Skits
 

I am recruitment chair and we are prepping for next falls formal recruitment. We are supposed to do a skit. Its my first year in the sorority and Idont really understand the whole concept of the skit.
The girl told me to contact nationals about the skit, but nationals sent me to the collegiate coordinator. Can anyone help me out?

I was never a recruitment chair but I would like to offer a little advice. Make it memorable and fun, but keep it as simple as possible.

When I was a collegiate, we won awards for recruitment programs but we all suffered (health and grades). I remember beginning singing and skit practice in Feb. or March when Rush wasn't until September. During Rush week I spent many sleepless nights sewing costumes, making and setting up props, practicing lines, etc. Don't get me wrong, we had a great time and always got the greatest group of new members but we did cause ourselves a lot of undue stress.

A few years after I graduated, I went back to help with Rush and I was so happy to see the sisters put on really simple presentations and have the rushees take part in fun projects and games. It was just as effective as what we used to do with only a fraction of the setup and prep time. I was so proud of the sisters that came after me!

I agree with the above sister.... while recruitment is important learning a skit should NEVER cause health and mental wellness to suffer! that being said...

some general rules about formal recruitment skits I have found are:

1) skits should ALWAYS follow a theme for the whole party. ie... baseball skits with a baseball theme.... movie skit with a movie theme, etc. this helps it to stick with pnm's, it also gives them something easy to remember about your party.

2) KISS... keep it simple sister! something short, memorable and fun is always best.

3) check with the group that runs formal recruitment (our panhel advisor was in charge) ask for specifics for your campus... what are spending limits? (also check with your chapters treasurer for a budget) , can the pnm's eat or take anything out of the room? remember your greek advisors are there to HELP you.. ask for it



any idea what kind of party theme you are planning? Some themes we used in the past are: "Sigma Cinema", "Join the Sigma Team" (baseball), "Sigma PJ Party"

of course a lot of theme ideas are dependant on things like budget and how far other chapters on your campus go. (you don't want to do a little bit of a theme when other chapters go all out)

It really depends on how your campus is. On my campus Skit night can make or brake you sorority. The house with the best skits always gets the Best girls that everyone wants. Most houses do the same skit every year because it makes it simple on the sisters to have the props already and everyone already knows the generalidea. I think that an overwhelmingly good skit this year will be Sigma Idol simply because we have an awesome sister participating. It is a pretty simple set up for a stage with some color, cute outfits, lights, and of course sisters that can sing. ;)