Monday, April 25, 2005
Latasha Reed, Spring 2004 graduate, performs with Zeta Phi Beta sorority as part of the National Panhellenic Council’s annual Greek Step Show Saturday night at the Lied Center. The sorority’s skit was a parody of the show “America’s Next Top Model” called “The Next Top Sorority.”
Shouts of “SKEE- WEE,” “Z-PHI” and “O-SIX” echoed throughout the Lied Center Saturday night as National Pan-Hellenic Council members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Zeta Phi Beta and Alpha Phi Alpha at the University of Kansas yelled their calls.
The special event was the NPHC’s annual KU Greek Step Show.
Hundreds of people filled the Lied Center to see six greek performances and three dance skits. The show started off with a step routine by about 10 members of Panhellenic sororities. The girls poked fun at their annual “Rock Chalk Revue,” in which members of Panhellenic sororities and Interfraternity Council fraternities perform to raise money for charity.
The girls surprised the crowd and received applause when they started to step like the National Pan-Hellenic greeks, whose step routines incorporated African influences and movements.
Unity, a University hip-hop dance group, provided another non-National Pan-Hellenic performance. The group incorporated both slow dance and new hip-hop moves. The surprise of Unity’s show came when men’s basketball player J.R. Giddens, who is a member of the group, performed with it.
Enjoli Dixon, Jefferson City, Mo., senior, said she liked Unity’s dance moves and how the groups showed that there were other ways to be involved on campus than through just greek organizations.
Some highlights of the night came when the Sigma Lambda Beta fraternity, a Hispanic organization, came out and did a “Beta Beach Lounge” skit with palm trees. The crowd laughed when the men brought out a Prince impersonator. The group parodied Prince because its members are known as the “purple guys” on campus, on account of the fraternity’s colors.
“I enjoyed the Sigma Lambda Beta skit a lot because it was cultural and really unique and unusual,” Dixon said.
The women of Zeta Phi Beta sorority put on another memorable act. Their skit imitated the show “America’s Next Top Model,” but their skit was titled “The Next Top Sorority.” The women showed a lot of attitude in their stepping, prompting crowd interaction and cheering.
To add to the show’s excitement the men of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity took their routine old school. Their skit played off the ’80s movie “The Last Dragon.” Their skit had a B-Boy feel.
At the end of the show Zeta Phi Beta and its brother fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma, were declared the step show winners.
“All the groups worked hard,” said Melva Landrum, Minneapolis, Minn., senior and Zeta Phi Beta member. “And I hope that everyone enjoyed the show.”
— Edited by Azita Tafreshi
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