The Step
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Photo by Macey Long
Members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. give students a sample
of their routine for the homecoming step show.
By Cheritta Pridgen
The night of Nov. 6 was considerably warm
and maybe it was due to the fact that the
Homecoming Step Show was so hot. As
people crowded into Memorial hall, every
one was anticipating a good show. No one knew just
what was in store.
The 1999 Homecoming Step Show received rave
reviews from many, including Shayna Waites, a
junior, who said: "I went because I like to socialize
and it's fun to watch the different groups compete.
Everyone was competitive. This step show is proba
bly the best I've seen since I've been here.
Dr. Archie Ervin, who is Assistant to the
Chancellor and Director of the Office of Minority
Affairs here at the University, was a judge for the step
show and said; "The 1999 Homecoming Step Show
was the highest quality production I can remember in
my 13 years here. People had fun and you could feel
the audience having fun."
At the start of the show, the stage was graced with
the presence of Harmonyx, who sang the Black
National Anthem with great precision and then the
stepping began with the sultry sisters of Sigma
Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. doing their thing in the
west. The lovely ladies of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
blew us away with their western routine as well
and left with a bang.
As the lights went down again, the next thing we
saw were those illusionary green wigs and the pink
cowboy hats and boots worn by the dazzling ladies of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. They gave it to us
one time and then rewound it, and did it again.
The rowdy brothers of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
Inc. were the first fraternity to perform and hit us off
with their art of storytelling. Then, the brothers of
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. shook what their
mammas gave them, while the ice-cold brothers of
Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. took us on a train ride through
time. And last but not least, the brothers of Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity, Inc. let the light shine down on
them.
The competition was solid and making the deci
sion to award only one fraternity and one sorority was
difficult. This year, the brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity, Inc. and the ladies of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc. earned the right to be called the win
ners.
To be christened the winner from all the awesome
competition displayed at this years' step show is truly
an honor. In response to their victory, Franklin Ford,
a junior and member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity,
Inc. said: "I had doubts, but I feel very elated. We
had an exciting show and we weren't just sitting
around. We kept moving." Niccole Cosby, a senior
African-American Studies major from Atlanta and
member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. said: "I'm
very excited. We practiced long and hard and it paid
off. The step show was really good and the competi
tion was very stiff and all of the groups did very
well."
The step show has become part of the tradition of
Homecoming week and according to Cosby, "it is
necessary to incorporate something of black culture"
into Homecoming week.
Special guest emcees Deja Dee, Tony Gee and
Jasmine James from "K97.5" did an awesome job and
also contributed to making the show a success.
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