No website yet, that is something that I am looking into doing for them, but I'm rather elementary in my web design options at this point, and plus I just started a new job, I'm trying to finish with my master's and I have to start my teaching credential. So I've got some time constraints.
Anyhow round 1 went well, about 190 girls were signed up for Recruitment prior to sorority info night, and another 110 or so signed up that night. We've already had a few drops, but beyond that I don't know about numbers. The house looked great, and we got many compliments as to how our house seemed more like a home and not a show piece like many of the others. I guess a lot of the houses were rushing outside, and we were one of the only houses actually rushing in our house(mainly because we don' have a backyard, but I digress.
The Sisters looked great, their songs were cute, though they needed a bit more pep in them(sorry it's the cheerleader in me) but overall I think they did well for the number of girls we have compared to the number of PNMs, we had to double and triple rush for a lot of the parties. It was kind of odd, the PNMs this year even if you are mid sentence, sometimes just pick up and say, "Well it was great talking to you, I want to look at the house." and they just walk away while the sisters are in mid sentence....and the sisters are thinking"Ohhhhhkay...." I think our CC (who is super cool!) had a talk with some of the Sigma Rho Chis and asked them to inform girls today to stay with their respective hostess, as the PNMs were doing this at other houses as well. Odd isn't it?
Anyhow, we have round two today, and I really hope that our returns are great because we have a amazing video planned for today and some fabulous songs as well.
I will let you know how it all goes....off to round two(BTW we have three rounds then pref, because last year a lot of the PNMs were saying they wish they had more time to decide and meet the sisters at all the houses, so this may work in our favor even though we're much smaller.)
Roses,
Suzanne
