We did a Sex and the City themed skit. My sorority and another one were always going after the same girls during recruitment and the stereotype was that we were the friendliest girls and had a really strong sisterhood but we weren't as classy as the one we were always competing with and didn't party like the other houses. So we changed out skit from something kind of cheesy to the Sex and the City theme to show that we were fun and classy too but we also could play up that we had such a strong sisterhood since the characters on the show were like sisters. It worked really well since most girls associate Sex and the City with fun girls that you'd want to have as your friends (not all, lets not start a debate!
) Obviously you'd want to play down the Samantha and play up the Charlotte! Basically the whole party was based around a classy, urban, party, fashion/shopping theme. Every active wore a little black dress and we served mocktails in martini glasses. Our house was decorated like an urban loft, one wall had a slideshow going and the opposite wall had a city scape made out of cardboard but it looked nice, not like an a prop in an elementary school play! We had advisors donate furniture and accessories that made it look like a really sophisticted loft instead of a sorority house, and we put twinkling lights draped in black toole all over the ceiling. During the entire party we had a slide show going on this huge screen that took up almost an entire wall and the pictures were just of us having fun together and we had the theme song to Sex and the City playing throughout the party; we played it loud for a minute when the girls first came in but then it was so soft though so you barely noticed it and could have a conversation without screaming over it. On our name tags under our names it said "I'm a Carrie" or Charlotte or Miranda (nobody had Samantha!). It was actually a really good ice breaker because almost all the PNMs would ask why we were that character, then we could ask what they were and if they said Samantha we'd cut them on the spot (just kidding!) Yes there were girls who had never seen the show but the overall theme worked so well that it didn't really matter. The skit itself was based around a new member who didn't know many people on campus (aka the "city", and we had fall recruitment so this worked) and wanted to find not only the most fun and classy girls but also the friends who would do anything for you and would stay up all night talking about boys or helping you with your problems. Most of our new members said our skit really stood out for them because at my school most PNMs were looking for a sorority that had a strong sisterhood, the best parties, and the cutest and classiest girls. This isn't meant to sound like we were so much better than the other houses by any means but for the party we showed the PNMs how we had it all.