The ladies of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. were going to host their third annual “So You Think You Can StRHOll” on Saturday, March 30 but now it looks as though they may postpone the event until Nov. 16.
Nina Davis, a sister of Sigma Gamma Rho, said that the sorority hopes to postpone the event until the fall 2013 semester during the sorority’s founding week from Nov. 10 to Nov. 16.
The event will be open to the public, and students will be given the opportunity to put together a routine, or “stroll” — some rendition of what members of the National Pan-hellenic Council (NPHC) are known for.
Davis said, “The National Pan-hellenic Council is made up of Greek organizations on Longwood’s Campus. We just open it up to the public, and we allow non-Greek members to put together a skit, and then they compete in a competition with other groups.”
The group that wins this competition wins the offered grand prize of $200, which can be either donated to the winning group’s organization, or it can be kept by the members of the group.
Following this, the NPHC put on a bigger "stroll" competition, and whoever the winner of the competition is gets whatever prize is offered. Any group that participates in “So You Think You Can StRHOll” can also showcase at the NPHC competition.
Over the years, a maximum of five groups have participated in “So You Think You Can StRHOll,” but right now Sigma Gamma Rho is in the process of getting more groups to participate in the event. Sigma Gama Rho is also expanding the event to include the College Pan-hellenic Council and Inter- Fraternity Council.
“Anyone is able to participate, except for people who are under the NPHC umbrella,” said Davis.
“If faculty would like to participate, we’re more than open to letting them participate as well. The minimum number you can have in a group is two members.”
“Most people will want to keep it as [few] as possible so they can divide the proceeds in a better manner,” said Davis. “If you have 100 people, everyone is going to get $2. So, that’s why we just have a minimum mark. It’s all up to you, how you want to handle it.”
Each person in the group who registers has to contact the president of Sigma Gamma Rho, Samiuah Garnes. Once the group has contacted Garnes, they have to submit a $10 registration fee or group submission fee along with a package containing the group name and contact information, while also showing that the regulations and policies of the event have been read.
“[We] just want to open [the event] up to a wider range,” said Davis. “This is something that NPHC is mostly known for, so why not open it up to everybody? And everyone else can showcase what they know about ‘stepping’ or ‘strolling.’ It’s just a nice way to give back and to meet new people and to also have people know more about NPHC and what they do. ‘Strolling,’ even though it looks fun, it’s still all about the culture, and it has a history to it.”
However, unless more groups sign up, it looks like “So You Think You Can StRHOll” will have to wait until this upcoming fall.
