Fraternities and sororities stroll it out for charity

The GCSU National Panhellenic Council sponsored a stroll-off competition April 12 to raise funds to support Haiti relief efforts.

A stroll-off is a display of different sororities and fraternities dancing and doing steps. Participants performed many times, doing different strolls and dances each time. Sometimes different members of the organizations would be added or removed from the step. In the end, the judging was done in a manner where the audience clapped and cheered for the organization that they thought was the best.

The winners of the event were the Nu Tau Chapter of the Delta Sigma Thetas, with a team of Anastasia Brown, Encka Beckom, Shondra Williams, Cabrik Harrison and Seleah Wynn.

In addition to Delta Sigma Theta, the organizations involved with the stroll-off included the Mu Psi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi consisting of Cody Blenman, Shaun Keaton, Alex Fain and Roderick Sylvester; the Mu Gamma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha including Marcus Green, Trey Scott, Jonathan Lamar, John Moss, Steven Witherspoon, Ned Adkins and Ajayi Monell, and the Eta Xi Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta including Natalie Powell, Cassandra White and Tameka Dean.

“A lot of time and practice went into planning the strolls and dances for the show and in the end was worth it because the crowd loved the show,” said Cody Blenman, a member of Kappa Alpha Psi.

Overall there were many students that came out to support the stroll-off and many enjoyed the entertainment.

I loved the show and thought it was very entertaining, the sororities and fraternities of NPHC never fail to give a good show,” freshman Alex Bell said.

Other students enjoyed the show, but wanted a little more.

“The show was entertaining but I would have liked to see some newer strolls and maybe something a little more interesting,” sophomore Clyde Farrell said.

The total funds raised from this event totaled to $33.10. President of Alpha Phi Alpha Marcus Green said: “It wasn’t our goal but every little bit helps.”

Posted by Gloria Reyes on Apr 23 2010. Filed under Features. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry