Last week, I attended SHU Skit night. I haven’t been to a Skit Night in almost 10 years. It’s cool to see that some things don’t change. My Brothers in Omega Phi Kappa came in 1st place and my Sisters in Delta Phi Kappa came in second place. Even years later, we still got it. We got it so much that other Greeks on campus have to copy our formula for success.

Skit night is more than just having a funny, engaging and entertaining story - you also have to be able to give a little extra. The extras have been in the form of Stepping, dancing, ’sitting’, ‘clapping’, and ‘drumming’. I will go into each one a bit.

Stepping - For years Omega and Delta have been known as the Steppers on campus. Being the most culturally diverse Greek organizations, we have adopted the art of Stepping performed by the Divine Nine National Black Fraternities and Sororities.

Dancing - whether full routines (MJ’s Thriller sequence) or those from the SHU Dance Team, they were performed by Beta Delta Phi, Neu Epsilon Omega and Zeta Iota Lambda this year.
Sitting - a series of coordinated preschool hand claps performed by Lamba Sigma Phi years ago (nothing like grown ass men going back to elementary school days. From what I remember, they were pretty good!).

Clapping - a series of coordinated ‘high-fives’ and exercise-like movements that was performed by Phi Omega Tau. They did not do that this year (and from what I heard about it - thank God!!!).

Drumming - take one part Drumline, one part Stomp, some folding chairs from the cafeteria along with recycling bins and you got yourself a mini headache courtesy of Alpha Sigma Psi (Lamba also did this for Skit Night).

Apparently, this formula does not work for everyone. To me, it is in poor taste to do certain things. For example, if Omega were to ’sit’ as part of their skit, it could be perceived as disrespectful. The only universal thing that is accepted across the board is dancing. As part of their skit, Lambda decided to incorporate a Step. Not to say that Omega and Delta are the only ones that should Step, it is more along the lines that they are the only ones that CAN Step. Those boys looked so uncomfortable doing it that it was hard to watch (kinda like these guys here - the girls help them out a little). Once the shock of watching them do a Step (that is very close to what Omega does) wore off, the part where I got insulted set in. It was an insult to the art of Stepping. Whether they did it to be a part of their ‘winning formula’ or it was a intended to get a rise out of Omega, it was an absolute disgrace. If a Divine Nine member was in the audience, they would not have been flattered at all. Note for the future boys - leave it alone!!!

I recorded Delta’s and Omega’s skits. Once the movies are formatted, we will include them in another post. For now, here is a sample of what my Sisters have done recently at the SHU Family Showcase. It is so good to be a Founding Sister and be able to see a tradition started so long ago still strong years later.