One of the foremost Black [university based] Greek letter fraternities is Omega Psi Phi, Incorporated. Members of this fraternity are known as Omegas and as Ques {Q's}.

This fraternity has a tradition of having a member or two members with good voices singing adaptations of songs {including spirituals} as preface to various step routines. One such song is this one:


Make way! The Que train is comin'
Make way! The Que train is comin'
Make way! The Que train is comin"
And it aint gonna leave me behind.

-snip-

I believe that this verse comes from one of the Gospel Train songs, maybe, "Get On Board-the gospel train's a' comin...and it aint gonna leave me behind. But I'm not sure about this.

Btw, steppin' [as that term is used in African American communities] is a movement performance art that originated with Black Greek letter fraternities and sororities but, since the late 1990s has spread to AA schools, churches, and community groups. There also ae some non-African American based * step teams. I've heard of Latino {Latina} step teams and maybe there are step teams made up of other races..if not yet, I bet it's comin.

If you are interested in seeing video clips of steppin' and another performance style these groups do called strolls {an earlier name for "stroll" was "party walks"},I've posted some on this page in my website:

http://www.cocojams.com/internet_links_to_steppin.htm


* For the record, I'm aware that there are non-African Americans who are members of these Black [Greek letter]fraternities & sororities.