Sapphire Ball or Spring Formal....
 

So where is everyone's Sapphire Ball going to be this year. (like on campus, at a hall, hotel, on a boat,etc.) When is it too, and if you know the theme what is it going to be?

*Just thought this would be a fun thread cuz I love talking about Formals*

Oh yea and if you already started planning: who is your date, are you going solo or with sisters

and better yet, what is your dress gonna look like?

(its cool if no one started planning yet. i haven't, ours isn't till May and I won't start planning a date or dress until like a week before I do already have a hair appointment though. Only cuz I can never do my hair cute, so once a year I like to have it done.):p

Go ahead start discussing.........
****Heather****

Sapphire Ball
 

Our 2nd annual Sapphire Ball is going to be on Apri 26th at a restaurant called Simons. It's located at harbor of the Port of Los Angeles and the place is absolutely gorgeous. It's used a lot for weddings and receptions (if I ever get married that would definitely be an option). It is decorated so beautifully that we really only need to buy some small centerpieces for decorations and everything else is set. Simons is located right on the water and has a patio that we'll do the dancing on.

ok, since I started the thread, I guess I'll post info on our sapphire ball...

Ours is on May 10th and it will be held at the Double Tree Hotel. Its a big deal for us because normally we rent a hall. (my chapter did the boat thing once and there was bugs everywhere, so what I heard...it was before my time; but Theta Chi is having theirs on a boat this year and that would be so much fun, so I think I am going to have start talking to my boy buds about that one. ;) j/k) The double tree has these huge rooms that are normally used for high school proms and our social chair is really excited and I know it is gonna be awesome. The theme has something to do with masks. We are going to decorate our own at an informal meeting. I am very excited!!

On the whole date thing, even though I wait till the last minute I am however starting my list of eligible men that might be lucky enough to escort me this year.

I don't have a dress yet either. Last year I borrowed one but the year before I went on a major shopping spree in the city (San Francisco) so who knows what I'll do. most likely I will recycle an old prom dress, because they were all sooo cute. (me fitting into them though, is another story :rolleyes: )

ok I'm done now.

our formal is going to be at honeymoon mansion
we rented the entire ballroom
and we have stretch escalades picking us up to take us there for the over 21
we have the whole place from 6 PM until 3 AM

our theme is masquerade
so we're all buying or borrowing pouffy gowns
i will probably wait until the week before to get mine
that way i can swish around in it paying half of the price

my date is still up in the air
i don't know who i'm going to ask
probably some cute guy off the basketball team though

I can't wait, ours is on Saturday night at a hotel on the beach. The room we have is AWESOME! It has an ocean view and one of the walls is all windows and overlooks the beach! I am going with my boyfriend of 2 1/2 years, lol, its our 3rd Sapphire Ball! My dress is absolutely FABULOUS! Jessica Mcclintock, black and white. Very classic looking! I have no idea what to do with my hair!

maybe we should post pics after the fact
so everyone can see what it all looked like

Hey everyone,

We already had our Saphire Ball. It was on Sat, Feb 15, 2003. We had snow on friday night and they were calling for more on saturday, so we were not sure if we were going to have to cancel. Well, the snow held off for us and we all made it there and home safely. Late saturday night/ early sunday morning we had a blizzard that trapped us inside for almost a week.


The formal was held at The National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD. It was so beautiful. The room that we were in over looked the water of the Inner Harbor. We could see the lights from all of the buildings and boats. We were allowed to walk around the aquarium for most of the night. I was so awsome.


My date was my best guy friend. I could not have imagined taking anyone else (I have a HUGE crush on him!!!). He was excited to go and I think he had a good time. I asked him to go with me back in November.


The dress that i wore was one that I had from high school. I didn't have money to spend on another dress. It is a beautiful dress and I love it so much. During and after that night so many of my sisters told me that my dress was so beautiful and elegant.


I can not remember what our theme was but when i find out i will post it.


I had the best time. This was my first Phi Sig formal. I think it would be cool if we posted our pictures, but i am not sure how to :( . Well I hope that all of you have a good time at your formals and you will have to let us know how it was.


LITP,
Nicole

Our Sapphire Ball is May 10 at the Shearaton on Fisherman's wharf... GORGEOUS touristy hotel here in San Fran it should be SOOO MUCH fun ! I think one of my sisters is making my dress... it's a vantage vogue pattern based off a christian Dior Design it's going to be BEAUTIFUL... I haven't decided what to do about my hair yet.. probably get it done ... and I don't have a date... but that could change.. but it's not likely going to... NE WAY... Last year we did ours with a chapter in the area... I kinda wish we were doing it again because I liked watching them do their awards and stuff... but it'll be cool anyway. :D

:)

That was my chapter!! Cara, I am glad you had fun we are such nerds with our awards! I felt bad that your bus got lost, because we didn't really have time to mingle and stuff. Oh yea do you remember the whole foot breaking incident? I was one of the girls!!! Not the one that broke her foot the one that accidently broke it for her! <--- ok so if you are all, WTF? The story is I was dancing on a chair trying to be cute. (completely sober!) and then my friend Brooke comes up and says, get on my back, i'll give you a piggie back ride! after telling her no way, she grabed me and started running. Well I slipped (cuz we were both in dresses) and hit the ground hard. ( I was fine) then after i hit the ground she fell and broke her ankle. Horrible huh. It will for sure be a sapphire ball I will never forget! (oh yea she had to wobble around on crutches, for a really long time; even to convention!) Don't worry I made up for breaking it though.

Anyway that stinks that delta gamma and theta mu are having their formals on the same night, we could of went to two sapphire balls! Maybe next year...

