Drew Hall Wins Resfest Step Show Second Year In A Row

With 109 points, the gentlemen of Drew Hall step team took the trophy for the second consecutive year at the ResFest step show.

"It feels amazing to win," said Aaron Randle, Drew Halls step coach, and senior print journalism major. "It was a lot of hard work. I'm glad we got over the obstacles and got the back-to-back win."

The team originally started out with 21 members, but ended up with 15 by the night of the step show. The night before the show, their captain broke his wrist practicing a stunt, which made the team work harder for the victory.

Their "Jekyll and Hyde" theme was a crowd favorite. From tailcoats to smoke machines, they executed every step with precision and remained in perfect form, continuing to follow through with the theme during the entire segment.

One of the steppers, freshman business management major, Devon Horton, gained more than the ability to step.

"It [the step team] is like a brotherhood," Horton said. "These people actually become your brothers. I never stepped before. It was a great experience to do something I've never done before and be good at it."

The Tubman Quadrangle won second place, a place up from last year's step show, and George W. Carver Hall took third place.

In their performances, the dorms incorporated the "License to Kill" theme. The Bethune Annex was the first dorm to step, wearing purple camouflage pants and used a war tank into their routine. Cook Hall rose out of the on-stage pit and dressed as ninjas, exciting the crowd when they danced to Lil' B.

Dem' Raider Boyz Step Squad, the number one all-male step team in the DMV area, opened up the show. Their technology theme, iStep, received a standing ovation.

Freshman biology major Chelsea Wooten-Cerre was amazed by the event as a whole.

"I thought it was great. There was a whole lot of energy. I wasn't expecting it to be so intense," she said.