The Step Show

The Step Show, sponsored by the National PanHellenic Council, will be held at the Keith-Albee Theatre on Saturday at 7:45 after the game. The cost is $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Tickets can be purchased in Memorial Student Center Room 2W27; 1W25; Xpressions 4 U - 825 Fourth Avenue, Huntington. 

Stepping, a dance tradition made popular by African-American fraternities and sororities, is a complex performance involving synchronized percussive movement, singing, speaking, chanting, drama and it is performed with drill team precision. The roots of stepping can be traced back to the “African Boot Dance” that was brought to the Americas in slavery time. The dance is significant in that it served as a chance to re-sound the battle cries of ancient drums, which is now compensated through percussive foot stomping and hand clapping. The fight and the passion of the songs were mimicked by rhythmic dance movements. Stepping in the United States can be traced as far back as the early 1920s on historically black colleges and universities, better known as HBCU’s. Through the years, step shows have become the format of choice to display pride in one’s organization.