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Originally Posted by ColdInCanada11
Just curious, what constitutes total frills? Our entire recruitment (minus pref) is limited to $200 for 3 nights of 3 parties, so I'm always interested to hear what frills actually entails! *Jealousy*
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the chapters sang songs and performed what we called "yard dances" as they streamed out of their houses. our yard dances involved criss-crossing across the yard to your particular spot and then coordinated hand movements and/or foot movements, singing all the while. each party round you sang a different song and performed a different dance. we had double front doors, plus double french doors at the living room and the housemother's apartment, so girls streamed out of all the doorways(think of those old fashioned busby berkley musicals).
at the end of the party, you escorted your guest out. we had a fairly long winding sidewalk that led to a series of steps which led down to the street sidewalk, and you escorted your guest to the top of the steps, said good-bye and wished them well and then took your place on either side of our sidewalk and started singing the exit song, except on pref. party day.
during prefs., which were held at night, we lined up on the stairs in our foyer, sang a beautiful song very softly and individually descended the stairs when our guests name was called. at the conclusion of the pref. party, we walked our guest down our sidewalk, where lumenarias(sp?)had been carefully spaced to line our sidewalk, to the top of the steps, gave her a hug and took our place and sang a dreamy song until the last guest had descended to street level. we wore floor length black formals for this party.
a couple of days had skits-yes, more than one skit day. one skit was longer, with more elaborate costumes, props and decorations and was the official skit day. the other day where we performed a shorter skit, was also house tours.i believe that we served some sort of food and drink at all the rounds,except for ice water rounds, where we, of course, served only ice water(but in real glasses), but can't remember for sure.
we reported back to school 2 weeks before classes began. the first week was our work week, were we practiced our songs, dances, skits, made name tags, decorations, props, etc. and caught up on what had been going on in each other's lives over the summer. the 2nd week was rush, and then school started.