valgals007, Mar 31, 2010
This is St. Rest Baptist Church located in Fresno California. This is a clip of their 50th Annual Usher Day. This is how we do it in the "No". "You Know!" Isn't God Good. Formerly under the undershepherd, Rev. Chester Riggins, Pastor and presently led by Senior Pastor, David Criner . 1550 E. Rev. Chester Riggins Blvd. Fresno, CA. 93706. Contact the church if you would like to become part of the Great Commission. Always willing and ready to serve in the Community.
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases a 2010 YouTube video of the St. Rest Baptist Church 50th Annual Usher Day march.
Selected comments from this video's discussion thread are also included in this post.
This post also showcases a 2011 video of an usher march that was performed during another church usher board's anniversary program.
The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, religious, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are featured in this video and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-real-reason-why-african-american.html for a 2024 pancocojams post entitled "The REAL Reason Why African American Church Ushers Wear White Gloves As Part Of Their Church Uniform".
Also, click the tags below for more pancocojams posts about Black usher marches.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTES
Most of the YouTube videos of usher board marches that I've come across are from African American Baptist churches.
Usher marches don't occur during regular Sunday morning or Sunday evening church services in African American churches. Instead, usher marches are held at a program for the anniversary of that churches' usher board, by invitation, at the celebration of another usher board's anniversary program, at a program for the church's anniversary, at usher board conventions, or at other special occasions.
The movements that are performed by the ushers in these Showcase videos have their source in drill teams/military units. In most of the YouTube videos that I've watched on African American church usher board marches feature ushers in single file or in twos performing regular cadence marching steps, sometimes with relatively uncomplicated routines (such as shown in Showcase Video #2) or performing basic dance moves such as "take one step forward followed by two steps back" cha cha-like motions.
In the YouTube videos of usher board marches that I've watched, as a group the ushers wear their uniforms-including their signature white gloves, or as a group wear color coordinated outfits. Unlike Apostolic churches, since around the 1960s, it's no longer traditional for females in Baptist churches to wear a hat or another covering on their head.
Often the church attendees at these usher marches stand when the usher march begins until it ends. Attendees usually clap at the end of the usher march. In contrast, clapping rarely if ever occurs for performances at regular Sunday church services. All of the ushers are silent throughout their march, moving to the beat of either a recorded Gospel song or the sounds of a live (in person) snare drummer, and/or the sounds of other live (in person) musicians usually without any vocalists.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - New Bethel MBC of Los Angeles Sr. Usher Board
ijh shorty, May 23, 2013
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Notice how the members of this usher board make a sharp turn to the left or to their right when they arrive at the corner at the end of the center aisle. This custom is called "cutting the corner",
Also, notice how this usher board marches around the entire church sanctuary multiple times until they complete their march back at their pews. This march differs from most marches that start at the back of the sanctuary, This may have been because of that usher board didn't begin that particular program.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FOR SHOWCASE VIDEO #1
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRLQGjsHpac
2012
1. @krishill30
"THE BEST VIDEO SO FAR :)"
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2013
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2014
2. @valgals007
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLfKuaNUBLk Angela Griffin and misssheila1954 the name of the song is "At the Cross" by J Kee and community choir"
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2016
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Do not slip into a deep sleep in your foolishness.” **
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6. @williambrown1721
“Judy Kotun This is one of the things that should be done to help encourage the young people to come to church and get committed to church. That’s where some folks don’t get it. Satan has a new trick around every corner. And we have to combat against them. Now of course we want to keep it decently and orderly, but at the same time we have to do new things as well.”
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7. @mahogany1682
"Church don't have to be boring"
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8. @keishajpmes1103, 2021
"@karimanicolette1210
I've added nothing. Just provided scripture that upholds that these people are delighting themselves in the Lord. And Worshipping Him. Not sure where I'mjudging is coming in"
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2017
9. @michaelfontenot2773 "i mean they did that"
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2018
10. @m.l7091
"That was awesome"
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11. @StrawberryTiger01
"OMG 😲
THEY STAYED IN LINE.
GIVE A REASON FOR THE YOUTH TO WANT TO GO TO CHURCH INSTEAD OF BEING FORCED!!!!"
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12. @kimberlynatasha7
"There’s always that one sister that says “ alright now “ 🤣💕"
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13. @kimda1able
"What does this have to do with serving God? Nothing."
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14. @keishajpmes1103,2019
" “To serve God you must serve his people. That is what the Usher does. Also Psalm 37:4-5 King James Version (KJV)
4 Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass"
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15. @uknw1952, 2019 "just because you can't move probably all stiff neck in church. God didn't make us to be robots!”