LITP
Heather

I am so jealous. Everyone sounds like they are going to have (or already have had) a great time. I never got to go to a Sapphire Ball. I had to leave school before ours was held. It's sad, I know.

I hope you all have a great time, though. Take lots of pictures and share!

I am an advisor for a chapter of Phi Sig (I just graduated May 2002 and I am only 22) and the ladies decided that they really wanted my boyfriend and I to come to their formal! :) Isn't that so sweet?? Anyway, it's being held at DoverDowns in Delaware in April. I don't know too much about it, but I checked out the website and everything looks awesome!

I haven't decided if I will repeat a dress from previous formals or not...I probably will since most of these ladies haven't seen my dresses! But, if I find a good deal on a dress, I will most definately hop on it!!! Yeah Phi Sig :D

Jadey

Our Sapphire Ball is March 29. I can't wait it's next weekend. I have my dress, shoes, purse, jewelry. I hope it will be really great. We are also having a brunch earlier with alumni at one of the hotel at my school.

Tell you more.

LITP
Annice

the more i think about it
the more i don't want to go
i don't know where this feeling is coming from

I hope you make the best decision for you, I just don't want you to regret not going. I you do decide to go I hope you have a great time and if you don't go I hope you still have a great time. You're the only one who knows what's best. :)

L.I.T.P :)
Annice

Sapphire Ball
 

Hey Ladies,
I am a co-Sapphire Ball chair for the Zeta Mu Chapter. I am so excited to have this position. Everything is going great so far, I have the invitations getting printed, the place confirmed, and the theme picked up: Winter, but I am not sure what to get for party favors. Does anyone know of good sites to check out? I am thinking maybe snow globes that you can insert a picture in would be cute, but I don't want to spend more than 4 or 5 dollars on each item, I really don't even wanna spend that much, prolly like 2 or 3 but I dunno what I can get that'd be nice and cute. Help! :-) Have a great holiday and a Happy New Year!

We did fluted champagne glasses with our crest engraved onto them but those were pretty costly. I am not really good with party favors when it comes to things like the Sapphire Ball. I'm drawing a blank but if I do hear of some ideas then I'll be sure to let you know. =)

I found really cute snow globe keychains that we can put pictures in from Stumps. I have another question to ask, I was thinking about the format of sapphire ball. It starts at 7 and ends at 11, this is what I was thinking: What do you think? Music will be playing at all times.

645-730 low key music, mingle
730-815 dinner (buffet style) nice slow music
815-845/900 Dance and games
845/900-945/1000 Awards and Rose
945/1000-1100 Dancing and more Games

Should I alter anything, and do you suggest how I should present awards?

I think we need dance music at the beginning to get people kinda motivated rather than slow/lowkey... just a suggest. linds!!!

I think the low key music is a good idea. It gives people a chance to see each other with out having to shout over the music. Plus, you don't want people going crazy on the dance floor and messing up their hair before the festivities actually start.

For favors... I would go for something nice or nothing at all. Who needs to waste money on junk? The snowglobe keychains sound cute.

Awards- the awards chair always came up with the catagories and photocopied "ballots" and passed them out at the ball. We had catagories such as "1st sister to be out of her dress" and "1st to the bar". I know some chapters present other awards there, too. You could vote on those before you go.

Good luck, have fun and don't stress!

What about combining both your ideas? It's true, (thanks Nicole for putting in input, since you're gonna be at Sapphire Ball...hehe) to set the festivities with music, but maybe we can start with like Pink's "Get the Party Started" and such songs as "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (you know something that makes the people feel comfortable), but nothing too crazy like "Tootsie Roll" and then when dinner comes out, start having some lower key songs? How does the time sound? Did I allot something too much time?

Yea, I LOVE the snow globe key chains and I am going to dress them up in cute bags.

It's a Spring theme and we are unsure of the center pieces on the table. But, I do know that with Nicole's help (you can be the Sapphire Ball historian...:)), we're making a scrapbook for this event and letting people sign the book!

We don't have an awards chair (we're a small chapter), so I'd be in charge of the awards with the other co-chair. We are doing the awards from the constitution, but my question is how do i make it exciting? What can I say? And, what other stuff shall I mention when I am infront of the audience?

Thanks for the advice, it's mucho appreciated. I want this Sapphire Ball to go real well! :cool:

The EP chapters Sapphire Ball is quickly approaching!! it is going to be the wekeend of March 19-21st. We are going ot a hotel outside of Philadelphia for the weekend. Saturday night we will have a dinner, dance, and drinks. It's going to be a great time. Also, the Social Committee comes up with Awards for each sister. It's a lot of fun!! Last year we had our ball in the Poconos which was also a lot of fun. We like making it a wekeend away from school because it gives us all a break from our hectic schedules and is sort of like a mini vacation.
~Mary Beth~

We had our formal this past friday. It was oscar themed - every woman one a personal award and received an "Oscar" [gold painted barbies]. They were cute.

I put up a couple pics in my LJ

the link is here...
http://www.livejournal.com/users/sphinxgurl/100616.html

Resurrecting an old thread...

Tomorrow's Iota Gamma's Sapphire Ball, with the theme being Masquerade.

My bf and I just found a dress for me today, and now my mom and I are working on getting our masks made.

I'm super excited - I love Sapphire Ball!

Has anyone else had theirs, or are getting ready for theirs??

Next month ! I have a red dress from Bebe still need shoes and a hair appointment. :D

I have no idea how I'm doing my hair... And it's the morning of! LOL

My hair dresser passed away last month, and I just feel weird going somewhere else, considering she was the only one that did my hair - prom, formals, etc.

So I think I'm going to go simple and try to work some magic with curls! :D Let's hope it works, and I don't turn out looking like a poodle! haha!