DeltAlum,
First of all I'm just want to say that I'm not AXO81, I'm AOX81...I belong to a local organization and don't want you to think that I belong to Alpha Chi Omega.
This party is ALWAYS between my sorority and ONE fraternity at a time. You must be a member of one of the organizations to even walk through the door. If my sorority or the fraternity that we are holding the party with doesn't recognize you forget it you're not getting in. We only hold this party with three organizations because we know them so well.
A third party vendor is not required by any of them when only mixed drinks are being served. A third party vendor is only needed for one house when they want to have a keg.
My sorority always has at least TWO designated drivers for EVERY event that we participate in. We are very, very strict on this. In 1998, my little sisters boyfriend died because of a drunk driving accident and a month later another one of our friends decided he thought he could drive and he also died. Neither one of these events had anything to do with a Greek organized party but it really opened our eyes about how easily is could happen.
Most of us are dating, engaged, married to the brothers that we have parties with so security is not an issue. EVERYONE knows EVERYONE and nothing ever gets out of hand. Anyone who is considered a troublemaker is usually banned from the party.
I'm not going to lie and say that there is no underage drinking but I can tell you that it is probably less than 5 people and it's usually the fraternity guys underage drinking, not us. I just looked at our chapters website and we only have 3 underage girls as of right now and two of them don't drink.
Don't worry we'll be safe. I'll post some pictures.