WSSU fraternities and sororities will honor Black History Month Friday, Feb. 23, with a hard-stomping, hand-slapping, mean-mugging event that will showcase the hard work they put into the art of stepping.
When asked about the step show coming up this month, Danny Bush, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity said, “We have total confidence after winning the show in the fall. It was the first time stepping for many of us, so our confidence is boosted for the Black History Month step show.”
“You can expect us to give it everything we got,” said Bush.
Many people don’t know that stepping began with singing. Members of organizations would sing and dance, and eventually the dance turned into stepping. This may be why some still refer to a “step show” as a “sing” farther south. It is said that the Omegas and the Sigmas were the first to step. Other fraternities soon caught on to it, and the art of stepping was taken to new heights. Sororities began stepping years later, and it boomed into a respected tradition. The addition of “Kanes” and blindfolds, along with creative themes, added excitement to the art of stepping.
The Alphas and the Deltas are the current champions at WSSU, and they look forward to defending their titles. Both organizations battled their way to glory at Homecoming last fall in a heart-pounding, pulsating competition, but many of the other organizations have been practicing and are determined to take the crown, so they may claim that they are the best.
The men and women of WSSU are gearing up, and pretty soon you will hear the sounds of marching. The battle is soon to start, but will the results be the same during Black History Month as they were at Homecoming? Many students witnessed the agony of defeat and the glory of champions last fall.
The stepshow will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 in the C.E. Gaines Center .