Members of West Virginia University’s National Pan-Hellenic Council Inc. will use rhythm and team work to compete in the Divine Stomp: Stepping into the Mountains Step Show on Saturday, April 10.

The public show will be held at Morgantown High School, located in South Park. The doors to the show will open at 4 p.m. so that people can get their seats, and the show will begin promptly at 5 p.m. Everyone is asked to please arrive on time.

Advanced tickets, which include entrance to the show and after party, will go on sale Monday, April 5 at 10 a.m. in the Mountainlair. The cost is $15 for non-Greeks and $12 for Greeks.

Single show tickets will be sold at the door for $12 for non-Greeks and $10 for Greeks. The after party tickets at the door will be $8 for non-Greeks and $5 for Greeks. The after party will be held at the Euro Suites Hotel on Chestnut Ridge Road from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Stepping stems from the ways in which African tribes communicated with one another, and is now used as a tool of expression and a way to increase diversity education through a series of unique performances.

Stepping was introduced into the practices and traditions of the organizations that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council Inc. in the mid-to-late1920s. Since then, stepping has developed into a massive production that is held during the spring semester on college campuses throughout the nation.

Step shows are a creative and inimitable style of inventive entertainment; infused with skits of a particular theme that combine art, singing and dancing.

“This show is guaranteed to provide everyone with a memorable time,” said Tiffany Ford, president of the WVU council.

The National Pan-Hellenic Council Inc. is made up of nine historically African-American sororities and fraternities, members of all WVU chapters are expected to compete in the event.

The nine organizations in the council are: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.

For further information please do not hesitate to contact Ford at tford4@mix.wvu.edu or by phone at 973-280-6825.

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CONTACT: Jacqueline Dooley, Student Organizations Services
304-293-4397, Jacqueline.Dooley@mail.wvu.edu