Most students know stepping as just another kind of performance art.
But to the students who perform, it is a cherished tradition, much like rolling Toomer's Corner or dodging the Auburn seal when walking in front of Langdon Hall.
"Stepping is a rich tradition of all the National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations," said Reynard Butler, current Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
The Unity Yard Show, an event held by the Auburn University Black Student Union, included stepping performances and was intended to promote unity among the Auburn student body.
Outside the Student Center last Wednesday afternoon, the event drew a large crowd of students that encircled the steppers and climbed up the stairs on the concourse.
"We worked really hard at it," said Andre Hamilton, of Alpha Psi Alpha Fraternity Inc., "about three weeks to a month."
Hamilton said his organization's involvement in the Unity Yard Show helped the Greek community grow closer and showed campus they are united.
For Butler, stepping is a way to maintain tradition and help brothers bond and boost fraternity morale.
"Stepping is a part of the very fabric of Kappa," Butler said.
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