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Sprite Step Off
How did this "White" organization become #1 in stepping. I thought the sprite step off targeted the D9. Maybe they use us to promote their new reality show! what do you think?
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i think this is a spam thread |
There's something really sockpuppety or trolly about users who create two silly threads on the day they join the site.
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i think this is a spam thread |
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Is RU OX Alum reposting?
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That happens to him a lot.
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Check them out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw66oy5xyDw
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Since we're posting about it:
From what I saw, ZTA was just average based on BGLO stepping standards. The steps and overall routine were something a BGLO team would've done in the 1990s (including a Matrix theme). The crowd was responding to the shock value of white people being able to pull it off since many people have never seen whites step (and relatively well). When I actually dissected the steps, not all of the members were that great. Overall, it was very mechanical and technical with yelling but very little of the heart and soul that would get a crowd to scream for you like that if you're an NPHC team. Is this what they won for? If so, it is definitely shock value: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=016C4sUj5_8 |
I usually hate watching "novelty" teams step, but I really enjoyed the ZTA performance. They obviously put in a lot of work.
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I liked them, but:
1) They were not better than the Tau Chapter AKAs. 2) Their routine was derivative of many other organization's steps. 3) The judges were not Greek. 4) The judges were by and large not experts in stepping, or in some cases, dance. |
Krimson and Kream love to the ladies of ZTA for winning the Sprite Step Off; they did indeed wreck shop last night and they deserved to win.
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Flexible, much? |
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I can imagine why from a promotional standpoint, but I guess coming from an artistic standpoint (as most Greeks might agree) it was the wrong move. If they were going to use famous people, I'd prefer famous Greeks who have exposure to stepping in some way (Darryl Bell from A Different World, for example). If not Greek themselves, I'd at least like to see someone with a background in dance (Debbie Allen, are you listening?)
But alas, that's not what it turned out to be. I'm not mad at Zeta Tau Alpha for following the rules. I do question the borrowing of a tradition from one culture in order to promote one's own organization. How come nobody ever borrows the Filipino stick dance? Or capoeira? |
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ETA: And the moves they were doing with the machetes were exact copies of some of the routines that my sisters have up on You Tube...so much so that I knew what those women were going to do next in their routine. :( |
Wow. :(
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I bet we will think twice now about teaching non-D9 our steps because we think it's cute. |
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We do each other's steps in tribute to one another. And personally, when I'm judging a step show, I will give ZERO points (if possible) for originality if too much of the show relies on tributes, or blatantly takes steps I have seen before. |
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Teaching another org (D9 or non-D9) some steps (or how to step) moves from cute and flattering to annoying, copy cat, and "damn, can you create your OWN stuff" reaaaaaaal quick. |
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Slight hi-jack:
I've seen several threads/posts about non-D9 organizations stepping (and how said organizations don't understand the origins of it, etc). Is the feeling the same when AAs in non-D9 organizations step? (I don't recall seeing any threads talking about this. If anyone is aware of any, I'll do a more in-depth search). |
That looks like a small venue for "National Step Championship". I envisioned something larger.
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All things in moderation. If that African American member then tries to transform the chapter (and perhaps eventually the organization) into a BGLO, it may be a case of what people sometimes suspect of some African American members who join non-BGLOs--wookin' fo wub n all da wong pwaces. |
1) So, what about the fact that AKAs taught ZTA how to step??
2) I do agree that the Tau Chapter of AKA had a better show. 3) I also agree that the choice of judges was bogus. |
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ETA: As my dear friend says "I'm not opposed to non-NPHC teams stepping (because it's become more accepted over the years). I'm opposed to NPHCers teaching them how to step." You want to step? Do what many young step teams have to do. FIGURE IT OUT ON YOUR OWNNNNNNNN. |
tau chapter has some bangers
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Are you telling me that the just-good-enough show I saw on youtube was basically an AKA creation that was taught to them FOR this stepshow? |
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Soooooo, is the point of contention is that because the ZTAs derived the step routine from the AKAs, that they did not win fair and square, thus they did not deserve to win?
I'm just curious.... |
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