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At my school, just about as many people join from informal rush as formal rush, of which I am one, so I will tell you based on when I was a rho chi and was allowed to see everyone's parties. BTW, can you believe they let us do that? I was surprised...well anyway...
Any time a sorority had a slide show with background music, I wanted to cry. Even when it wasn't my sorority. That caught my eye. Also, any room that has less decorations made me feel as though the girls didn't care as much about their sorority. The rush room is like a "temple" to your sorority and should reflect how you feel about it in my opinion. Also, I did not like it when people had built a stage. I think that being in the front but on the same level as the rushees makes them feel more a part of the skit than if the skit is on a stage. Also, in our skits (it is universally agreed that our skit day is always the best) we make the skit take place in different parts of the room, so the spotlight travels from the front, to the corner...that way the rushees almost feel like they are in the skit, and it adds variety.
Also, any time you personalize something for a rushee, like their cake or petit four at pref, she feels like she is so special.
The rush room you are using should be completely transformed after the first day or two. If you are in a house, they should not be able to tell that on skit day. The floor, walls, ceiling should all be covered so as to create the illusion that they are actually somewhere else. I assume everyone knows how to do the wall coverings....maybe not. At our school we have to because we do not rush in houses, we rush in rooms in the student center.
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