So you think you can step?

Feet are throbbing and palms are stinging after last night’s Fall Block Step Show. All nine of the National Pan-Hellenic Council sororities and fraternities brought creativity, discipline and intensity to their performances for the 16th consecutive year.

Before the show, brothers and sisters of different Greek organizations mingled and hugged, wishing everyone the best. But when the lights dimmed around 6 p.m., niceness subsided, teams polarized and the competition began.

The Manchester High School Lance Steppers kick-started the show. Then the event’s host, Arvin Mitchell from BET’s “Comic View,” turned over the show to VCU’s steppers.

The theme of the evening, “Too hot for TV,” could be spotted throughout the performances. And commercials using members of the Greek organizations, edited by VCU graduate Keylon Mayo, were shown between each performance.

The Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority took the stage in heels, blue collared shirts, black vests and yellow ties. Their theme was “The Apprentice.” A cane was dropped in their performance, drawing “Oohs” throughout the Stuart C. Siegel Center.

After the competitors left the stage, the host commented on how he “didn’t know they couldn’t mess up.”

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