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Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst (Post 1567171)

Words cannot describe the krunkness that is generated from Greeks strolling with his fraternity brothers or sorority sisters. Especially when there are several orgs strolling among each other. If you haven't been in a stroll line at a party, you haven't lived yet.

Who cares? It's just a lot of fun to do, and that's what counts *lol*

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CULater, I appreciate the response (and thank you for the compliment on the machetes). I think each LGLO has had a different experience with stepping (or deciding not to step). My Founding Mothers were invited to first learn and perform a unity step with a NPHC sorority back in the 1980s. I can speculate that it was this event that led my Founders and the early sisters to believe it was indeed "okay" for us to participate in stepping. Soon after, we did add the machete dancing to part of every routine (which was a controversy all on it's own--mujeres performing a machete dance!??!!! :) )

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Originally Posted by CULater (Post 1585842)

stomping dances while could be similar are different than the nature of stepping we see today. Yes, stepping does have its origins in other places, and they may have borrowed it from many sources including perhaps those latino cultural groups, but stepping in and of itself started as an HBGLO tradition, and we don't do it out of a sign of respect for them as well as the fact that we feel strolling does incorporate a lot of latino roots better. I have nothing but respect for orgs that understand the history of stepping and choose to do it as part of their traditions (btw, I think it is very cool that Lambda Theta Nu steps w/ machetes)

I'm just saying one of the most basic movements of strolling comes from African slaves, and African slaves, Europeans, as well as the indigenous people of Latin America are what make up Latinos today. So, I guess that is why we stroll and not step.

Obviously, everyone interpret things different, and I would not want any org to feel offended for our interpretations of not stepping, but our FMs did discuss it and felt that because it was more HBGLO than LGLO (at the time) and we don't do it out of respect for the HBGLO that came before us.

Hope that helps...

I'm not the strolling expert, but I was pretty sure that strolling was an established BGLO tradition by 1975. Can someone enlighten me?

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Originally Posted by CULater (Post 1585842)

I think it is very cool that Lambda Theta Nu steps w/ machetes

yea, me too

:wassat:

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Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst (Post 1567171)

If you haven't been in a stroll line at a party, you haven't lived yet.

:dead:

"Can't stop, won't stop...."

:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4 (Post 1585848)

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*passes out* lol.

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Originally Posted by ChanelLover (Post 1585937)

*passes out* lol.

I mean, I just wasn't ready to read that. Woe unto our Founders who never strolled.:(

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Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4 (Post 1585848)

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lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

yeah i just smh when i read that too...

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Originally Posted by CULater (Post 1585842)

I'm glad to learn that your organization understands this. Since adopting this tradition from the NPHC, some Latino, Asian, and Multicultural greeks (as well as non-greeks) that step have been disrespectful since learning that stepping evolved from many different influences, when everyone knows that the way it is performed today originated with us.

It's one thing to adopt a tradition but it's another thing to not acknowledge the source and try to discredit it.

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Originally Posted by Ch2tf (Post 1585864)

I'm not the strolling expert, but I was pretty sure that strolling was an established BGLO tradition by 1975. Can someone enlighten me?

I think the history of partwalking/strolling is a lot less clear cut, and honestly, our FMs also debated whether we should participate in this, but ultimately decided that strolling incorporated quite a bit of our latino roots, so decided to allow strolling as part of our traditions.

I would not mind learning more about the timeline of strolling if someone knows it, I just know some bits about the basics of strolling...