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DZ Dream Man
Mary, at Illinois State we do something very similar to your chapter's pageant and it's called DZ Dream Man. Each fraternity picks a member who will participate as a contestant and our new members and actives get to "coach" each contestant before the competition(the coaches also get to go onstage with the men they are coaching). First there are interviews held a few days before the competition that are worth points, then on the actual night, the men wear their (and our) letters first, doing something cute as they walk down the runway, next is talent(i think??) the guys are hilarious in this segment, and then formalwear. The guys get so competitive and get to meet a lot of our girls in the process and we raise a lot of money for it every year as well.
Other chapters' philanthropies at my school include mud volleyball, Foxy Lady pageant(for sorority women, very much like Dream Man), Lasting Impressions(a lip-sync/dance competition), Sigma Chi Derby Days(of course!!), Camp Week(in the spring, we have to camp outside our house and play games/scavenger hunts, etc.) March Madness(a HUGE choreographed dance competition that is a major deal for every chapter on campus to compete in, guys too...they get so serious about it and its fun to watch them dance). Those are the major ones, with softball tournaments, etc thrown in also.
I am proud to report that our chapter of DZ won Foxy Lady(well, one of *my* pledge sisters did), Lasting Impressions(we a did a remix of Janet Jackson's "Come on get up") and March Madness(which we were 2nd in the year before..we did a mix of Michael Jackson which was incredible) All in all a great year!
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