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the music got quiet and an announcer described the attire of our founders to 1850s music. We then leapt ahead to our chapter's colonization in the 1960's with appropriate music, hippie garb, etc. We followed with music and fashion through the 70s Brady Bunch attire, 80s preppy attire and finished in the 90s with grunge attire (this was mid-1990s afterall).
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This reminds me of our "Through the Years" theme for the second round. Skits of ZTA from various eras. I remember poodle skirts for the 50's and tie dye for the 70's--and then the Kenny Rogers song "Through the Years"--Corny, I know! "...I love the life we've made, and I'm so glad I stayed...right here with Zeta...through the years."
I think my favorite was during the 3rd round (8-party). It was a ski-chalet theme. We took comforters off of our beds and covered all of the couches and chairs with them. We would spend the previous Fall semester making paper snowflakes then staying up late into the night covering the walls and furniture with them. Believe it or not, it looked like a winter wonderland in there! This was the late 80s and early 90s when the huge Guatemalan sweaters were all the rage. And we we all wore big sweaters with leggings and even jeans for that party. Everyone had to take a turn at "balloon duty" because we had to blow up enough balloons to cover the ceiling. The house was truly transformed, and many of the girls would comment on it when they walked in. That party was great because it had a really laid-back feel and we always did really well going into the next round.
The next round (4-party) was a "Hollywood" theme. We had stand-up letters that looked like the Hollywood sign outside that spelled out "Zeta" or maybe even "Zeta Tau Alpha", I can't remember. The dress code for the sorority sisters for that party was "red carpet." When PNMs came into the house, the hostess would announce each girl and a sorority member would come and get them. I remember when I went through rush myself--walking into the house, being announced, and looking up on the staircase which was lined with all of these beautiful women in beautiful dresses and feeling very very intimidated (Even Miss Indiana, who was a senior when I was a freshman going through rush, was standing there in a formal gown for goodness sake!). We did great with that one, too, but I never felt that 4-party was a very good representation of the diversity and depth of our house. I think they did, indeed, change the theme of that one after I left and my younger sister was in the house. I'm glad.