Step Show celebrates Larry Brown, awards scholarship

The 2007 Larry Brown Scholarship Step Show took place Thursday, and seven of the “divine nine” National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations had the opportunity to step in the exhibition.

The Larry Brown Step Show is an annual event hosted by the Delta Upsilon chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. After Brown’s death in 1991, his family and the brothers of Delta Upsilon decided to keep Brown’s memory alive by developing the scholarship and awarding it every year after the show. Brown died at the age of 23 from respiratory failure.

The scholarship is awarded to one college student, one student within the NPHC organization and one student from a Richmond high school.

Alana Johnson, 20, a sophomore fashion merchandising major, stepped in the show.

“I thought the show was very positive,” Johnson said. “I loved the fact that most NPHC organizations were represented.”

Kellen Hunte, 21, a senior public relations major, put together the step show. She said it wasn’t just for entertainment, but a time to remember Brown, a deceased member of the Delta Upsilon chapter of Phi Beta Sigma who himself was a stepper.

“The best part of the show, in my opinion, was the fact that in