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Music and cheers filled the Diag last Friday evening as the University of Michigan chapter of Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity<\/a> presented the eighth-annual Multicultural Yard Show<\/a> \u2014 a showcase of traditional dances by Fraternity & Sorority Life organizations within the Multicultural Greek Council<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n More than 100 people gathered around the steps of the Hatcher Graduate Library as members of six different multicultural sororities and fraternities performed, each bringing their own rhythms and dances to celebrate unity and heritage within the U-M FSL community.\u00a0<\/p>\n Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority<\/a> opened the evening with a coordinated salute and stroll, their movements and chants drawing loud applause from the crowd. Saluting<\/a>, a tradition unique to Lambda Theta Alpha sorority, serves as an organized dance to convey honor, praise and the sorority\u2019s history. They also incorporated strolling<\/a>, an organized dance usually performed in a line, representing unity and identity. Strolling has long been a hallmark of Black culture before it was later embraced and reinterpreted by multicultural organizations across the United States.<\/p>\n In an interview with The Michigan Daily, LSA senior Briana Gonzalez, a member of Lambda Theta Alpha and performer in this year\u2019s show, said incorporating the meaning and history of the sorority\u2019s traditional salute along with different strolls from other chapters in her sorority was her favorite part of the performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n