True Life: I'm Stepping
 

True Life: I'm Stepping
Sun, Feb 18
9/8 C

MTV follows Omega Phi Beta on their quest to StepCorrect, an all NPHC stepping event. OPB is the first Latino Greek Lettered Org to participate in thsi event...catch the naysayers, supporters, drama, tension on Sun. Feb 18th!

I'm looking to seeing alot of familiar faces on screen!

The Sigmas from my UG was followed as well.

I'll be watching!

Seems interesting. I will watch.

I remember about 10 years ago when they followed the Iotas to a Freaknik step show. I had never heard of them until that show.

I'll be watching. I'm interested in the Latino Greek spin because I've never personally witnessed a Latino org step.

Lambda Sigma Upsilon......

*swoon*

I'll catch this also. I like the True Life series. The topics are always engaging.

*fanning Senusret I*

OMGosh! I'm so watching!!

:rolleyes:

LOL.......

Actually, I think they were on TRL a few weeks ago. I think they stepped for Beyonce or somebody. I'll check it out.

WITCH!! But I love you still!! ;)

straight from their national website
 

OPB's Tribute to Beyonce on MTV's TRL

If you want to learn instead of hate on what you don't know :rolleyes: , here's some info on their national step team: http://www.omegaphibeta.org/about/divas.htm

This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Viacom International Inc.

Dammit!

I saw it and it wasn't that great. LOL.

The end of the step was the best part.

Dang it, Viacom! Always jacking with folks. :mad: Try this one, or conduct your own search on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg2l2ZE-vYw

@ DSTCHAOS: I'll admit that it didn't amaze me, but it was cool enough to get Beyonce's attention at TRL, one of the highest rated shows on MTV. And with the YouTube publicity, I bet thousands of girls know about OPB for real. Folks can hate, but that was some ingenius publicity for their org.

And what exactly do they know about them? That they stepped for Beyonce.

I hope that's not a recruitment tool..."come join our sorority cause we stepped for Beyonce!" :rolleyes:

Not recruitment, just exposure. It's a harsh reality, but a lot of youngsters pay attention to the fun stuff, then they learn about our community involvement. It's up to our orgs to weed out "ooh! I wanna step" interests from the sincere interests that recognize that work goes hand-in-hand with the "fun" stuff.

Honestly, I had not heard of Omega Phi Beta until that TRL appearance, but I am aware of them now. Same thing for the young women that might be the future for their organization.

SKEEphistAKAte<--- prefers to "hate".

HATER! :p

I do tend to hate step shows. :p

Watched it.

To me, none of the teams they featured were all that great. I think if MTV would have showed more of their shows, I think I would have gotten a better feel of how they step.

I believe that OPB won because those girls, especially the step mistress, was so focused and so hyped that it helped their chances in winning.

No disrespect to the Zetas, but they came on as cocky and when they lost, sore losers. They should have had better attitudes about the whole situation.

The Sigma's daughter was a cutie! :D

Who won first place in the fraternities? And where were the sorors? :p

Having gone to the show, yes, you wouldve gotten a MUCH better feel of how each team stepped. from this show, it ALL seemed mediocre. if you ask me, they showed the "worst" of OPB's performance (the CD skipping, which no one in the crowd even noticed when i was there) and skipped a lot of the stuff that helped them win. on the other hand, the show aired only a clip of the Zeta's show, which, wasn't all that great to be a winning performance. they DID talk a lot of smack and continued to after they lost. its one thing to talk yourself up beforehand, but you really cant talk after you lose...

the Alphas won 1st place for the fraternities. there were 2 Alpha teams, i wanna say the A-Team won.

Sororities: AKA, Zetas, OPB
Fraternities: Alphas (2), Sigmas (2), Ques, Kappas (2)

It was a long show, and i think the show hit a few points of "who cares?" 1. after OPB went (and apparent that they would win) 2. after one of the kappa teams went and dropped mad canes 3. after the alphas performed. it just felt like more and more people were inattentive to the performances (which is probably why the Sigmas that performed from Houston felt like the crowd wasnt hyped - wasnt them, it was just the show was LONG AS HAYLE).

