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First Latino greek 'step and stroll' show to feature national performers Saturday
By Christine Robertson
Posted: 10/4/07, 12:01 AM EST Section: News
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The Latino Greek Council will hold Syracuse University's first Latino greek step competition Saturday.
The event will feature the national step and stroll teams of five of the LGC's six fraternities and sororities, including 2004 LatinosStep champions Lambda Upsilon Lambda.
The sororities each will step - a dance that comes from African traditions - and fraternities will perform a step-like dance called a stroll.
Hot 97's DJ C-Lo will provide music for the event.
The sororities will be judged by a panel of five judges, two of whom are members of the DanceWorks club. Each performance will be scored on creativity, synchronization and overall performance.
The fraternity that wins the stroll competition will take home $500. First place in stepping takes $1,000 and second prize is $500.
"People are very excited and looking forward it," said Diane Ceballos, president of the LGC. "That's giving us more confidence that it can become an annual thing."
LGC sold 150 tickets in the first two days, said Rebecca Rosa, LGC secretary. "It's very exciting," she said.
The event starts at 6 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium, and is open to all SU students. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5 with an SUID and $8 without.
Last year, the National Panhellenic Council (NPHC) held a step show during Greek Unity fest. It invited other fraternities and sororities from State University of New York Oswego and Cornell University to participate.
"Last year's step show was amazing. It was really interesting to see the step culture," said Matt Abdifar, Interfraternity Council's vice president for external affairs.
NPHC and LGC both share stepping as a part of their culture. "It even goes back to NPHC organization," Rosa said. "It's really a part of our history and tradition."
But LGC plans to make Saturday's show a little different.
"It's going to be similar in the sense that we will be having stepping," Ceballos said. "We are incorporating the strolling on top of that."
The IFC donated $1,000 toward prizes. "I think it's a great way for us to get involved and show our support," said IFC President Mike Schottenstein. "Collaboration between councils is important."
The other $1,000 in prizes was donated from the Office of Student Life, Ceballos said.
The fraternities participating include Lambda Sigma Upsilon and Lambda Upsilon Lambda. The sororities include Sigma Lambda Upsilon, Omega Phi Beta, Lambda Pi Chi and Mu Sigma Upsilon.
The Phi Iota Alpha fraternity will not be participating because it doesn't have a national step or stroll team, Ceballos said.
Attending will count for a Diversity Education or a Chapter Choice program. Greek chapters must participate in a designated number of programs each year to remain in good standing with the university.
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