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Step Sing

Step Sing is one of Samford University's most beloved traditions which originated in 1951 and consist of student groups creating a show full of singing and dancing.

Step Sing
Season	2022
Winners	Pi Kappa Phi

History

Step Sing began in 1951 on the steps of Renfroe Hall at the Howard College (Birmingham, Alabama) east lake campus as a sing-along. Being held once a semester the event quickly turned into a competition. After moving its campus in 1951 to Lakeshore Drive, Step Sing has become a yearly tradition, being held at the beginning of the spring semester. A prize for the first place team was deemed the "Sweepstakes" trophy in 1971. Step Sing is preformed in the Wright Center on the campus of Samford University and has since 1976.

Judging

Groups are judged by a panel of judges on the Friday and Saturday night shows of the event. Judges are chosen throughout the Birmingham and music communities. Groups are judged in five different categories; Entertainment Value (30 points), Musical Quality (20 points), Choreography (20 points), Theme Development (15 points), and Creativity (15 points). Each night the highest and lowest judges score are dropped to account for bias. The "Sweepstakes" trophy is given to the overall highest scoring group with a first and second runner-up trophy being given to the next two highest groups.

Results

Year	Sweepstakes Winner	Theme	First Runner-up	Second Runner-Up
1971	Phi Mu Alpha	Oliver Musical	Pi Kappa Phi	Phi Mu
1972	Junior Class	Carpenters	N/A	N/A
1973	Alpha Phi Omega	Bonnie and Clyde	N/A	N/A
1974	Pi Kappa Phi	N/A	N/A	N/A
1975	Student Ministries	Neil Diamond	Pi Kappa Phi	Alpha Delta Pi
1976	Sigma Nu	Losers	N/A	N/A
1977	Sigma Ni	N/A	N/A	N/A
1978	Pi Kappa Phi	N/A	Sigma Nu	Phi Mu
1979	Pi Kappa Phi	Brotherhood	Sigma Nu	Alpha Delta Pi
1980	Sigma Nu	Army	Pi Kappa Phi	Phi Mu
1981	Zeta Tau Alpha	Ringmasters	Lambda Chi Alpha	Alpha Delta Pi
1982	Zeta Tau Alpha	Show Business	Pi Kappa Phi	Phi Mu
1983	Alpha Delta Pi	Spies	N/A	N/A
1984	Phi Mu	N/A	Lambda Chi Alpha	Zeta Tau Alpha
1985	Alpha Delta Pi	Magicians	Sigma Chi	Phi Mu
1986	Alpha Delta Pi	USO	Lambda Chi Alpha	Zeta Tau Alpha
1987	Alpha Delta Pi	Rain	Pi Kappa Phi	Zeta Tau Alpha
1988	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1989	Alpha Delta Pi	China	Sigma Chi	Chi Omega
1990	Sigma Chi	Firefighters	Sigma Nu	Alpha Delta Pi
1991	Phi Mu	Working Women	Sigma Chi	Alpha Delta Pi
1992	Lambda Chi Alpha	Playing Cards	Sigma Chi	Alpha Delta Pi
1993	Pi Kappa Phi	Soviet Union	Lambda Chi Alpha	Alpha Delta Pi
1994	Alpha Delta Pi	Africa	Sigma Chi	Zeta Tau Alpha
1995	Zeta Tau Alpha	Gold Rush	Independent Men	Phi MU
1996	Pi Kappa Phi	Zombies	Sigma Chi	Zeta Tau Alpha
1997	Chi Omega	Diana Ross Tribute	Lambda Chi Alpha	Alpha Delta Pi
1998	Alpha Delta Pi	Winter	Sigma Chi	Student Ministries
1999	Chi Omega	Annie	Sigma Phi Epsilon	Pi Kappa Phi
2000	Zeta Tau Alpha	Firefighters	Alpha Omicron Pi	Lambda Chi Alpha
2001	Chi Omega	Mary Poppins	Alpha Delta Pi	Lambda Chi Alpha
2002	Chi Omega	Girl Scouts	Sigma Chi	Freshman Class
2003	Zeta Tau Alpha	Ringmasters	Phi Mu	Indie Ladies
2004	Lambda Chi Alpha	Fraternity	Indie Ladies	Phi Mu
2005	Dudes-A-Plenty	Pirates	Indie Lades	Alpha Delta Pi
2006	Indie Ladies	Shadows	Dudes-A-Plenty	Zeta Tau Alpha
2007	Dudes-A-Plenty	Zombies	Zeta Tau Alpha	Indie Ladies
2008	Sigma Chi	Disciples	Dudes-A-Plenty	Phi Mu
2009	Pi Kappa Phi	Businessmen	Dudes-A-Plenty	Indie Ladies
2010	Dudes-A-Plenty	Rockstars	Pi Kappa Phi	Phi Mu
2011	Dudes-A-Plenty	Grandfathers	University Ministries	Pi Kappa Phi
2012	Dudes-A-Plenty	Railroad	Ignite	Zeta Tau Alpha
2013	Pi Kappa Phi	Nerds	Dudes-A-Plenty	Ignite
2014	Pi Kappa Phi	Politicians	Zeta Tau Alpha	Sigma Chi
2015	Sigma Chi	Bowlers	Pi Kappa Phi	Dudes-A-Plenty
2016	Dudes-A-Plenty	Boy Scouts	Ignite	Chi Omega
2017	Pi Kappa Phi	Dads	Alpha Tau Omega	Sigma Chi

An award change to a Men's and Women's division winner occurred in 2018.

Year	Sweepstakes Winner	Theme	Men's Division Winner	Women's Division Winner
2018	Alpha Delta Pi	Chickens	Dudes-A-Plenty	Chi Omega
2019	Alpha Delta Pi	Toy Soldiers	Sigma Chi	Zeta Tau Alpha
2020	Sigma Chi	Cavemen	Pi Kappa Phi	Alpha Delta Pi
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19
2022	Pi Kappa Phi	Rats	Sigma Chi	Zeta Tau Alpha