ETA: oh yeah, the OPB stepmistress is pretty intense and she did seemed very focused on letting people know who exactly OPB was and what they were all about. guess she did her job right.

what was the Sigma saying to the crowd..they muted that entire part that it was hard to follow.

If that's the look you're going for....

I missed most of it! I'm sure it's coming on again, so I'll watch for it.

The performances were too short to be amazed.

I was disappointed in the Zetas for all that trash talking after the decision. I know it was their opinion, but to call someone else's performance "basura" was really bitter. That probably gave someone a bad first impression of Zeta when they had a great chance to shine despite the loss.

Soror tld221, thanks for the insight. To sit through seven fraternities and then three sororities is a bit much, especially if there might have been a musical performance or an exhibition step.

So the sigmas are from my undergrad and they win a LOT of shows! They also compete a lot so I've seen the show 50=11 times.

The thing that has always bothered me about them, as well as "all-star teams" is that there comes a point in every frat/soror's life where we have to move past the collegiate scene.

None the less, some of the Sigmas are really cool guys and Jason's baby is soooo adorable! (I was just mad that his girl didn't seem to be aware of the fact that she was on t.v. so she felt no need to do something with her hair! and their apt!!)

MTV True Life: I'm Stepping
 

I wanted to thank all those that took the time out to see the MTV True Life: I'm Stepping. It was a great opportunity to highlight this great Art Form that has deemed its respect throughout history.

Before we jump to misconceptions please feel free to learn more about the Divas at www.OmegaPhiBeta.org or the Step Choreographer/Founder
- Jessica aka REMO as she is known in the stepping community at www.RemoProduction.com

Jessica
aka REMO

Why are folks running around calling themselves Divas? I soooo hate that word whether it's followed by "Delta Sigma Theta" or "Omega Phi Beta."

I swear your rant is about 10 years too late. I knew a clique of girls in a dorm calling themselves the Payne Hall Divas (PHDs) back in '95.

I've been ranting about this for almost 10 years. Too late to reach your school's clique. :(

I can understand that the Zetas being from an HBCU (think they were from Hampton), they may not have had much contact with Latino Greeks, but that's no reason to dog us, again I am surprised they would actually say that knowing this show is catered to h.s. and college aged crowds...wondering where their MISconceptions are coming from if Hampton doesn't have any Latin Orgs on campus :confused:


I thought True Life only followed three people, didn't they follow two Zetas, 1 Beta, and 1 Sigma?

/hijack

Soror AKA2D check your PM BOX

please

/end hijack

Cosign!!!! I know a Sigma from school who crossed in '99 and still hangs out with the undergrads. Even though I didn't have the undergrad experience and hung out with some of them after I crossed, after a while you feel "old".

Cosign again!!!! It will be back on some time Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday morning. The way the Zetas acted reminded me of the way the bruhs acted at StepNationals.

I also thank you for your insight. I remember you saying that you did go to the show. When you have figured out when a team has won and/or a show gets too long, I can see how you can loose interest and not be as hyped.

Did someone "jump to" a misconception?

Step Correct shows tend to be hella long.
Which is why I stopped going to them.
A show with 8 - 10 teams should not be nearly 3 hours...

but to answer someone else's question... The A-Team did take the trophy for the fraternities...

Maybe stepping is a way for (some) Latino Greeks to honor their African ancestry.

Ummm, since when did we need a history lesson on stepping? I do believe that all Divine 9 are well educated in that area. :cool:

mind you each performance is at max 10 minutes long. then there was like a 5 minute break in between performances, and then like 10-15 minutes until the winners were announced.

start: 7:30pm
intro/local performance/crowd hype = 15 minutes (7:45)
so... 10 performances X 10 minutes a piece = 1 hr, 40 minutes
10 minute breaks in between performances = 50 minutes
by then, its like 10:15... and then they didnt annouce the winners til a while after that.

BUT like i said, when you already have a feeling who won and when its like a damn sauna (selling water for like $2 a bottle and no AC or fans) and its like a mosh pit on the dance floor... AND when ppl get there like 2 hours before it starts to get in...the audience gets tired and bored real fast. its unfortunate for the performers but it bees like that.

and on another note: what "misconceptions" are being jumped to?