

From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZqHELwdmZM "Ingoma yasemakhaya" published by LINDANI WARREN,  Apr 14, 2019 ]

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@pinehillrd478, 2020
"i love these videos,could someone explain the meaning of the dance, please?"

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2.@NONDUDUZONGIDI, 2020
"pinehillrd478 it is a traditional Zulu dance performed by men. It is usually performed at traditional ceremonies, weddings and other celebrations."
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Based on YouTube videos of this dance form & their discussion threads, Ukusina appears to be performed by males or by females in groups separated by gender.

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@andilezondi9294, 2021
"Songs are made up of any situation, could be heartbreak, poor working conditions or love. It's a very creative form of art, most songs are rehearsed and are just perfected at the event, current economic situations are never left out. Super proud to be Zulu. Thanks 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌"

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@khulekanibravemangumede2914, 2022
"It is called 'UKUSINA' "

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Source #3

[Pancocojams Editor's note: This is a female dance group.]

from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va7q6K3yEK8 "OQHAWEKAZI TEAM BLUE OBUKA | ISIBAYA SAMADODA | EMKHANDLWINI | OBUKA", published by Embo Films,  Apr 1, 2024  #ingoma #zuludance #zulu

KHETHINI - EMKHANDLWINI OBUKA VIDEO


1. @antoinettekankindi6807, 2024

"Beautiful... Greetings from Kenya... Please explain the meaning of falling down... And why the other dancers rush"

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2. @MemoryMahlangu, 2024
"It's a style"

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3. @zakhelembhele7046, 2024
"No significant meaning to falling. It is just believed that it's the best way to finish the dance and makes it nicer. But they can still do it without falling."

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SOURCE #4

[Pancocojams Editor's note: This is a female dance group.]

From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhIKlbS-O5c "Oqhawekazi Blue_team | Ingoma kashemeni | Kwingoma Kazwelonke" published by Sibusiso Thobela, Jun 8, 2023

1. @lushgreendesert3523, 2023
"When the performer girl free falls down on the ground the other girls seem to rebuke the fallen girl. Actually what are they saying to her ?"

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2. @SibusisoThobela
"They call her nick name loudly !!!  to apritiate great performance ❤❤"
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"Apritiate" is a typo for (or a mis-spelling of) the English language word "apreciate".

This answer confirms what is given in other YouTube videos' discussion threads that performers who fall down at the conclusion of an Ukusina performance do so on purpose and other dancers are congratulating them for their performance and not rebuking them for falling down.

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Source #5

[Pancocojams Editor's note: This is a female dance group.]

From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yJ3txIfv5I "Izintombi - Sikwenza ngothando | ingoma kaShameni ENtshanga" published by Embo Films, Oct 31, 2023  #ingoma #zuludance #zulu 

1. @vanman724, 2023
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Would love to know the meaning and significance of this dance.  Does anyone have a good reference?"

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@Terrence696, 2024
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Basically it has been passed down from gen to gen in the Zulu culture it wat our ancestors used as a form of expression when they were happy in events and in celebrations ."

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@janicejames3005, 2024
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Strong bones. Flexible muscles. Dexterity in movement. I salute the ancestors who devised movements to keep our bodies at optimal levels!"

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@pamelaakinyi7641, 2024
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Why throw legs in the air?"

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@ddjones780, 2024
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Tradition.  Why not?"

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@RejoiceMncube, 2024
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We do these kinds of dances if we are happy and celebrating some wonderful occasions NOT BATTLES OR PREPARING FOR THEM."
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This comment was written in response to a commenter who wrote that these dances prepared Zulus for fighting battles. 

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