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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB
NPC has been urging no-frills recruitment since the mid-late 90s. It's not new. Most campuses have taken some steps to move toward it, or gone totally no-frills. Many campuses keep things like entrance/exit songs, but eliminate food, skits, certain decorations, costumes/matching attire, etc.
What do you do without the skits? You talk to the PNMs. In my opinion it's a better use of the limited time you have with them, anyway.
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NPC has been urging no-frills (or at least less-frills) since before I rushed, which was in the early 1990s. PNMs were offered snacks, water, and soda. There were skits - which don't cost money aside from costumes, some of which could be assembled from items people already owned or items the chapter bought once and then re-fitted to whoever was cast in the role of "Cinderella" or "Dorothy" or whoever each year. Panhel got one helium canister that all five sororities shared for inflating any helium balloons they wanted to use as decoration. Pref was pref - every chapter was given the speech about how lit candles violated fire code, and every chapter cheerfully disregarded the speech and used candles anyway.
Each year, the budget was shaved a bit. I remember, when I was Panhel rep, one chapter whined about how they'd have to change vendors for their T-shirts, and as a result the colors wouldn't precisely match. They were pretty much told to STFU.
With a no-frills rush, there's no reason you can't sing the PNMs in and out, put on skits (without super-elaborate costumes), and serve nice drinks and snacks. But the main emphasis should be on conversation and letting the PNMs get to know the sisters in the chapter for who they are, not what they're wearing or how well they sing.