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16. @amyb5625, 2019
“@uknw1952 No, but Matthew 6:6-18 does tell us not to draw attention to ourselves
when we worship and pray. This certainly does draw attention to themselves. Look at how many comments are focused on the marchers instead of on God."
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17. @keishajpmes1103, 2021
"@karimanicolette1210
I've added nothing. Just provided scripture that upholds that these people are delighting themselves in the Lord. And Worshipping Him. Not sure where I'm judging is coming in"
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18. @4Bmarie
"Judy Kotun What
gives you the right to say what type of dancing should be done. Read your bible and find out what happened to
the person who criticized David’s dancing."
** Reply 19. @patronice7951 "@4Bmarie U better preach it.😀"
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20. @patronice7951
"If they were 2 dance like David their clothes will come off.... u dont even know how David was dancing urself. Stop downing the young. THEY r n the church making a joyful noise un2 the Lord."
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21. @cynthiaknight9111
"Judy Kotun what about judging did u not understand.
What about the marching around God command in Jericho"
** Reply 22. @cynthiaknight9111 "Or maybe just stop judging what u don't understand, let God be praised by everything &everyone. I'm sure the rocks &I stars do it different then ppl. Than u"
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23. @reesierascoe9915 “Damn they gonna be tired before they even march”
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24. @dejavue54, 2019
“Ok...I was like...when you going to start...I was tired of
waiting”
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2019
25. @keishajpmes1103
“I loved that. Best entrance Woot woot Usher's. I thought the kids were going to slack but they took up the slack and made that usher line tight. Yes Yes. Do you very best whatever job you have in the Kingdom”
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26. @cocobrown5487 "That was dope"
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27. @roberttaylor6694
"THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT!!!!!"
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28. @LadyQueenMow “Bless each and every one of them🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
And the children shall lead🙏🏾”
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29. @andrewcrane2786
"Amazing well done love the moves"
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30. @SadeWithTheReceipts "YESSS MA'M!!!! YA'LL DID THAT. ESPECIALLY THE 1ST AND THE 3RD ONE. THEY WERE NOT COMING TO HALF STEP. THEY PRACTICED THAT THANG AND PERFECTED IT."
** 31. @SadeWithTheReceipts "MY MAMA! AND "YOU BETTA PREACH NYE". SMH"
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32. @warriorforchrist7227, 2022
"TRUE!!! 😂 🤍🕊"
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2021
33. @lovevioletflowers3442 "I miss those days!!! I remember from my old church some of our youngest ushers were so little, they weren't much taller than the pews. But th ose little ones were so precious. They would take you to your seat and extend their little hands, with such seriousness as they did their jobs.
They marched in formation and did everything in their own wonderful way. The bigger kids and teen ushers were excellent, too, as were the adults. I remember how warmly one of the ushers greeted new people; it's one of many things that made me come back to that church. Sadly after moving to another city, I don't get to see this much any more (and that was even before covid)."
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2022
34. @kevinpowell9502
“This is ridiculous. The Black Church is full of foolishness like this. Where is the focus on God. If Amazing Grace was good enough for Grandma it ought to be good enough for us. Parents let their kids participate in mess like this because they think it's cute and they want them to be seen. I'll venture to say that most of these young people don't attend Sunday School or Bible Study. The Pastor looks ridiculous. He should be a more mature example for the young people. The music is secular and blaring like a night club. Where is the reverence for God?”
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2023
35. @Angel-mo5sg
"Still the best March on the internet til this day they
did that
can't tell you how many times I've watched this"
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36. @dnm5373
"Amen! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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2025
37. @thegoogleplus1791 "Best church march."
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As an aside, valgals007, the publisher of this showcase video wrote in the summary "
ReplyDeleteThis is St. Rest Baptist Church located in Fresno California. This is a clip of their 50th Annual Usher Day. This is how we do it in the "No". "You Know!".
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While the word "No" in this quote is an abbreviation of the city name "San Francisco", that word combined with the words "You Know" is an example of a call and response African American saying that conveys pride in the institution or group that a person belongs to. That saying is most commonly used by university students and other people associated with particular universities. "[institution or group"] You know!" means that that institution or group is the best and everyone knows it.
Two examples of that saying are
1. call= "H U." [meaning "Howard University"
response= "You know"
2. call - "SU" [meaning "Southern University" or sometimes meaning "Winston Salem State University"]
response -You know
Therefore when the publisher of the video that is showcased in this pancocojams post wrote "NO" You know," they were bragging that their city was the best.