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Originally Posted by brownsugar952
I have done a little research on the subject of stepping and I have read that Phi Beta Sigma started to step first. Wouldn't the other Greek Organizations in the Divine 9 technically be copying off of the Sigmas or because you all are in the same council, it's ok to do this?
Let say by a MIRACLE another organization was able to join NPHC. Would it be ok for them to step, have calls and handsigns since the are now apart of the council?
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Through my reading and research, slaves who played the drums were not allowed to play African beats because they were a form of communication. As well as other instruments. All they had left was the stomping and clapping of their hands that was thought as gleeful dancing to the Master. As time moved on, African traditions were lost, and moves were eased and evolved.
After emancipation, formation of HBCU's and development of HBGLO's, during a pledge period, generally a cadence and movements that were similar to that of the Black Church movement.
As time went on, evolution became a grander scale as moves were precise through the 1970's and beyond.
Stepping is not the same as it was when I was in school in the late 1980's. Moreover, the cadences are different. The stepmaster was always the Dean of Pledges when I was in school. Now, we have Membership Intake Processes... So, things change. Oh well.
As far as non-NPHC organizations having all the items acquired because of the trials of a pledge period, well, hey, things change.
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