Stepping with attitude, groups stomp Texas Hall for $1,000 prize

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Delta Sigma Theta sorority members took home $1,000 at the Homecoming Step Show on Thursday night in an almost packed Texas Hall.

Delta Sigma Theta had the crowd screaming at their performance. The girls wore khaki and Converse shoes and stepped to hip-hop, heavy on the bass. The empowering theme and no-nonsense attitude the girls exuded clinched the first place title.

Their heavy stomps and loud shouts reached the ears of back-row audience members and had spectators vocally expressing their approval.

Jinger Cathey, social work graduate student and Delta Sigma Theta sorority member, judged the competition along with five others.

“We critique the teams on creativity, crowd participation, uniqueness and consistency,” she said.

Many of UTA’s Greek Life community showed up to represent their fraternity or sorority. The competitors included Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Phi Beta Sigma, Delta Sigma Theta, Omega Psi Phi and the African Student Organization.

Mical Roberson, Phi Beta Sigma fraternity member and information systems senior, performed in the step show with a drill seargent routine. The group made sharp turns and hard steps all to the beat of a commanding voice.

“This is my second year at the step show,” Roberson said. “We have been working hard and preparing for three or four months.”

Music could be heard outside the building and inside the deafening roar of an interactive audience reverberated off the ceiling.

Friends, family and fans like fashion design junior Veronica Langston could not wait for the show to begin. She said she expected nothing but the best.

“I expect it to be an out of body experience,” she said. “It’s going to be out of this world.”

Alumni Tim Brown and Keith Douglas hosted and provided the audience with comedic relief between performances. Each performance brought different combinations of people and dancing style together.

Nerves and excitement were all psychology junior and UTA Dance Ensemble member Edrica Manuel could focus on.

“We are all very excited,” Manuel said. “We even have a funny tribute to McDonald’s which is danced to ‘I’ll Make Love to You’ by Boyz II Men.”

Although only one group won the first place prize, good spirits and friendly banter showcased the night.

The brothers of Omega Psi Phi summed up the night, in their trademark gold boots, when they shouted, “We’ve got style, soul, grace and expression.”

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