It's all over, but it's GRRRREAT!!!

I'm still someone on Cloud 22. Cloud 9 didn't exist last night when it was announced that the winner for the sororities was Sigma Gamma Rho, Eta Sigma chapter. Just typing those words is still a shock to my system. In the years that the Stone Mountain-Lithonia Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta hosted the show (which is a HUGE moneymaker), no other team had won first place except the Deltas, no matter what chapter. Year Six came around, and Atlanta had no idea what my step team had in store.

Not only did we win First Place for the sororities, but we also won the awared for the crunkest step performance overall. It's amazing that we stepped that hard, that crunk, for that long, and there was no other team that was judged to be better. The only thing more amazing was hearing the words, "Second place goes to...Delta Sigma Theta." We knew we had it, but we had to make sure, so we had to tell some of our members to not get excited until it was officially announced that the Zetas hadn't won first place. When those sweet words hit our ears, I was frozen with shock. Then, I started jumping myself up and down, hugging my sorors on stage while a single tear escaped the corner of my eye but didn't roll down my cheek. Hugs went around for quite some time before we went to pose with our humongous trophy for pictures. We also won the award for the crunkest overall performance, male or female.

Some of you may not understand, but history was made last night. We beat of team of Deltas...in Atlanta, which can be nicknamed Deltaland. Not only did we beat the team, but we beat them at a show sponsored by their sorority. I've never seen so many Deltas ride out of a parking lot so fast.

The three months of practice paid off, and I'm so proud to say I was a part of it all. One of the best parts was seeing one of my sorors who drove all the way from Florida to see us again. (If you're reading, thanks hun.) Another great thing: a Zeta stopped me and made sure to tell me, "You held it down on the stage for the big girls." That was my goal! I might be big girl, but I didn't not want to get on that stage and be tired after 1 minute. I was exhausted afterward...as in breathing problems and slight chest pain complicated by allergies. But I was "rockin'" it, as my Dad said after watching us.

Will we step again? We don't know yet. We just know we won one of the biggest shows in Atlanta, and it's because we went into the arena with a first place attitude. We got crunk in the dressing room and made it happen, shawty!!!