The 6th Annual Stroll Off was held in Corbett Sports Center for the first time last Friday.

The 6th Annual Stroll Off was held in Corbett Sports Center for the first time last Friday.

“We wanted to give the stroll off a new look and feel. Moving it to Corbett gave more professionalism with the lighting options and bigger venue,” said Adrian Gray, a member of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. and head planner of the stroll off.

The event, hosted by Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., started off with a bang — better yet — a series of beeps.

The fire alarm went off as students began to file in to get their seats. The entire sports center had to be evacuated and fire trucks came to check out the situation. After they got the approval from the Greensboro Fire Department, people began to re-enter the building.

“We were told it was someone curling his or her hair in the locker room before the stroll [competition],” said Gray.

Participants in this years stroll off included: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.; Kappa Kappa Psi Fraternity, Inc.; Swing Phi Swing Social Fellowship, Inc.; Tau Beta Sigma Sorority, Inc.; and for the first time in recent years, the National Association of Engineer’s (NSBE) step team.

“NSBE hasn’t been in the stroll off since at least 2006,” said NSBE Step master Jeremy Simms. “The Iota’s were all for it. We decided to do it just for fun. I like stepping and strolling. We wanted to showcase that non-Greeks have stepping talents too.”

The competition was split up into three rounds. The first two rounds allowed participants to pick the music they wanted to perform to. Songs such as “Rack City,” “Birthday Cake,” “The Motto,” “Faded,” “Rolling in the Deep,” and more were used by the participants in their various strolls. In the final round the DJ picked a song at random and all seven groups had to come up with a stroll fitting for it on the spot.

In between rounds the host, Brian Sampson, gave away tickets to the Nxlevel Vanilla Sky All-White Affair, which will take place this upcoming weekend. Audience members had to correctly answer questions about the Iota’s history in order to win the prize.

After all three rounds, the judges’ scores were tallied up. The judges represented vast Greek organizations, A&T staff members, and a representative from Bennett College.

The stroll off ended with Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma winning 1st place for the men and women respectively. Phi Beta Sigma and Delta Sigma Theta took home the 2nd place prizes.

“I think it went really well, great turn out. It was different this year. I think the Greeks enjoyed it more, they had more room to stroll and do their steps on the side,” said Gray.

“I thoroughly enjoyed the stroll off; I enjoyed the new venue with the lights and stuff. It was a good move forward for the event,” said Vice President of External Affairs Chris Wade.

The stroll off was one of the final events of Aggie Fest, which the VPEA and SUAB President partner on. “Overall Aggie Fest was good. We just wanted it to be an opportunity for students to have a break before finals,” said Wade.

• Sylvia Obell, Managing Editor